Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240711

A huge spike in targeted attacks on afghan state officials journalists and activists spreads fear and insecurity in the capital. And in sports south africas one Day International cricket series with england has been called off follows a positive cope with 19 tasks and breaches to the teams bio secure environment in cape town. We begin this news hour and pakistan west 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and push allah off the oxygen supplies there are hundreds of other patients who also left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to deliveries pakistan has so far a total of more than 400000 factions and over 8000. 00 deaths from car that 19 well our correspondent is in is on about for us to come out what more do we know about this incident and just who might be responsible here. We only know preliminary to call it send the preliminary reports be systematic take. For example. To capacity to have. Cubic meter of oxygen however. Only. Cubic meters was delivered to the hospital yesterday when they said incident happened the operating experience shortages in the oxygen supply system they tried to cause a Concern Department within the hospital including the biomedical engineer who is responsible for maintaining the optimum level of oxygen and the supply system there was no. Later on as we finding out about this report. Thats come out basically that there was. Oxygen for several months nobody. Issues regarding renewals contract so its a failure. To achieve minister. From a saying and independent inquiry a number of people have already been suspended and everybody have will be watching to see whether that is a property and whether this again is brushed aside. That with all the latest for us from islamabad well be speaking to a little bit more about this throughout the day thanks so much kyra. Well millions of people across the u. S. State of california now back under a sweeping lockdown rules the state home order places restrictions on the opening of restaurants cylons and stores while also limiting gatherings the measures are being implemented as the state reports its highest ever number of infections more than 30000 in a single day there are fears that some hospitals could even run out of intensive care beds well the virus is now killing more than 2000 americans a day that works out as 2 people every minute its hopes the food and Drug Administration will approve a vaccine soon but it will still take months for it to be fully rolled out how does your caster has more for us from washington d. C. New lock downs are being put in place in a number of regions amid the ongoing surge in Infections Health officials are considering ending even al door dining and in most of california stay at home orders have been imposed this far from Festive Season for the Small Businesses that rely on holiday trade. Chrisler temple mean thats how people get the now no mortgage no get beautyful holiday and now they sit down again the food and Drug Administration is set to review a new vaccine this week its a process that in the past would have taken months but in what amounts to a life or death situation hell the fishes are hoping it will take a matter of hours based on the data that i know i expect the f. D. A. To make a positive decision but of course its their decision and as you probably know they are totally separated and fired from the operation they would make their own judgment based on the data and i hope that the decision would be positive but even when they are approved it will take months before the vaccines are widely available to the general public be thinking in the february march timeframe that youre going to see more general vaccination and by the 2nd quarter of next year will still have enough vaccine for every american that wants it as Health Officials continue to call on americans to follow social distancing measures and no other member of trumps inner circle who hasnt followed that advice has fallen ill to the virus Rudy Giuliani personal attorney was reportedly hospitalized sunday after he tested positive he traveled the country last week trying to help the president overturn the election it was trump who announced his lawyer has coded 19 on twitter calling it the china virus meanwhile the pandemic is claiming the lives of 2 americans every minute. Castro aljazeera washington. Now u. S. President elect joe biden has chosen californias attorney general to serve as health and Human Services secretary now if confirmed by the senate javier basara will be the 1st as a teenager to head that department but there is also known for leading a series of lawsuits defending obamacare when that speech our White House Correspondent came to health it now in washington d. C. Can be it does seem that mr basara was a bit of a surprise pick can you tell us a little more about. Yes thats right he was a surprise pick and i can tell you that as the top Law Enforcement official for california many are questioning his background in terms of the choice because he was one of the succeeded the Vice President elect come a harris in the state of california he was a fierce defender of the Affordable Care act so it does indicate joe bidens priorities when it comes to what he hopes to accomplish as president but there is another point to all of this and that is the fact that as you also mentioned that is a latino he would be the 1st to lead this very Large Department at a very daunting time the fact that we have mentioned that more than 281000 americans have died now of covert 19 we also know that this disproportionately affects communities of color so having somebody of color to lead this department is also a clear priority at a very challenging and daunting time but we should point out that not everyone in the United States is happy with this pick in fact just last week