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To impose a new security law. Or chinas foreign minister speaks out against meddling in hong kong warning countries to stay out of its affairs. Also ahead muslims marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan but this year its under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic. Ok lets begin with breaking news out of occupied East Jerusalem where the long awaited trial of the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting underway as we go on air Benjamin Netanyahu is facing 3 cases of corruption but he denies the charges of bribery fraud and a breach of trust terry force it is our correspondent live for us outside the court in occupied East Jerusalem harry good afternoon he has been speaking what was he saying. Yes he he came just a few minutes ahead of the time that the trial was due to get underway we understand that the trial has been delayed because of the extraordinary scenes really of the israeli Prime Minister in office a sitting Prime Minister some things never happen before someone has positioned facing a criminal trial standing on the steps before going into the the Trial Chamber itself and letting loose against the whole israeli establishment the legal system the media and the police naming a specific members of the senior ranks of israels judiciary attacking them attacking the media saying the police were trying to engineer a coup against and that is very much the message is being given by these are very loud supporters of his were outside here today really speaks to the polarization the divisiveness of what we can expect to see in the coming months and indeed years of this trial and as far as netanyahu is concerned it seems clear that it is a strategy to try to turn the tables of this and try to prosecute those who are trying to prosecute it. I need to be with them you know a week ago Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in for a record 5th term as israels Prime Minister after a political battle which lasted 17 months and through 3 inconclusive elections but his legal battle is only intensifying sunday is day one of his trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases in the 1st hes accused of asking for and accepting lavish gifts from rich acquaintances the charges fraud and breach of trust the same charges apply in the 2nd case it which hes alleged to have conspired with a newspaper owner to hamper the operations of a rival demanding Favorable Press Coverage in return a 3rd case is the most serious carrying new dish and charge of bribery hes accused of trading regulator e concessions worth hundreds of millions of dollars to israels most. Powerful telecoms boss in return for extraordinary influence over the News Coverage on his website now senior who denies all the charges as long as he is Prime Minister you know what if theres a 2nd wave of corona will he free the courts as he did in march which that we opening the trial by 2 months if there is conflict in gaza if there is conflict with iran or that slow his trial under the terms of the new Government Coalition deal netanyahu the Prime Minister for 18 months before swapping with his family rival now alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz Netanyahu Prime Ministerial status could allow him to argue for trial delays in the National Interest and gives him influence over senior legal appointments israelis have seen scandals in gulf senior politicians before but never before a sitting Prime Minister in office in charge of faithful National Decisions while a same time sitting in the dock in court and offended in a criminal case that could end up in his imprisonment. Resigned as Prime Minister in 2008 when he was investigated for bribery while mayor of jerusalem he was convicted in 2014 serving 16 months in jail under israeli law netanyahu would not have to step down unless hed been convicted and exhausted all possible appeals his legal fight is set to loom large throughout what he says will be his final term in office. Harry how often are we expecting him to appear at the courthouse and overall how long will this process take. Will not lots of question wiggs expect to hear something from the judges this is a procedural day of hearings firstly they will i give a summation of the charges against him its part of a bigger process here to ensure that the defendant understands the charges against him or her obviously not you know his case where he doesnt start those charges will be entirely repudiation of them as well as declaring his innocence against them but yes they could understand a bit more about the likely churchill of all this there is speculation that it could be next year before we actually hear from the main witnesses in the trial after the expectation of how many days a week it will sit here certainly the expectation is as far as that yeah i was concerned he will try to avoid as much of this trial as possible in terms of business physical presence here to try to secure this 1st day but they have that request denied by the court again is using not to argue that this is a politicized trial is arguing against the good even on that decision so. He will be able as i said and not face to have some influence potentially if there are National Emergencies or big city says a sorry vote passed to require attention courses but we expect him to try to avoid as much of sitting in the dark as possible. People were saying is barely a week since he managed to come up with that arrangement with benny gantz and one stance arrangement was put in place how can he be the head of state how can he be the Prime Minister and also go to court because hes standing up in a courtroom giving