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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR July 13, 2024

The pandemic. And the babies are locked behind closed doors away from parents desperate to take the boy. But top u. N. Prosecutor is welcoming the arrest of a suspect in the 994 a wanton genocide felicien had avoided capture for more than 2 decades until French Police raided an apartment there paris sunday gago reports of course and this is called this he was one of the worlds most wanted fugitives 84 year old. The man accused of financing the militias that mascot 800000 people in 100 days during the rwandan genocide until his arrest in france he had been on the run from International Justice for 25 years i had been indicted by the United Nations International Criminal tribunal in 1907 on 7 counts of genocide but the film a businessman managed to avoid arrest using his powerful International Connections to evade capture to go always had very close relate. Mr owens government in france hes very well connected in elite circles are in paris and i think use arrest and i will also raise questions about how much science he has received from the french government in recent. Kaluga had been living under a false identity in this apartment in as. Near the center of paris he had previously lived in germany belgium the democratic republic of congo as well as kenya and switzerland. This morning we were surprised because when we went downstairs like all the neighbors we were trying to get out and then we saw a whole army of police preparing this operation because. His son in law had been arrested in germany in 2007 for war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide the u. S. Had offered a 5000000. 00 reward for information leading to his arrest. Also in the chairman of the infamous ekta m. Radio station which he used to broadcast propaganda inciting ethnic hutus to murder to seize his arrest was carried out by French Police together with cooperation from belgian and british authorities now he will face the International Criminal court in the hague for his poet in one of the worst atrocities in recent history sonny diagonal aljazeera. Is the Central Africa director for Human Rights Watch he says this is an important moment for victims of genocide. This is a huge day for rwanda and this is a huge day for International Justice and its very difficult to overstate how significant this arrest is for this young couple is one of the big fish he is one of the last remaining individuals out there who really had it was alleged to have had excuse me a real planning purpose with regard to the rwandan genocide and for many years folks like myself thought maybe he was going to get away with it maybe we would never find him there was rumors of him being in europe in east africa for years so to wake up to this news is incredibly significant and i cant imagine how relieved and i dont want to use the word happy but how resolved people in rwanda survivors and victims family members of victims of the genocide must be i think there will be questions asked and i think they absolutely should be the fact is that for the not someone who was unknown there was a massive reward out for him for many many years he has been at the top of the rest the sort of most wanted list of not only east african countries but also european ones so i think there should be an absolute investigation as to how he was able to get this other identity and how he was able to evade justice for 26 long years. Moving now to the coronavirus pandemic and signs of cautious optimism are emerging in europe as many countries begin to ease travel restrictions and reopen some sectors of their economy travel told from italy will start again next month it will scrap the 14 day quarantine rule and our previously banned trips within the country travel is now also allowed across england but roles for the rest of the u. K. Scotland wales and Northern Ireland have not been used while in france and greece beaches can now be enjoyed by the public there are rules on the number of people allowed and how close together they can be force is back in germany with the return of the bond as they got Football League 6 games we played on saturday but spectators will not be allowed. To takes a look at the struggling italian tourist industry and how these changes cant come soon enough. Empty tables deserted holds rooms steeped in history left without visitors theres no one to the gilded walls of italys finest natural hotels instead of the silence on the once bustling terrace and the symbol of a pandemic that swept through italy leaving thousands dead given stating its economy is that the sort this whole would have been crowded noisy with people chatting at the bar visitors passing by and appreciating the beauty of these halls now its empty lonely it is the 1st time in almost 80 years of the history of this hotel which was built to the thirtys is empty and closed. But there are signs of hope the government is allowing people into and out of italy from early next month free travel within the country will also receive a number youre going to get we look forward to the reopening of borders and then there might be the possibility for travel forecast the not positive but we are very optimistic. A low italys coastlines hotel owners are preparing for a different kind of summer but on the other were ready to host tourists who come to the veneto coast in these last weeks we work to adapt our beaches our hotels and our campsites to the Current Health emergency we were able to guarantee the celebrity of a seaside holiday caution is critical for an industry that contributes 13 percent to its knees g. D. P. And employs more than 4000000 people the Economic Impact of the pandemic has been devastating to the limit were estimating they will lose about 18000000000. 