a number of prominent medical associations including the American College of physicians the American College of pediatrics sent a letter to joe biden saying that they felt what was important was not to have a politician in this role but instead someone with Public Health experience still we know that he is getting the blessing of the top Infectious Disease specialist specialist dr anthony found she has just spoken saying that he is an excellent pick i want to pick up on Something Else and. Report that can be given that Rudy Giuliani was the man who is essentially spent heading trying to push to get the Election Results have attend and he is now in hospital with kovan where does that leave president trumps efforts. Well obviously not in a very good state in peril in many cases but it was already in peril given the fact that most of these legal challenges have failed. Campaign continually says that it has overwhelming evidence of widespread fraud but even some republican appointed judges have thrown these cases out saying that theyre flimsy at best so even if donald trump says that the campaign will carry on with these challenges he insisted over the weekend that he will Never Surrender that he does see a 2nd term in his future the problem with having Rudolph Giuliani the man spearheading this campaign in the hospital is obviously going to complicate matters as still he has tweeted that hes doing well and his son said hes getting excellent care but the fact of the matter is is that he appeared massless for a number of these hearings causing the Arizona State legislature to now have to shut down temporarily and in michigan theyre also watching very carefully another place that he was another state rather where he was carrying out these arguments not wearing a mask so obviously this is a major Public Health concern and both of those states house correspondent there with all the latest for us from washington thanks so much coming on lets go back to pakistan now when 6 coronavirus patients have died in a hospital and as we were saying off to oxygen supply is that iran today we can now speak to hes a political analyst and also the former secretary of home and tribe on the fan as he now joins us from islamabad mr shaw thank you for being with us here on out of there and let me start by asking you is this the situation this incident that were seeing an indication of just how overwhelmed the Health System in pakistan is at the moment. I would say that this incident. Reflects less best callousness criminal negligence and a rather. Less than. Condemn a holy site not demoting to maga. Such cutting off incident as. Good as with records but the goal of this but not of the back beechwood was so enormous and so ahead and rendering that knowledge it is an outright dead. The how about human system as thought property manager. And days of disco ordinance and i had already pointed out these issues if one of my pocket girls published a poll and express tribune. U. C. Based. On a tepid tepid has been defined as a disaster in the disaster. Class as such a disaster of knowledge when a one of the essential this premier and this and then mitigation and bakkies would see the government of the political fallout in particular and the government of pakistan and mr to be feared as puppet bear is his concern is seen be. Conducted. By the see that it does what it set up a sponsor been deemed by behaviors that they had placed busy they have shifted the buck to the company to whom they had that busy didnt convict we have sequel and that country it has already expired so the barbie it excuses. Issue off the human rights. Option to flex that vehicle have any vent to fight human life so destruction. Inquires that the it must be an independent wiping by the judiciary usually did you fish it takes us so who this is on such issues its a human rights issue and i were also. So using this opportunity that the Supreme Court of focus of the high court of bashar will made. Such lepsis so mr shah youre referring to issues of governance where also obviously sitting in the middle of a Global Pandemic so let me ask you then given that there are these existing issues of governance and accountability could we potentially be seeing some of the issues that the hospitals around pakistan i guess i hope you see in the same article. Mentioned they use you they have. Issues off his you that. They had issues of the ventilator. Because of the protective gear this. Fall he had a what this and the you see other issues there if you have the same hospital is it a few rooms have been dedicated for these there was a need that visual heavy dave will do a half step dish to give him a prospect as. There is often probably. Less than a former secretary of home and Tribal Affairs speaking to us from his mom about thank you so much for your time sap thanks for being with us ok. There is plenty more ahead for you this news hour including. Trying to build a new life ethiopian refugees are given supplies to create temporary homes at camps and through job. Crunch time for breakfast talks the e. U. And u. K. Push for a trade deal to prevent chaos at their borders next year. And in sports after the shortest offseason in n. B. A. History the l. A. Lakers are preparing to defend their championship title details coming up these. People and donna verging to choose their president and members of Parliament Incumbent president is facing 11 challenges but his main rival is the man he replaced 4 years ago John Dramani Mahama gonna as regarded as africas most stable democracy both men have even signed a pact saying they will accept the officially declared wenna 275 parliamentary seats are also up for grabs in mondays polls but im going to tryst has more from the lawn just polling station in the country in the capital across. Voter turnout for this election has been very very impressive. Thousands of candidates