Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

Revolution has died aged 91. And donald trump praises Prime Minister Narendra Modis efforts on religious freedom as the indian capital with this is severe rioting over a citizenship law that excludes muslims and scored a senior olympic official says the sport of coronavirus is a threat to this years tokyo games dick pound says organizers have a 3 month window to decide the fate of the july effect. The head of the World Health Organization mission to china says the corona virus is becoming a rapidly escalating epidemic in several places cases in china where the virus began have been on a downward trend and cured patients on a returning hog rights of new infections are falling in several provinces but its the spread to. Other countries that has the World Health Organization concerned this is a rapidly escalating epidemic in different places that weve got to tackle super fast to prevent a pandemic i mean its actually what china demonstrates is where this goes is within the control of our decisions to apply this kind of rigor and approach to to to this disease its really has the highest number of cases in europe 100 more cases have been confirmed on tuesday taking the total there to 322. 00 several towns in the countrys north have been sealed off to contain the spread in iran has the most distance outside of china 15 president Hassan Rouhani says the situation is under control and is blaming the enemies of iran for spreading fear in society they while a high profile government figure leading the fight against the current virus has caught the disease. She was seen wiping sweat from his brow at a press conference on monday because somebody to love him but if someone came along or a knife for them i just wanted to tell you that i carries a coronavirus as well yesterday i had a fever and late last night the results of my preliminary test was positive since last night ive isolated myself a while ago i was informed that my test has been confirmed and its positive my general condition is not bad i assure you that with the efforts of the Health Ministry officials and with the people support in the next few weeks we will defeat the virus to rest assured of that i said begg is in toronto he says theres disagreement over how bad the situation really is. Yesterday he gave a press conference standing next to the Government Spokesperson denying that 50 people had died he had even said that even if it was half that number he would hand in his resignation but he was seen wiping stretch from his forehead people are questioning whether his condition is ok back yesterday because he was showing symptoms now were in a situation where hes been in contact with the Government Spokesperson that room is full of journalists and politicians the Government Spokesperson has contact with the cabinet including the president president Hassan Rouhani so were potentially in a situation where the government of iran the senior members of the government have come in contact with somebody with the coronavirus and could very well be infected by it at the same time president rouhani spoke this morning he seemed to downplay the spread of the virus he said it wasnt as bad as the spread of the flu virus the country has faced in the past he says to ask people not to panic and to follow the advice of the Health Ministry well the deputy minister of the Health Ministry has been infected at the same time president hasnt spoken again he said that its part of the enemy plot to create panic and shut down the country and they wont be shutting down the country and he said that life would turn to turn back to normal of bisect today unless there is an exceptional case now im not sure whether he considers a krone virus to be an exceptional case but not many people seem to believe that life will turn back to normal and we have correspondents across continents covering the fallout that 19 in a moment well hear from whos in northern italy but 1st lets go to kimberly hellcat to is tracking the u. S. Response from washington d. C. And now the u. S. Has accused iran of covering up information about the coronavirus the u. S. Secretary of state has called on countries to tell the truth about the growing outbreak what else did i have to say. Mike pump aoe the u. S. Secretary of state holding a press conference at the state department the last few hours for the 1st time pointing the finger very sharply at iran and also at china quite a departure from the the rhetoric coming out of this Administration Early on when this outbreak 1st occurred the knish really applauding china for its transparency now saying just the opposite saying that there has been no transparency or that there has been limited transparency and even accusing both nations of potentially not being truthful about the numbers urging both nations and in fact all nations to be transparent about the numbers and also to work with International Aid organizations to contain the spread further to china permitted its own foreign journalists and medical personnel to speak and investigate freely chinese officials and other nations would have been far better prepared to address the challenge similarly the United States is deeply concerned by information indicating the Iranian Regime may have suppressed vital details about the outbreak in that country as of yesterday afternoon around with 2nd only to china and coronavirus deaths all nations including iran should tell the truth about the coronavirus and cooperate with International Aid organizations. Now in the midst of all of this is the u. S. President wraps up his trip to india he is trying to quell fears inside the United States saying that his administration has things very much under control but i can tell you theres a lot of skepticism particularly as his administration briefs lawmakers on capitol hill they are asking questions not only about what a vaccine could be ready being told that it could still be more than a year away but also considering the emergency funding request from the Top Administration