00 in 2 risen this year but we need to understand what will happen from tomorrow on wards if hotels have a possibility to reopen giving Foreign Tourists the chance to reach italy we will limit those damages with many countries district and a travel tourist numbers are predicted to fall by between 60 to 80 percent this year globally but many hope that with enough the childrens business can get moving again and the lights can finally be turned back on. Well now to the u. K. Challenges in brighton on burson Southern Coast he says people there are worried about visitors flocking to the seaside now that restrictions have been eased. The fear amongst the local authorities here and ive been speaking to a counselor who is from the green party works here in Brighton And Hove and he was saying look its against every bone in his body every every fiber of his being but he was saying just dont come here this weekend if youre from london outside of brighton wherever this is not the place you should be coming the moment for a day trip up and you can see the beach behind me its there are people here but its certainly no way near as busy as it would be on a normal warm d may weekend but these are not normal times we know that weve been told it time and time again and the the fear is that as these restrictions are being slowly incrementally released in in the u. K. With Boris Johnson dropping the stay at home message now saying stay alert instead whatever that means that people are going to start rushing to places like this and theyre coming out of their enforced hibernation but for the moment it seems as if the people are still listening to their while the advice that they should be being very cautious and not going back to normal life quite yet. German police have confronted more protests in cities including berlin munich and still got previous ones found by far right groups have turned violent analysts say germanys anti migrant a if tea party has repositioned itself as an anti lock down force is among those encouraging demonstrations a recent poll by the spiegel newsmagazine fill nearly one in 4 germans voiced understanding for the protests and in the u. K. Fliers have been circulated calling for people to get out and have picnics in defiance of government restrictions but they still a far right groups are also involved vests. It can dimon is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the university of liverpool he says these kinds of organizations know an opportunity when they see it we know that populist groups far right groups in particular populist politicians do take advantage of crises weve seen this over over millennia when there are economic downturns that have Financial Difficulties when there are economic problems for instance after conflicts then often populist and far right groups take advantage of that so i think its probably better to see these protests less as a spontaneous popular protest against lockdown and im not sure theres much evidence of that and more some of the worry is that populist politicians can take advantage of social disruption i think we need to be guarded against that i think incidentally theres a responsibility of journalists to be clear about that as well as for politicians to respond to a serbian orthodox bishop had 8 priests have been released from jail in montenegro they were arrested for violating coronavirus or sections by holding a Public Service attended by several 1000 people their arrests sparked violent protests across the country. A massive testing drive is underway in the tiny city of new heart after a surge of new chrono virus infections its the 1st cluster of new cases in the city since it eased its lockdown an early april crowds have been forming attesting said to school some residents concerned that getting tested could expose them to the virus more than 4600 people have died in china since the pandemic began in ruhani in december. I think some measures should have been taken people should be separated its not very good to have too many people gave it in one place some people Wearing Masks some are not. Or you know what you know everyone is keeping a distance since the epidemic people have had a great sense of responsibility to keep a distance from each other to reduce risks i think its fine and im not worried Health Officials in yemen have confirmed 13 new cases of coronavirus and 3 deaths every is the number of known infections in government held areas to 122 who the rebels have also reported to new cases in territory they control 5 years of conflict have left the countrys Health System in tatters and aid workers say infections are spreading undetected. Aid Organization Save the children is warning that an unusual surge in deaths in yemen southern port city of aden could be the result of the spread of the current virus its issued a statement saying our teams on the ground in are saying how people are being sent away from hospitals breathing heavily or even collapsing people are dying because they cant get treatment that would normally save their lives there are patients who go from hospital to hospital and yet cannot get at miss it. The u. S. President says he may restore some funding to the World Health Organization donald trump tweeted saying is that ministration is considering several proposals including sending about 10 percent of the previous contributions from suspended u. S. Financial support to the w. H. O. And april accusing it of spreading chinese descent from asian about the corona Virus Outbreak scientists and doctors are