or rather thousands of voters 2 hours before polls open here and. To choose their next president and of course members of Parliament Although there are 12 candidus running for this election. Not only choices down to 2 personalities of the 2 dominant Political Parties in this country that are all the other 275 parliamentary seats up for grabs now a lot of people tell us that they are excited about voting in this election because they believe this is a crucial moment in history and for its development they need to make a choice to elect a leader they feel or trust can move this country forward im here with one of the voters on cue can you tell us your name. Are you voting for the 1st. Time and talk to us about why you are voting today and are you are you excited about you know you just doing your Civic Responsibility im really excited about seats i mean my Civic Responsibility will also. Be across 6. 00 to 3000. 00 Security Officers that include the police the military immigration and military organizations have been deployed across thousands of sports including of course the volta region where a few months ago there were incidents that the Security Forces put down because of separatist concerns and right now the Election Commission is telling us that we won we will be receiving the final verdict of the people and by by that they mean the Election Results will be announced in 24 hours after the close of vote today. Lets now take a look at some of the challenges that facing the west african nation a situation between the ivory coast. And became a fast so and is also a major cocoa and gold producer and then over the past decade the discovery of oil has also raised prospects of an energy boom in such a multiparty democratic system since 1902 and is strive towards fair and Transparent Elections but its fast growing economy has also suffered its fast major downtown and for decades because of the corona virus pandemic and lockdowns in april ghana received one 1000000000. 00 in emergency funding from the International Monetary fund and all their debt remains a major concern leading president ial candidates a coup for under the hama have both promised to improve infrastructure gone as finance ministry has projected the economy will grow by almost 6 percent next year while debts will be reduced well i spoke to quip chukwuemeka is a he is the executive director of the west African Network for peacebuilding he says the elections have been peaceful so far. The beauty of the current action is that the 2 leading candidates one point on the ive been depressed at end of the conflict and bad gives the need for the electorates to access them on the basis of the up to 4 months of the leader and be needed so much from a Democratic Congress was the former president one last election to be around president. And President Park 5 so the citizens have. To go find them to make their choices that part of what the candidates signed up to that and show that. Elements brought them to be in the proper process you has been at consent in the past but so far since the elections that theyre in the morning weve not had the need. Up from the. Election like the indelible link that complain about seats on onslaught on so faults but so far i think the security agents have been on top of the news and we have not had any company of. The season which. Might be an issue today. Well more people are fleeing ethiopias Northern Tier a region every day even though the government has declared that the fighting there is over refugees are crossing to neighboring sudan and the hope of trying to build a new life has their story. Your job your refugees at the camp getting ready for a long stay they use these plastic sheets to top the ceilings of their new homes the u. N. Distributed 480 of them on sunday it also provides these bumble sheets to be used aside was Just Creative ways to cook food are tested here as well solo over designed to do the job with no Environmental Impact the Norwegian Refugee Council distributes cash amounts equivalent to about 20 5. 00 per individual if we give them cash they can buy whatever is. Slim cards baby milk formula new clothes none the work because theyve been in the same clothes for 3 weeks now. They can borrow that from from local traders who are coming into the camp. Instead of us. Who are spending a lot of money with logistics importing items from different parts of the world robin and his wife canobie soft drinks and biscuits or sweets for their children i am happy. Any chink have a chain if you have no food. They money it will. Become the eat your brave past any chink. The camp is spreading and slowly turning into a village with about 10000 refugees this place is already crowded and ours more people are still coming the numbers are expected to grow the main concern now is that there seem to be no Protection Measures here to prevent a potential outbreak of the coronavirus in the camps. There is 0 social distancing here no masks and no covert tests whatsoever but there are also nobody ported cases of severe illness that looks like the coronavirus much more concerning for people like you other than his wife is food and shelter for the 19 days old baby after many days of sleeping rough with no ceiling above their heads they are now going to share one shack with another family until they can have their own the baby was born in ethiopia making him perhaps the youngest refugee to cross the Border Police named her after the highly follows mull much of the attack on our village took place 2 days after the birth of a child my wife and i took him and run away and he decided to ditch for some time they would have died had we not found some people who gave us some milk intrude. Some of the refugees were themselves born in this camp during previous famines and wars gave birth to their children here during the current cycle of escaping their future