some 2500000000 dollars what members of the president s own Republican Party are calling wholly an adequate in fact top democrat saying that the response so far by the administration has been in their view incompetent can they how could they live from washington d. C. Thank you well highest concentration of cases outside of a series and initially. Joins us from nic in the north of the country a moment just in the past to believe our also weve seen an official tally come out and theres been a somewhat spike in the numbers what more can you tell us. You know thats right kim were actually back in milan now we spent several hours outside of that quarantined area the center of the operate is that town you mentioned could dont you know and in fact 3 of the latest cases of people who died from the corona virus are all from that from the slim body region in the north 2 of them from the town of could dont you know all of the 3 victims people over the age of 80 now every few hours today it seems that there has been another spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases just in the past hour weve heard now the number is 320 to 10 dead and now again we must remind our viewers its not exactly a surprise that the numbers continue to go up because weve repeatedly heard from officials the past few days that its expected that the numbers will rise and thats because Health Officials here are taking more proactive measures to try to test people and to try and diagnose the corona virus so they are expecting that we will continue to hear about a rise in the number of cases now also in the past hour there was a meeting held between European Health ministers in rome and also officials with the World Health Organization to try to figure out some kind of consensus on how to contain the virus from spreading further we heard from from italys Health Minister Roberto Speranza he told assembled media we agreed to keep borders open speaking about borders in europe and borders from italy to other countries closing borders he said would be a disproportionate and ineffective measure at this time all that being said though the level of alarm here is continuing to rise we spoke to residents from those d affected areas throughout the day they are concerned the measures to try to contain the virus may not be as effective as the government is trying to claim that they are and because of that theyre worried about what exactly is going to happen next weve been told by residents in towns around dont you know that its a very difficult for them to get so. Applies that they can only go to a couple of Grocery Stores in the area at specific times the supplies are running out so there is concern people are trying not to panic but at the same time they are worried that perhaps the situation is worse than they are being told him. Live from milan thank you the outbreak is affecting Investor Confidence in asia its threatening to disrupt Global Supply chains and jim brown has more from hong kong. On monday the w. H. O. Said that they didnt feel it was necessary to declare a pandemic at the moment but they are concerned that many countries simply arent prepared for that eventuality and that sentiment has been feeding into Investor Confidence here in asia markets in tokyo and hong kong were both down on choose day shares in Car Manufacturers have been falling thats of course because many of them are reliant on chinese suppliers and many chinese firms factories remain closed theyve been closed now for more than a month and they could remain closed for several more weeks because of course the the Global Supply chain has been thrown into chaos in that vein the french finance minister today has been talking about this he said that the virus had been a game changer for globalisation and that it was time to rethink the Global Supply chains because he said it would be in his words unreasonable and unthinkable for that to happen in other words for the world to continue relying on china in the way that it has particularly for things Like Pharmaceuticals now state media in china is reporting that china could begin testing a new vaccine in several weeks they say that a professor at a university in the northeast of the country has been experimenting with a vaccine hes taken for oral doses with no side effects but other experts have been saying in the past couple of weeks that actually we are several months off from a vaccine being developed because of course a new vaccine would require extensive Clinical Trials to ensure that it was safe and also affect it. Plenty more ahead on the news on including one striving syrian areas have become ghost towns as the Government Presses on with a major offensive. The furnace is could go call that europes only nickel and spectrum. And in sports well hear from the changes in tennis star you standards for players in the arab or. Muslim mubarak the egyptian president who was forced from power during the arab spring uprisings has died aged 91 he passed away in a cairo hospital where he had recently undergone surgery the current president sisi is among those offering tributes to mubarak or a better man looks back on the late egyptian role as life and legacy. Both mubarak maintained a firm grip on power in egypt 3 decades. Until finally in 2011 the people had in the millions took to the streets hundreds of killed but after 18 days this. President Mohamed Hosni mubarak has the cited wave the office of the president of the public. Reacted as they heard the news that brought the man with an iron fist down. The military council took the reins of power but it was from the bullet train the mubarak had originally risen to power. A former chief in 1973 he led an air campaign the regain the Sinai Peninsula from israel it has been a humiliating loss in the 967 war president anwar sadats made him vice president. Mubarak was just meters away from sadat when he was shot dead in 1990. 