evidence in his own defense or listening to evidence being given in his defense or as part of the prosecute. How can he be running the country if you. Havent well yes that is the case that many of his opponents have made its part of the case that when he got himself tried to prosecute as you know against a. Recyclable actions hes now of course sitting in office with a nodding so that he could never sit in office that anyone under indictment who he had said a voice in this really democracy to the extent that the case that you know having done there is a rival protest to this was a small rival protest of this one here by here was a larger similar scale one outside the Prime Ministers residence today would be the finest saying Prime Minister there is a large insurgency within israel that is entirely opposed to the f. B. I. Continues given the seriousness of the charges that hes facing but he says that he can continue that this will be something that will be able to advantage 5 indeed given the fact that there are 2 coequal Prime Minister is currently in office the alternate Prime Minister benny gantz all over and. The Prime Minister you know mr work for the most 18 months. I think that the message is that there is enough sort of play within the system to allow him to deal with the same time but beyond that become excessive out of this so there are many commentators who israeli media and you guys are israeli Political Science you take a life form to say that this is a terrible situation you know israeli politics to find its open to see. Is a leading figure driving through this kind of process to see that the seriousness of the charges that he faces on here you know her views she already refuses to stand down and do it separately and then that is something that none of them long argued for and you know a small tooth and nail to a boy he wants to fight. This trial from office as youre talking to us harry just to be clear were seeing pictures as well at the same time live pictures from inside the courtroom where youre standing right now mr netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister in consultations there with we assume his defense lawyers slash attorneys if you just joining us here on aljazeera what youre looking at right now astonishing pictures a serving israeli Prime Minister now on day one of a Legal Process where hes going to answer these claims and allegations leveled against him to do with 3 specific cases interesting harry what you were mentioning a little earlier but he was naming individual members of the judiciary if this goes his way and hes cleared or partially cleared is to kind of laying the foundations for going after the judiciary because around the world whenever you look at the situation if you have a president or a Prime Minister going after the judges going after the lawyers thats always the beginning of a very bad situation. Where yes that is something you know 30 of those remember legal establishment not many media made media commentators here have been concerned about the fact that yahoo has made this a fight between the legal establishment that is saying that this is the core of religious ties in the untaxed to oust him from office and of course there have been attacks been cheering his recent turn to try to bring on how to try to enact some changes in legislation which would really undermine the power of the Israeli Supreme Court which are those on the right on that and you know side of israeli politics believe has a big problem to activists into their interaction is it and it goes through a longer term battle really between the kind of right wing populism that netanyahu has come to embody and of more establishment. Left wing or labor is ready labor party elite that netanyahu has tried to define himself against and so yes the idea that he might try to act retribution or anything the fact that he has been talking about people already and he is really attorney general someone whos not knowing self appointed who says he is being targeted netanyahu has retreated recent articles criticizing him and saying that he has been acting in a little sized way against netanyahu there have been threats these are the attorney general has been bringing to the attention of the israeli base going to be getting on his. Own safety and indeed the prosecutor in this trial she has received a Police Security detail as well so there are those who are you not just about what this means for the sort of the civility of israeli politics there are worries about the potential for real world implications of this kind of language being used and indeed the israeli opposition to the i let me go from our Live Audience before the onset decided to go in with netanyahu and this emergency unity Government Coalition. That you know is leading the country toward some kind of civil war. And harry when he talks about this being a witch hunt when he talks about it being politicized witch hunt is he talking only and solely about politicians perhaps opposition politicians to exist in that quite complex mosaic of the Israeli Knesset within the Coalition Government or is he talking about people exist and operate outside the political apparatus. Very much outside the Israeli Parliament the knesset hes talking not just about. The holding city faces going to fuel debates within that building hes talking about the media hes just talked about it on you minutes ago not miss court house on the 1st day of this trial so many. With mistakes so high and all the attention on it he is doubling down this attack against the establishment of not immediately police explicitly hes talking about judiciary explicitly and so there is no question that netanyahu is going to fight a very