once again onset 1050. Refugee camp eastham so that. French president emanuel macron says future sales to egypt will not be made conditional on its human rights record mike brown said he didnt want to weaken kyra is ability to counter violent groups in the region activists are urging him to use his visit to paris to push for the release of Political Prisoners on the tasha is live in the french capital for us and tasha weve been hearing from both the 2 leaders there after their meeting can you talk us through what more theyve had to say. Yes the leaders of france and egypt held a press conference after they are talks at the lease a palace this meeting between them the visit by president sisi to paris was really aimed at reviving the relationship between the 2 countries which is flat somewhat since 2019 when president visit cairo and spoke about egypts a human rights record that did not go down well with egyptian authorities while the 2 men said that they had a very frank and transparent discussion they talked about regional issues they talked about syria libya the need for more stability there they talked about the Eastern Mediterranean the Mediterranean Region at large and their concern their shared concern over some of turkeys actions in the area they also talked about working together continuing to cooperate on counterterrorism in terms of human rights this time about oh mike ross said that he brought up the issue once again with the egyptian president but he said that he could not a full go if you like the Strategic Partnership between france and egypt because of human rights he said that human rights are extremely important and that egypt as a democracy should respect the Civil Liberties and have a Strong Civil Society that was very important indeed but the egypt remained a very important partner for france on many other issues including what they call Counter Terrorism in the region where human Rights Groups had voice a lot of concern in recent days before this meeting they said that they have. To talk to present sisi about human rights to try and encourage him to free the many perceived opponents activists campaigners and journalists that have been detained under the presidency cesar rule they are also very worried campaign is also very worried about this socalled red carpet treatment that has been given to prison sisi because they say. That in a way to have this Strategic Partnership between paris and cairo is in a way betrayal of french values because egypts human rights record is so poor natasha there following all those talks for us and paris thanks so much natasha. Speaking of human rights we can now speak to hussein boni his Amnesty Internationals egypt and Libya Research and he joins us now from tunis hussein i recall the last time you spoke to us was just after 3 human rights workers were released from prison in egypt ahead of this state visit but microns very much still under pressure to push sisi on this what would you have liked to see come out of this visit. Obviously you would like to see prison continues to pressure prisons whats he said about human rights in egypt we need to see that happening we need to see disclosed doesnt just all but words between need to see this translates incorporation between france and egypt because otherwise interim saves and governments point of view and swartz are just for a consumption but dont really mean much of. A crackdown in egypt if it continues as it does since it would be no implications on the physical relationship between france and also countries. Communities. And as it was last time it seems as a force member from the organization as it was decided to extend this detention for 45 more days this important to note that in this case there was a examine that cases of 735. 00 individuals in one sitting just a few hours and decided to extensive tensional every single individual or same including human rights defenders people in detained beyond city to limit and so on all of them are detained ending investigations into their is going so well let me ask you about the statement from his saying that hes not going to make sales to egypt conditional on human rights does that in your mind send a dangerous message despite the counterterrorism cooperation. Of course it seems a very dangerous message to egypt because its basically retreating cooperation that actually cooperation between the 2 countries would not be implicated in the indian impacted by human rights situation in egypt and this was a very dangerous message because from the asian governments point of view counterterrorist means resting peacefully human rights defenders and serious and Peaceful Protesters mean subjecting them to very dire conditions it means in force and appearances it means torture or to extract. When fish unseen in some ways its a message screen since a very dangerous message that says misfits and that these practices are ok from squint to a few of us now fronts really need stay the stronger position which comes to human rights and see have an opportunity. Of ensuring that jim is a Un Human Rights Councils of. Course. Wanted to make in his once a situation for human rights in egypt has a new also up on the bia so let me ask you about that we have seen a bit of a realignment of 8 is global Power Dynamics shift how close are the 2 countries now especially when it comes to priorities in the region. So the countrys close when it comes to libya because there is support for. Libyan National Army or hotter in southeast. And in a position to his name which is supported by turkey and as you know also john francis you have been at all surprised if he saw poses as you political. Considerations. President to take some position however not only is this is just an immoral position because it implies the lives of millions of egyptians and their liberty is not a priority of overstress your concerns for france