8 days later. Became president overseas immediately he implemented emergency laws giving the state sweeping powers of arrest and cousin basic freedoms that would remain in place for his entire presidency there were a number of assassination attempts like this one during a visit to ethiopia in the mid 990 s. Nearly 60 people were killed in luxor. Mubarak cracked down on rounding up thousands of suspects from the inside many egyptians considered his rule oppressive although he won 4 elections there were allegations of fraud but he continued to impress mattie in the Global Political arena as he made International Diplomacy a cornerstone of his rule. To secure a steady flow of oil supplies into World Markets and brokered deals between the palestinians and the israelis the americans enlisted support of 2 major allies saudi arabia and egypt the saudi kingdom use its financial power and egypt under mubarak use its political leverage to influence arab League Decisions the strategy paid off and he received crucial u. S. Military aid with billions of dollars. But unflinching western support from a bark soon faded with the arab spring began mubarak was arrested and charged with corruption and abuse of power in 2012 he was sentenced to life in prison for failing to stop the killing of hundreds of protesters after a retrial mubarak was acquitted in 2017. But his legacy has endured with the current regime led by another military figure. Using similar hardline tactics to crackdown on dissent in order to stay in power. Several leaders have reacted to mubaraks death the countrys current president sadat r. C. C. Praised the barks role during the 1973 conflict with israel which he called a war that restore dignity and pride to the arab nation. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas praised mubaraks support for the palestinian cause the Palestinian People in achieving their freedom and independence and israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held mubarak as a great leader theirs were. On behalf of the people of israel i wish to express deep sorrow over the death of president Hosni Mubarak he was a personal friend of mine a leader that led his people to peace and security to peace with israel i met him many times and i was impressed with his commitment and we will continue to walk this joint path i wish to send condolences to president out sisi the mubarak family and all the egyptian people while i shall joins us now live from the tunisian capital tunis for more jamal you covered the protests in 2011 you witnessed 1st hand the anger and mubarak during that uprising what is your take on his legacy. Well of those 18 days are probably the most. Clear indication is true what his legacy meant for so many egyptians are on the one hand you had millions of people who took to the streets and good at 3 decades of corruption oppression and demise in the egyptian economy and on the other hand there were elements who were loyal true no bark that he used to essentially fight those people off the streets and in some cases even kill them it was probably in a country where there has been little free or for our scope for people to express themselves in those 18 days we saw the most honest response or the most honest accounts of what millions of egyptians felt was the mobarak legacy in if we try and wrap them up in a couple of minutes here are some of those highlights from those 18 days. Because the mubaraks death comes almost 9 years to the day since he was forced out of office by an historic uprising for 18 street days egyptians from all walks of life on the streets demanding the resignation of the man who tragically for 30 years the 2011 uprising had begun on january the 25th at the at the mubarak government had to celebrate egypts Police Forces but for millions of egyptians there was nothing to celebrate. Here at security apparatuses locked up Political Prisoners tortured detainees and in several cases killed them. Mubaraks response to these protests was to crackdown on the demonstrators Police Snipers trained their weapons on the crowd and then the likes riding camels charged towards the hotel stores several 100 people were killed in suicide xandra and the soon to become iconic to your square. I but the peoples resolve proved to be greater in a unique demonstration of unity secularists liberals islamists men and women young and old turned to here square in the central cairo into a protest site that gripped the worlds attention. Mubarak tried to appease them 1st by reshuffling his cabinets and then by promising not to stand for another term he pleaded with the youth to go back to their homes and promised to listen to their demands but it wasnt enough as mubaraks speech was projected onto screens of protest sites across the country demonstrators threw their shoes at them and shouted we are not leaving he must leave the box grip on power largely depended on the army it was his military career that propelled him to power so when the army decided they would no longer support him it was announced that he was stepping down. Oh yes many revolutionaries believed that meant that they had won but the chant that had been ringing out in the streets of egypt for those 18 days was the people demand the fall of the regime and what those revolutionaries didnt realize was that while mubarak may have fallen the regime was to remain Even Stronger so there is a sense for months amongst the people now when they look at the legacy of Hosni Mubarak maybe that they will look at it in light of the fact of how bad the situation is in egypt today compared to the relatively less worse not better but less worse situation it was on the mubarak and thats more of a reflection as to just how autocratic things have gone even since he has left rather than a reflection of the legacy that he leaves behind obviously there will be in the coming 24 hours an assessment from a more traditional analytical perspective when we look at the funeral procession that will take place them all the different sentiments will be expressed by World Leaders to look up as that statesman as somebody who ruled the are worlds most populous country for so long but for the average egyptian who saw the value of the egyptian currency go down consistently over the year. Saul the level of unemployment rises consistently over the years who saw the number of prisons increase in the Political Prisoners increase as well for them they see that that is the real religious you of Hosni Mubarak who essentially not just represented himself as a leader but the military institution which has been gripping power in egypt for more than 60 years now tamala shall there live from tunis thank you. U. S. President donald trump wrapped up his 2 day visit to india saying hes optimistic that a comprehensive trade deal can be reached before leaving new delhi he signed a 3000000000. 