raising more questions about President Trump suggestions that a Coronavirus Vaccine could be available by the end of this year he announced what he called operation warp speed at the white house on friday while we accelerate the final phases of vaccine draw as operation warp speed will be. Simultaneously accelerating its manufacturing and manufacturing process in other words were getting ready so that when we get the good word that we have the vaccine we have the formula we have what we need were ready to go as opposed to taking years to gear up were gearing up its risky its expensive but well be saving massive amounts of time will be saving years as history tells us Vaccine Development can have devastating consequences when its rushed just 3 years ago a w. H. O. Bax campaign in the philippines to vaccinate 1000000 children against a fever was halted after it was linked to 10 deaths its caused people to turn against vaccinations and a Measles Outbreak that followed killed hundreds in 2012 early vaccines facades strengthened the disease fortunately this was realized before they reached human trials a vaccine for aids one n one used in some European Countries caused more than a 1000 people to develop the debilitating sleep condition narcolepsy and in the 1970 s. The u. S. Campaign to vaccinate all americans against swine flu was halted when it was blamed for paralysis and hundreds of people christmas is a consultant viral it just at the university of cambridge he says speed can be tempting but its fraught with risk. One sure fire way to solve our present situation is to confer immunity on everybody by getting a vaccine to everybody but that doesnt mean that we jump the gun and we make the situation worse we have got to be very cautious about this because we know what the risk is from corona virus and we know that about one percent of people may lose their life to it when if we make a vaccine that actually has a bigger risk profile than that then actually arguably its better to catch coronavirus and take your chances than it is to take the vaccine and thats what Clinical Trials are for but at the same time there are situations where sometimes you have to take short cuts because the loss of life potentially that you are avoiding is greater if you can get a vaccine into people than if you do go the long route take your time and guarantee that its safe to your basically trading safety against potential loss of life if you dont move faster at least 24 workers have been killed in northern india when their truck collided with another vehicle it happened in the state of the top british its the latest incident involving labor is they return home during the lockdown Elizabeth Branham has more details from the capital danny. The Migrant Workers were in a group of about 50 people who were traveling from the Western State of roger and a launch truck carrying limestone and other Construction Material they were from the states of just going to be high for the west bengal and were just trying to get home like millions of other Migrant Workers around the country are losing their jobs the government in the state of for this with the crash happened has ordered action against any Truck Drivers found to be transporting Migrant Workers and theyve also ordered buses to be stationed at each of the states borders to transport Migrant Workers found to be walking with the shares borders with about 7 other states unfortunately though this isnt the only incident deadly incident involving my when workers on saturday and the other 5 have died after the truck that they were traveling and overturned in the state of month for their shit was going between the states of maharashtra and again. And just last week we had Something Like 16 Migrant Workers die when they fell asleep on train tracks in the states with maharastra and Something Like 150 workers have died at least 150 trying to get home since indias lockdown was announced and hundreds of thousands have warped. A crowd of ours coverage continues in the news are we look at how the court of us demick could change how when and where it will work in the future. Also not everyone is on board with this list you will hear from those who say lives have been put on the line. Companies based in the United Arab Emirates is said to have sent mercenaries to libya to support warlords. And his campaign against the un recognized government the Bloomberg News agency says a confidential un or 40 details how a team of western mercenaries were dispatched from dubai last year to help puffballs bid to capture the capital tripoli the u. A. E. Has previously been accused of supplying weapons to have violation of a un arms embargo. Lets remind ourselves of how libya is divided between rival sides and who supports them the government of National Accord is based in tripoli in the west and is led by Prime Minister fires also out of his administration is recognized by the un with military support from turkey and diplomatic backing from qatar if lee and other western nations believe after all its power base is in the. Very power base in the government and to brooke in Eastern Libya he supported by saudi arabia the u. A. E. Russia and egypt france which has been accused of providing military support denies this. William lawrence is a former u. S. Diplomat to libya and is now a professor of Political Science at the American University he joins us from washington d. C. Thank you for your time was it a surprise to you to read that were western mercenaries were going from the u. A. E. To libya you know western mercenaries going in and students british french americans and others i think what was surp

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