whats also its not practical because its important to know is if you support it in age we have. Governments we have supplied weapons and equipment to sit in any invited nation owes the United Nations. Arms embargo we have seen how safe. It is a use of iraqs you eat drones to be used to strike on the strikes was in libya including some that may have led to this were civilians. Transporting position and yes we are straightening to be complicit in cease crimes and violations hussain boniva Amnesty International egypt and. Great to have you back on aljazeera thanks feel for. How it is now time for the weather. Theres an apparent patent setting up that youre not going to like if youre in italy or the balkans this is the 1st storm system the next ones on its way through the bay of biscay desert storm after storm this was resolved itself into this frontal system as it goes across the balkans but it gave to us 3 days of fairly heavy rain in northern italy snow up in the dollar markets in the austrian alps as well this is result of a lot of rain a river burst its banks the pan out a river which means more than a had some minor flooding up to about 5 depths a rescuer of course necessary up in the Higher Ground to the north of this of course raging rivers or at least streams becoming rivers cause some damage you have to up to 3 feet of snow in the dollar mights and say the alps beyond into austria the same system calls vicious weather down the Croatian Coast and thats the result some minor water damage the strong winds in serbia to now the strong winds in serbia currently are easing this is inland obviously as this system loses land but this is not the end of it ok this is the forecast for monday slowly improving but its repeating itself on tuesday and next system sets up more heavy rain for northeast knisley snow on the outs and naples gets the brunt of the 1st wave as well. Still ahead for you here on out of there why some sports people have joined the ever growing list of celebrities to stand in solidarity with indias far. As bushfires forced evacuations in australia again Scientists Say 2020 is on course to be the hottest year ever. And the English Premier League champions had a very special night well explain data and sport. Frank assessments youve got colleagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation theres only one doctor and one nurse or 1. 00 to 200. 00 people informed opinions how big does Foreign Policy figure in the early stages of a bomb in the situation he comes into office with a huge amount of Foreign Policy experience indepth analysis of the day school open headline which now will replace what you live get the best seat when theres no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for an inside story on aljazeera. When the music breaks are thrown when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told thats why they have increased testing in areas with a high infection rate with exclusive interviews and indepth reports people here tell us they are desperate theyre hungry at home aljazeera has teams on the ground kind of loves to impart the 2nd law to bring you move when documentaries and live news. The. Fellow that youre watching out there thats remind you of our top stories here this hour 6 coronavirus patients have died in a pakistani hospital of shala after supplies there. Hundreds of patients were left for hours on reduced oxygen because of a delay to delivery its. Verges and gone choosing their president and members of parliament the main president ial contenders are not good for and the man he replaced 4 years ago John Dramani Mahama both have agreed to accept the official winner. And french president says arms sales to egypt will not be made conditional on its human rights record he says he did speak frankly about Rights Violations though with president of us l. C. C. In paris on monday without adding details. Leaders from across the European Union are holding a last ditch talks to see what hope remains of a post breaks a trade deal with the u. K. Each chief negotiator Michele Banja has been meeting with ambassador as of the 27 Member States to see if a deal can be agreed before the january fast deadline. Now joins us live from london with more on this laurie what is at stake here can you talk us through that. You know in the stars there how many times over the whole practice saga have you heard the phrase the last ditch push for a deal like no i cant count the number its been so many and yet here we are nearly 11 months after the u. K. Officially accepted from the European Union and kicked off the 11 month transition period which was designed to give these 2 sides a bit of breathing room set to come to some sort of future trade agreements well here we are the days of being counted down to the 30 firth of 1st of december if there is no agreement reached by then then essentially both sides have to trade with each other on whats called w t o rules World Trade Organization rules now the u. K. Government likes to dress it up as being an australia style deal but that really essential means that they have not come to any deal its all because australia has no free to true Free Trade Agreement with the European Union what it means basically is that goods and services that had been flowing freely across a frictionless border between the u. K. And the e. U. Would suddenly become gummed up and there would be checks and tariffs and taxes and all sorts of barriers put in place between these 2 trading blocks essentially and yes a trade deal would woods entails some disruption anyway but the order of magnitude of the severity of of a no deal would be hugely hugely worse and particularly this would impact Northern Ireland which has. The free trade between Northern Ireland and the republic of irelands kind of baked into the peace agreements the was put in place to end decades of violence there