00 deal for u. S. Weapons but he criticized india for its tariffs on u. S. Goods i want reciprocal has to be reciprocal and the money youre talking about is major but the United States has to be treated fairly. And india and this is a relationship is outstanding but india and this is weve had a tremendous deficit for many many years with india with with everybody you know with frankly so many different cultures weve had a massive massive deficit elizabeth product has more from the indian capital new delhi. We heard from president just a short while ago. His 1st visit to india. In another couple of hours and we heard from him and he actually did something that Prime Minister modi has never done which is take questions from journalists and while he emphasized the president and Prime Minister modi of really keen to emphasize this defense deal this india is buying 3000000000. 00 with tree equipment from america they talked about that day i guess they see that. You know tangible thing that that this trip we did have President Trump for the 1st time about whats actually happening in india and whats been happening in india the biggest story here for the last 2 months with the ongoing protests against the citizenship nor and white house officials said before President Trump traveled that he would raise concerns with the president. About that and he had to be asked about that today because there have been violent scenes in delhi for the last few days like we havent seen in the last 2 months and he was asked about that and he replied by heaping praise on Prime Minister modi yet again saying that you know promise to modi is committed to religious freedom and that there is religious freedom and dhea and that he has full faith in him. Well as elizabeth has been saying president visit coincided with the worst riots in the capital in decades 13 people including a Police Officer died over the last 3 days they were killed during protests over the controversial citizenship bill demonstrators say it discriminates against muslims. Is in new delhi he explains why that is concerned that Police Officers are not doing enough to protect the people. Theres a mixture of apprehension and anger apprehension about whats going to happen and i know about the attacks on the community we saw some of the worst violence in the capital since those protests about the remember laura began in december it was quite a day of violence and it shook many people because they never expected it to have been centered around a group of muslim women who stay just sitting just up the road behind me and their cars this wreckage of a road and thats angered the Hindu Community and when we were here on monday we heard very very racist comments and nationalist music being played by the hindu side and this lot serve images appearing on social media which seemed to show that the predominant hindu police saw at least some of them are supporting some of those extreme demonstrations over the other side its difficult to verify that but it adds to the narrative here of people believing theres a collusion between those hindu extremists and the police and theyre not getting the protection they deserve. Its being now too i call barry in washington d. C. He is a south asia analyst at Eurasia Group a Political Risk consultancy based in new york thank you for your time mr barry what do you make 1st off of trans response to the violence thats taken over taken place in delhi of the past few days and the way a year he dealt with those questions about this. I would say that its very much in character in line with his character the trumpet administration has been hesitant to speak out against india for its controversial policies including actions and because smear including the controversial citizenship Amendment Act part of this is because the trumpet ministration views india as a key part of its in the pacific strategy and it is not too eager to rock the boat so to say President Trump also does not have a significant amount of history criticizing countries for alleged human rights issues and this is very much in line with his character usa you mentioned there the Indo Pacific Strategy for the u. S. Explain to us what that is. Sure so india and the u. S. Are have been kind of working together on this into pacific strategy to ensure a free and open in the pacific. The u. S. Likes to think of it as in a china containment strategy which india does not india likes to see the in the pacific stretching from africa all the way to the South China Sea and the u. S. And india have really stepped up collaboration and coordination in the defense arena to promote this concept of a free and open in the pacific. Do you think both sides got what they want out of this trip i mean trump was they go 10000000. 00 people are going to be there to see may i believe it was Something Like 120000 people but do you think both modi and trump will be happy with this visit. Yes absolutely i know President Trump was disappointed that the 2 sides were not able to reach an agreement on trade trade of course has been one of the most contentious issues in the u. S. Into a relationship over the past 2 or 3 years but the optics for President Trump were great if you take a look at the white house and social media immediately following the visit he was able to piece together images of him greeting roaring crowds people in the stands cheering from him chanting trump trump where as for Prime Minister most of the he has wanted President Trump to visit india for quite some time and this continues a pattern since 2000 where every u. S. President has visited india reflecting indias growing importance to the u. S. As it as kind of the relationship grows thanks for that analysis there that circled the area south asia analyst at Eurasia Group. Still ahead on aljazeera uncertainty in malaysia after the resignation of the Prime Minister. And getting the wounded in south sudan back on their feet spent finding a Rehabilitation Center is a barrier for many. And sports the outfit that former heavyweight champion dante while there is blaming for his defeat against nice in theory. But. How i was there was some rather unsettled weather making its way across the middle east this latest band of cloud this latest area of low pressure thats going to continue driving its way for the research was out of iraq still a few showers here eastern side of iraq for where to stay. Over the mountains as it pushes across iran and eventually making its way into afghanistan northern parts of afghanistan seeing a fair bit of snow then for the north to where they stand is because don say that when she makes as well just as that western side of the himalayas we are going to see dry weather coming back in behind 22 celsius here in the. Same itll be quite a keen one it will feel noticeably fresher but it will be fine dry and sunny a little lift at dusk and sad to watch out for fog is sunny across a good parts of Northern Africa the showers that we have just around the sun a peninsula there in the process of pulling out of the way process guys coming back in a few shows just around the highlands right into the heart of africa just around the gulf of guinea some large the a possibility there just around uganda pushing into southern parts of kenya Northern Areas of mozambique still seeing some rather wet weather and as we go on through the next couple of days cloud and rain sinking further south with it to south africa. After one tribes epic journey from palestine to the nile delta aljazeera world meets the largest concentration of 948 refugees in egypt. The socially isolated community with your rights fighting to survive and keep the palestinian heritage alive in a world where there is increasingly marginalized. Motherland on aljazeera. Migrants in uniform volunteering their labor to appease locals and combat the anti migrant sentiment. People in power travels to the north of italy where a bold experiment is underway. With an unconventional approach to integration. Italys migrant boot camp on a. The. Youre. Watching all g. s there a reminder of our top stories this hour the World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus is of rapidly escalating epidemic and it must be tackled quickly the warning comes after an increase in cases in south korea italy and a number of middle eastern countries. Irans deputy Health Minister. Has been diagnosed with corona virus iran has the most deaths outside of china at 1561 others have been infected. Former egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 91 in cairo he spent 3 decades in office before being ousted by an uprising in 2011. Or both Hosni Mubarak and his successor have morsi were overthrown and each faced a series of challenges in court but the treatment they received during the Legal Process was very different 2012 mubarak was sentenced to life in prison on charges related to killing hundreds of protesters during the arab spring but 2 years later his convictions were overturned morsi meanwhile was egypts 1st democratically elected leader his term ended after a military coup led by current president. Morsi was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges similar to those mubarak faced morsi collapsed in a courtroom and died in june last year there are reports that he was tortured in jail before his death and while the reaction to mubarak being cleared was largely new to it it raised a lot of suspicion especially among morsy supporters have said that the charges against him were politically motivated. Well Mohamed El Masry joins me now and said he is a professor at the Doha Institute for graduate studies who specializes in egyptian politics good to talk to you again from the discussions weve had with other analysts some people feel that mubaraks legacy is mixed thats not the case for you can you tell us why. I think the Political Science literature is pretty clear and i think the history books will be pretty clear on mubaraks legacy he was an authoritarian ruler he had as you mentioned in your lead up the emergency law enacted for 30 years he clamped down on all forms of political opposition he stifled dissent you know ran a singular narrative through his media apparatus imprisoned thousands of political opponents and was responsible for many killings as well politically motivated killings so theres no question that he was a dictator i dont think its a you know a mixed bag i think the reason why some people are saying that today is because theyre viewing mubarak through this comparative lens comparing him to object for the s. E. C. Egypts current president president and it is true that sisi is even more authoritarian than mubarak ever was we have had reaction in the past 3 hours from Mahmoud Abbas Palestinian Leader and from israels Benjamin Netanyahu tell us what is mubaraks image in palestine and in israel today and his legacy in terms of the palestinian israeli Peace Process well its interesting i think its very telling that on february 11th 2011 palestinians celebrated one mubarak was ousted and today on the day of his passing hes being praised heavily by Benjamin Netanyahu israeli leader i think thats all very telling and i dont think its very difficult to figure out why mubarak cooperated very closely with the israelis on quote unquote security to the detriment of palestinians and palestinian freedom he also he often. Was silent in the face of israeli transgressions against the palestinians including Settlement