so its the stakes are huge stakes are very very huge and theres not much time left to sort them out and as that time ticks away worry can you talk us through the sticking points that are preventing a deal from happening here. You know that this thinking was havent really changed over many many months one of them is fishing the e. U. Wants to maintain its access to the ukase fishing waters in the u. K. Doesnt really like that wants to be able to say when and how and who in except for which boats get to come into the u. K. Waters and fish that theres also this issue of whats called the level Playing Field now this is the means by which the e. U. Wants to make sure the u. K. Companies dont undercut e. U. Companies and so it wants the u. K. So largely stick by e. U. Rules and the u. K. Wants to make up its own rules and then theres also another sticking points over kind of the governance of whatever future trade agreements there is between the 2 sides this is particularly with regards to enforcement of any an arbitration of any disputes and that in disagreements trust is at a particular low points not least because the u. K. In recent months has tried to renee on parts of the Withdrawal Agreement that it signed with the e. U. At the end of last year or a challenge that with all the latest for us from london thanks so much mari. Now the United Nations says theres been an increase in targeted killings by unidentified attackers in afghanistan in the capital kabul once described as the countrys most secure city grieving family members are calling for alters and for justice from their fellow contre for reports. Its been more than 3 months since a mans father a peace advocate and minister of education employee was killed on his way to work an explosive device was placed in his car im on wants answers the government is responsible to find the killers if the find the killers and the of the killers. The u. N. Says targeted assassinations by unknown assailants an activist Government Employees journalists and others have increased by 50 percent this year compared to 2019 these attacks spread fear and insecurity often they are carried out by unknown gunmen but another method is more lethal. Magnetic bombs placed on cars have become the signature weapon for on planes targeted assassinations that inexpensive is it in use and 10 almost certainly kill and injure not only those targeted inside the car but anyone who happens to be around when the bomb explodes. The head of a ghana stands independent Human Rights Commission so how does that akbar sees these attacks as an attempt to weaken and silence again a stand Civic Society were also pushing for for civilian protection and more generally for cease fire to kid an enabling environment for a Peace Process where there is Public Participation because if this goes on im just right im just really worried about the fact that people will be very hesitant to take an active role in that process pressure has been mounting on the government to provide more security and to fully investigate these murders the government says several people have been arrested the minister of interior says its investigations show the taliban the Haqqani Network and i still are behind the killings or intelligence and they are trying to know if a small section. That they are can make it in the big groups of the terrorist that they. Made the plot and the livered the plot an actual plan to do small groups and the act they do the. Me. Got bombs in culver city city. After his father was killed im on feared for his familys lives and sent them out of the country he stayed to seek justice and their fathers so he didnt he got threats he didnt and i am he going on his way so im not asking for something so that i should fear for im just asking for justice if asking for justice would take my life so that asking for justice and peace valeo contra for aljazeera kabul. Straight in Emergency Services are evacuees in homes in the path of a bushfire in queensland paper on Fraser Island have been told to leave after the fire burned large parts of the northeast and that. Reports. The view from a helicopter overstrain is inferred the bush fires on Fraser Island have been burning for 7 weeks theyve destroyed half of the u. S. Coal listed World Heritage site now People Living in the town of happy valley have been told to leave as the fires closed in a look we are preparing for the worst you know it over the ng and were going to try to hit it with everything weve got today were pulling out all stops were trying to stop these 4 impacting on that happy valley township as well as managing the other numerous fars accounting course for his role in the blaze was sparked by an illegal campfire but its been fuelled by high winds record low rainfall and record high temperatures its been a warm day been a tough tough day when it comes to farting and we have been dividing significant resources to far in the far on fries or on. A Public Inquiry into australias devastating bushfires last year said the conditions that created them precedented and wounds they may become more common it was the countrys hottest and driest year on record and the fire has burned about 350 square kilometers of land. Many blame Climate Change but a strain as Prime Minister has rejected calls to cut dependence on coal and take more action on global warming. What were saying is very much according to the playbook of Climate Change weve been expecting these sorts of changes for decades now theyre increasingly coming to fruition and increasingly what were seeing is Climate Change is embedded in each of these events so its not a question of whether this would occur with or without Climate Change its just that Climate Change is ramping up. These events when they happen. The authorities in praise island say mobile phone coverage power and Water Services might soon be cut off despite the