Expansion he was president and an important player in several of the peace negotiations which were. Always very heavily tilted toward the israeli side and mubarak was quite willing to go along with those parameters which always favored the israeli side to the detriment of the palestinians so i think its not difficult to see why under those circumstances mubarak isnt viewed very favorably inside the palestinian territories given all of that i was surprised to see both praising mubarak support for and i quote the palestinian cause and helping the Palestinian People and quote achieving their freedom and independence we did i missed something ok well how much time do we have this is this is complex but lets just say that Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority are not viewed by many palestinians the majority of palestinians as. The most honest representatives of the palestinian cause i guess i can leave it at that that is a whole other conversation that we could tell he really didnt care david to we will have to leave it there for a time thats Mohamed El Masry the thank you that. Is a professor at the Doha Institute for graduate studies. Now syrian and russian air strikes have killed at least 10 people sheltering in schools across italy province the white helmet so rescue groups say at least 8 schools were targeted with cluster bombs on tuesday there are fears the death toll may be higher search and rescue operations continue the u. N. Is warning of a bloodbath as fighting in the northwest moves closer to makeshift camps for internally displaced families. Well at least 1000000 people are on the move in syrias if the province stranded on the border area with turkey and fearing Syrian Government bombardments the displaced have nowhere left to run a hide. Reports now from turkeys border with syria. This is an unusually eerie quiet in what was once a street bustling with activity people have left. Is one of many ghost villages and towns in and rule aleppo. Syrian Government Troops have stepped up their military offensive. Shelling residential areas as the advance. Of also pay was among thousands forced out of must. By the villagers who stayed in also. Feeling hopeless and angry here we turn to a storm a saying hed rather die where he was born well i cannot show you how i used to walk the alleyways every day met my neighbors and have tea together now i do the daily walk alone everyone has gone. As fighting continues the humanitarian situation deteriorates and civilians carry on their journey hoping for shelter and. A journey that turned into a tragedy for his wife his daughter and granddaughter. My brother mustafa was desperate for a tent a tailor provided niland fabric but because my brother had no experience the tent he built didnt hear went to lucia they all suffocated to that in their sleep. These are claims the International Community for the death of his brothers family he says hes failure to act in syria was a betrayal but i wot is a son he was with his parents the night they died but had to go to another village to bring back for a niche they had left behind. And never forget that night my father called me to help him install a stone i remember my niece came to me because of the called me and i was still under shock he will carry with him the memory of his parents and his brother who was killed in a war a few years earlier. Like the millions of other syrians grappling with loss and despair. For the hundreds of thousands of displaced syrias the exodus we can see new for as long as the government of funds does not come and for now turkey and russia have failed to agree on a ceasefire and if there is no ceasefire those stranded on the border fear they may be the next targets. On Turkish Border with syria. Turkeys president has confirmed the deaths of 2 turkish soldiers in libya or egypt or one sentence troops in january to support libyas internationally recognized government in tripoli Government Forces a battling fighters loyal to war from the 4 hafta theyve been trying to capture the capital for the past 10 months the conflict has cost libyas state oil company more than 2000000000 dollars in the past month alone forces loyal to her life after have blockaded a number of major ports oil fields and terminals since mid january or oil is the main source of income for libya. Well asias Prime Minister is reported to be trying to form a new Coalition Government 24 hours after mother mohamad resigned to add to the political turmoil his party quit the Ruling Coalition over a long running feud with his rival florence though he has the latest from the capital Kuala Lumpur Mahathir mohamad in his capacity as the interim Prime Minister of malaysia met with Party Leaders across the political divide on tuesday reports say he is planning to propose a unity government one that would see politicians from rival parties working together to form the next government but that idea has now been rejected by the Main Opposition Party known as a mill are no was dominant in malaysian politics for more than 60 years until it was voted out in a general election 2 years ago now im no together with several other opposition parties held a press conference and they said if mahathir cannot even lead a coalition of 4 parties whats more a coalition consisting of 12 parties theyre calling for parliament to be dissolved and for fresh elections to be held now another possible scenario that could play out however is a new coalition could be formed now political horse trading and negotiations are happening behind closed doors and its still too early to tell which parties would have the right numbers to form a majority in parliament but if the outcome of all this is Opposition Party politicians coming back into power through this manner rather than through the ballot box then Civil Society organizations and voters may just reject such a government and political upheaval will continue in malaysia. In south sudan years of war have left thousands with disability for the population of 12000000 only 3 also paid a great ability that the only opportunity to restart lives and earn a living the many of the war would have a morgan reports from the capital juba. When joseph akon was shot in a battle in south sudans civil war 5 years ago he thought he would recover after surgery but his wound was so serious his leg was amputated that made it difficult for him to find a job and for a while he thought his life was over. I was a soldier and in one of the battles in the venturi i got shot when i lost my leg i couldnt eat i was stressed out a lot i couldnt be a soldier no one wanted to hire me for a job. South sudan seceded from sudan in 2011 after 21 years of civil war the longest on the african continent but 2 years after independence civil war broke out there 2 decades of fighting has left many people suffering from war injuries both civilians and soldiers its also left hundreds of thousands this. Conflict has left many of those struggling to get the health care they need especially in areas outside the capital and some see they are marginalized and sometimes excluded from employment in 2017 groups like Human Rights Watch estimates that south sudan has about 1200000 people with disabilities thats largely the result of not just the recent conflict but decades of violence this center in the capital juba covers more than half the country when it comes to providing care for the disabled and those receiving attention. Or any other kind of services provides them an opportunity to restart their lives again suzanne is 40 years old and has suffered from paul you since she was a child. Even tried to walk. Still i need somebody to assist me and physically fit out even the family but after i get the new device able to get in my books if it didnt matter yes School Requirement and if it did i work with my own without any support. The center produces prosthetic limbs and other aid including wheelchairs doctors here see while there is less fighting in south sudan as a result of a peace deal signed in 2018 many patients continue to come for help and the biggest decided group of. Gun shops and we have anyone by their name and by now we have a. Diabetic patient there say talking now there are a distinct raising staff here see if conditions improve in the country they expect the number of patients in need of rehab illustration to rise that this moment the sudden took up a city is fully occupied with the presence and we have some are manageable down whats working list but once the access is improved their organism is improved the public transport something to them that are. Not coming up keep coming then we hand up the only time this dr. Joseph says hes yet to find a job but he says now that he can walk again he doesnt feel stigmatized and left out and thats giving him hope that some day he can work again and financially be able to stand on his feet he will morgan aljazeera juba well then a 1000 jobs are at risk in greece where europes only ion nickel manufacturer faces closure the government says the state owned company like oh is more than half a 1000000000. 00 in debt and will be sold within the year John Psaropoulos has been speaking to some of its workers in the port town of netanya. The meter is lucys has worked well arco since he was 17 he says nickel smelting was his only prospect of earning a decent living and supporting his family in this area of central greece. Please if i were to lose my job i wouldnt find anything whos going to hire me at 48 no one wants someone that age and if they do they offer you 600 euros a month with out any social security. More than 1200. 00 other workers at large are in a similar position the government is giving the company a final handout of 40000000. 00 to see it through the year and find an investor if that fails its furnace is will go cold permanently largo also has more than 22000 suppliers and contractors who rely upon it. 160000000. 00 a year export. Alloy to factories that turn it into stainless steel but the government says it is doing so at a loss and has built up debts of 650000000. 00 to supply and the state. Disputes that law has union admits that early retirement for older and better paid workers could lower salary costs by a 3rd but says political mismanagement is chiefly to blame. The ministers making mistakes you cant come out and say that were polluting the scene because of this weve started to have terrible problems with their suppliers they think they were in receivership or that the Company May Close no one is supplying us anymore so well have to close anyway. Any investor will have to deal with high operating costs for 50 year old furnace is that require frequent maintenance dated smelting technology that creates heavy Carbon Dioxide emissions and high electricity costs fixing all this requires money the government says it cannot provide them out of the problem here the problem was the government couldnt provide one for. Laugher because they werent allowed to give out state aid that strangled any Development Potential local hurt we went to the European Investment bank and elsewhere but all the doors were closed because we had the accusation of illegal state aid hanging over our heads the only solution was to allow locker to go bankrupt and take the debt with it for the foreseeable future the world needs stainless steel and nickel is used extensively in car batteries that could mean a Bright Future as year of abandons the internal Combustion Engine but to get the lock own needs an owner with deep pockets jump start up a loss aljazeera like him. Still ahead on aljazeera in sports one same year and then for official says games organizers are in a race against time to make this years games happen and hes here with that still. Time off for his andy thank you so much ken well as samia olympic official says the spread of corona virus is now a threats of issues tokyo games dick pound believes organizers have a 3 month window to saw the fights of the july vents the pound is the longest serving member of the International Olympic committee he says. Coronavirus is the new war and you have to face it