dangers some people are staying behind to defend their homes big turia gates and be aljazeera. And police in new delhi have stopped a group of athletes from returning their medals to the president it was meant to be an act of solidarity with farmers who are protesting against new laws in india tens of thousands have been rallying at entry points to the capital for more than a week now theyre pushing to overturn laws that they say will damage their livelihoods and theres a big problem has been. Tens of well known athletes have a vibe here in the center of the capital new delhi after travelling for the past 2 days from the states of punjab and haryana where many farmers and protesting farmers from they have been met with the largest security presence here on their way to the president ial building to return their National Awards now they did make a brief stop at the main protest site single where they received a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of farmers who were blocking a key highway it doesnt look like theyre going to receive a warm welcome by president romney who has denied their request for an audience but pharma say that the athletes rather including a limpet Gold Medalist say that they support farmers they support their demands and they want to return their medals and protest against what they say is the governments ill treatment to farmers. We want to tell the government that farmers provide the food to the nation the governments been stubborn in its attitude towards farmers and it should stop behaving with arrogance these laws have been made for farmers and if theyre not happy the laws should be repealed and there is growing 2 support for a nationwide protest thats been planned for tuesday a number of the countrys biggest Opposition Party said theyre going to participate in protest in a shutdown against laws which they say will threaten indias Food Security and destroy farmers and the Agriculture Sector by mortgaging it to corporate farms said theyre going to block all of the key broads the coming into the indian Capital Region at the moment tens of thousands of farmers remain on 33 border crossings including where were at the gaza border between indias most populous state to predation and were also hearing that wholesale Produce Market from the state of raj is a planning to close and some of the countrys biggest transport trade and banking unions are planning to shut down all the services. On tuesday in solidarity with indias followers. Still ahead here on aljazeera the bigger the need and the best for these italian title contenders are all about the story and just a few my. Business leaders as to why no bra spot. In the future the. Business leaders want to buy no bras paul. The of the the in. Walking back a campaign is underway in argentina for the face of a late footballer Diego Maradona to be put on one of the countrys banknotes he is held in such high esteem in argentina that its hoped that his image could attract investors and even collectors reports from what is airing. He was a legend on the pitch a controversial but inspirational figure offit. Tens of thousands mourned his death last week from a heart attack at 60 hes gone but no one is letting him be forgotten for now the even more. This came from our fanaticism from our love. A commemoration of that could help improve the countrys Economic Situation this is the no designed by some of his most ardent fans who have launched a campaign on change dot org appealing to the president and the central bank to issue 810000 pesos note with about 124. 00 what we are seeing is how people you know use reacting in a way that brings you know maradona back you know to the center of the scene. With something. Up very concrete. And very. Symbolic such as a bunker. Now with the economy we can buy debt inflation and lack of Foreign Investment argentina needs him again. And it could be an interesting boost to the argentine economy imagine the central bank accumulating reserves this way with interest from abroad to generate dollars the petition has so far attracted more than 20000. 00 signatures and is growing rapidly its clear that many arjun time still dont want to let Diego Maradona go to put his face this face on a banknote would put him on a pedestal with the countrys Founding Fathers with a veto a figure transcending sports and inspiration beyond the football pitch. With his death argentina has been analyzing and appreciating what marathon it gave them during his life the most poignant being in 1986 world cup. However the bank will be asking whether theyre a donor who made an squandered millions is an appropriate symbol of money tree good sense all those will point to his drug problems and treatment of women but as for what he did on the page that most want to remember him already. A great inspiration and very emotional that brings a tear to my eyes just talking about him and. I did legend grows his followers now hope his image will continue to inspire them from beyond the grave in their own 201 osiris well it is now time for sports and his fire the sounds have thank you so much south africas one Day International cricket series with england has been called off it follows positive cope with 19 cases and reported breaches of the teams bio secure environment in cape town one south africa player and 2 members of staff have been confirmed to have coronavirus while on sunday england revealed they had 2 on confirmed positive results among their touring party alternate days are being looked at for the series to be rescheduled in the future really respect the daily mirror cricket correspondent dean wilson whos in south africa covering the tour hes caught the impression from members of the england camp that the bubble measures in place have been less strict than those used for International Series hosted by england earlier in the year. I think every order d tries to do the best that they can by the players but there are different circumstances throughout the impression that i get here and certainly speaking to one or 2 members of the being a group they have found this bubble d to be different slightly less stringent to the public they had in the u. K. Where you know theyre very strict on things like social distancing and you know wearing gloves and things like that to have meals really keeping people apart as much as possible you know. Kind of socializing. In communal areas too much and certainly communal areas were at a minimum so i think things in a slightly different here of course you know the weather is pretty good him and the hotel that the english as an african team staying has got some you know pretty outstanding facilities and grounds that the players can use and theyre all outdoors which is which is ideal to increase ventilation and reduce risk so i think its very much a case so you know during the best each port can based on the facilities that they have certainly theres a feeling here that this bubble is perhaps not quite as strict and as restrictive as it was in the u k. Football now an ac milan have restored their 5 point lead at the top of syria on sunday they made it 8 wins from thailand by beating sampdoria way frank kesey and san lucas cielo got the goal sealing a 21. 00 win malana remain unbeaten the season in the league and are looking to win their 1st skate at 0720 level. Now billy also won on sunday they thrashed corona a 4 nil the southerners highly upset 3rd in syria one point behind 2nd place and. Reigning elish premier League Champions liverpool crushed wolves on sunday a reds won 4 nil at anfield it was the 1st time sounds were present at the stadium this season the limited crowd of 2000 spectators were in attendance when sees liverpool go level on points with leaders taught them who had beaten arsenal 2 nil earlier in the day. Before the game i thought the boys saw by the way we have today supporters in the state everybody knew that but i forgot that youre going to be all still to talk about it will be different its not like this is it i dont know what will happen but it is if its good to use it if its not good you have to ignore it it was outstanding it was outstanding getting out of getting out of the dressing room or bombing up that was a problem. Japanese side whistle coby have reached the quarter finals of the Asian Champions League for the 1st time in their history they knocked out chinese side shanghai aside p. G. A. Of the creep internationals to do that time and there is any asset got the opening goal of the 31st minute before it daigle nishi steal the 2 know when a quarter finals a kick off on thursday. Mexican driver sergio prez has won his 1st ever formula one race at the shocker grand prix results and drama in bahrain as Lewis Hamiltons replacement George Russell was denied victory after a shocking mistake by the mercedes pit crew david stokes reports. It was a big race for George Russell standing in for a World Champion Lewis Hamilton who was isolating with coronavirus an impressive performance in qualifying saw him start 2nd on the grid but it didnt take him long to improve on that overtaking is miss a beast teammate Valtteri Bottas at the 1st corner. Behind him sergio perez in the pink racing point car was hit by charles de klerk and dropped to the back of the field to say these were flowing out in front but then 2 huge mistakes in the pits 1st a slow start for both of us before to merge they put the wrong tires on russells car forcing him to be good again ok george youre going to be typical you have it next time i said because that era dropped him down to 5th he fought his way back to 2nd and was gaining on the lead before a slow puncture ruined his race for good his frustration was clear. The 22 year old finished 9th in the end to claim his 1st ever f one points but that will be little consolation incredibly it was perots celebrating the victory instead he battled from 18th to 1st to finish 10. 5 seconds clear yes checco one. Yes. Perez has been racing in f one finale a decade but this is his 1st grand prix victory in 190 starts. Colonel to say you know after the 1st love of the race was again done some of us we can but it was all about giving up recovering going through it just making of as we possibly could we had the wind in the back today everything was under control. I was managing the ties so great in the car. And obviously went away from it once came heard 3 and it went away for it was again. Yeah i dont know. It was mexicos anthem playing on the podium this week but russell may get a chance to avenge his by the look if hamilton doesnt recover in time for the season ender in abu dhabi if that race is half as exciting as this one were in for a treat david stokes aljazeera. Le bron james and the l. A. Lakers has started their new Training Camp as they prepare to begin the defense of their and a title hopes of repeating their success have been boosted by james and Anthony Davis signing new contracts last week the pair lead the teams 1st workout session and were joined by some of the lakers new signings up to the shortest offseason in n. B. A. History the new Campaign Begins on december 22nd ok and that is all your support for now back to you thanks so much far. Well here is a 2020 fairy tale ending in pandemic times a bride in india was left heartbroken after testing positive a private 1000 and then being sent into quarantine on the morning of her wedding day. But as you can see the bride and groom exchanged vows after all dressed in p. P. Thats after all authorities in the Western State are raw just on save the day by allowing the couple to tie the knot as a private care center only the brides parents and a priest attended that ceremony also supervised by medical staff. 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