in that war cancelling the games is a worst Case Scenario all options are on the Table Including a perspiring mintz or dispersing events of the countries the game is due to begin on july 24th now japans olympic organizers and Health Officials say its still soorley to consider canceling the games on choose day schoolchildren in tokyo mount 6 months and so the start of the paralympics they competed in events organized by japans long jump paralympian sharkey to cater he says shes being extra careful to avoid infection so the finance companies show got it all those them are people who have visual impairment have to touch things more often than other people so i always try to wear a mask and wash my hands and after i touch something i try to use sterilizing sheets i also try not to be too exhausted and to sleep well or high profile events in china including the form grown pre and world indoor let its have already been postponed by the impacts of coronavirus being felt by sporting or thorough cities across the globe japans top football competition the jail has postponed matches and so at least march the 15th south koreas cayley has delayed the start of its season its how early in football also affected for syria are games postponed last weekend or in some islands Europa League match on thursday will be played behind closed doors and iran has suspended all sporting events and so at least march the 6th except stop League Football matches which will be played in empty stadiums and weve also been reports that 2012 house london could step in as a last minute replacement for tokyo jeffrey follow is an olympic bid in consultant was part of a management saying for the 2008 beijing games he says moving the ins horror vents one of the city at this stage is not an option. So 149 days till the opening ceremonies and you know theres not a religious the movie no one is like atlas youre not going to have in years what you need 25000 volunteers. Where are they going to come from are you going to train them eat them and hows that you have to find a chain hire and train the security staff of all the debuts what about the Olympic Village if you dont have a house 50000. 0 by the way you got 30000 was journalists were they going to. The other question never discussed where is the money going to move it the japanese are going to work the i. O. C. Im into its all not a chance the british i dont think they have a couple of 1000000000 pounds sitting around up there they want to jump into the olympics and i think they have a choice is it either hold the games or cancel the olympics cancel the Olympic Games if you imagine the amount of money youre going to lose and you will just a new great news along being built there well. Tennis world number one ashley party has made a winning it returns to action Australian Open stuff struttin started competing at the cats are open its a conjurer means Laura Siegmund in her 1st match since losing in the semifinals of the home grand slam quarter securing the 2nd round match in straight sets us. 2020 has already been a breakout year 15 is in play on the job or at the Australian Open last month the 25 year old became the 1st arab woman series the quarter finals of a grand slam shes also the highest ranked arab player in the history of womens tennis and shes been talking talk host wanted for a small about her story so far. Honestly it was my dream since i was like 5 or 6 years old my mom asked me what you want to like i told her when i win a grand slam i want to be number one and it started like this you know and you know sometimes i had difficult times believing in my dream and ive worked hard in training all my my life in the internet i like the way its coming off for me like that im a dream is coming true weve seen a lot of new players coming out as asia do you think having top level tournaments in africa how will how grow the sport there im going to wishing it to have more tournaments there 5 we have a lot of buy to flex more tournaments but im actually looking forward to have a more w. T. Is the only one and its in my roll call right now. I hope one day we can have a double back in my country in the into new i know i have to to give a good image im trying my best to inspire a lot of players to be here either in tunisia or an africa even in the arab words. Its a responsibility but i think im ready for it and i hope i hope i can do a good job you did very well at the Australian Open how has that changed your career it was my one of my goals to be in the 2nd week of often a grand slam i knew that i had level 2 to beat any player i knew that i had in my in my tennis team in my mind they could be really good then and they would be good games but it never happened for me but now with this part change a lot of things for me made me more confident on the court maybe believe more in my dreams and in 2019 i spoke to my team and i said. This year is going to be 21. 00 is going to be my year and i want to do to. Choose 1000. 00 days until 2022 football world cup to the 8 total in stadiums are already being used and 3 more sets are opened this year next month croatia belgium and switzerland will take part in a mini tournament in qatar as part of the countrys preparations. For me personally i can only look at it with one with just excitement trepidation anxiety but more importantly also conviction that this will be without a doubt the best tournament 1st world cup in the middle east and the arab world will set a benchmark in the history of hosting major tournament and dont say wall there is come up with an elaborate excuse for his knockout loss to thomas and fury shifting blame see his extravagant ringwald costume while the claims it was to have a. War now before saturdays fight city even begun the american said the outfits was attributes of black history month. We might not see that in the rain much as it so often i think that and say well thats it for me ken but alf this news out there will be back in a moment with more of the days news stay with us. 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