very severe campaign in the Public Theater against the whole concept of this trial not just against specific charges within the border of. Annas faras and the domestic geography of this is concerned harry would be fair to say now that mr netanyahu will be judged externally outside israel purely and simply on the these allegations of corruption but also internally for the 1st time hell be judged on the same one big its you know hes not going to be judged no easy really on how he handles the coronavirus how he handles the relationship with the palestinians it will be this one is you that will define his Prime Ministerial time in office. I think that to some extent depends on how this trial goes if he is convicted if hes jailed then yes obviously that will be the capstone to his political career not a very negative one but dont forget he can stay in office under israeli law or not he some of the majority dictation of that law until and unless he is exhausted every potential appeal against that conviction so this isnt something thats going to happen in a hurry it could take several years by which time he may well over finished his 18 months we dont yet know exactly how that will play out whether indeed the transfer will go smoothly to benny gantz for the remaining 18 months ago there are those who speculate about his then potentially aiming for a president ial run because president s in israel have immunity so until we know. Exactly how this all plays out i think its a little early to say that this will definitively be his his political legacy and the definition of his political career because this trial will go in fits and starts they will be facing weeks months where it wont be the main story because this is such a long process to try after today to get all the evidence in order and work out exactly how the trial will operate and that issue such as an extension which you know he still wants to carry out he says in the occupied west bank issues such as a potential 2nd wave of coronavirus they could start to mount those shadow whats going on here wont be till we get closer to the end of this process i think that we can make those kinds of judgments ok harry good to talk to you as a thank you so much for that clarity and context on the news that Benjamin Netanyahu there in court day one of the Legal Process against him cyclo sorry will go back to our aforesaid just as soon as there are any more developments here on aljazeera. Still to come on this program a crisis caused by coronavirus the World Food Program says more than 130000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation. Can bring your people back alive im sorry. Data on the best of aljazeera documentaries in libya was the last and no like and the other student green line continues with spiritual stories that have an impact on society i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys behind bad so many people have gone to jail as a result of my way rewind on aljazeera the tsunami of mud they only 16 indonesians illegally. Submerging the homes in livelihoods of 60000 people. Years later. Local inhabitants a still fighting for justice from the Fracking Company they play. And the hot sludge continues to flow. Great a witness documentary. On aljazeera. These men are survivors of covert 1946 year old abdul ghani or is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march with. Border will be on balance already november so deep is the 34 year old driver for kotori family and he tested positive my body is very old theres always more but what you want to build the Health Officials say the rate of new infections are slow the goal here is to conduct a broad serving to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future so it would be easy for us to inform the a Decision Making on what to do next the goal now is to increase testing and contact tracing. The government provides retesting and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. To. Be the hero of world news right. Washing. Ok lets get right up to speed with all our top stories this half hour the corruption trial of the israeli Prime Minister is now under way Benjamin Netanyahu denies charges of bribery fraud and a bridge trust you says this is an attempt to topple him quote in any way possible. Plan thousands of protesters in hong kong have been rallying against a National Security bill as proposed by beijing the Police Responded with tear gas and water cannon to disperse the big crowds demonstrators were blocking streets in the popular shopping district causeway bay the proposal would ban all activities considered quote subversive and activists say it to be the end of hong kong ptolemy chinas foreign minister has reiterated that anything to do with hong kong is an internal matter why need also warned other countries against meddling in its affairs during a Media Briefing in beijing dont count out your new issue for you since the turbulence over proposed legislative amendments last june would have seeing increasingly rampant activities by hong kong independence organizations and radical local lists in hong kong escalating violence and terrorist activities as well as excessive unlawful foreign meddling in Hong Kong Affairs or this has placed East Jerusalem<\/a> where the long awaited trial of the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> is getting underway as we go on air Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> is facing 3 cases of corruption but he denies the charges of bribery fraud and a breach of trust terry force it is our correspondent live for us outside the court in occupied East Jerusalem<\/a> harry good afternoon he has been speaking what was he saying. Yes he he came just a few minutes ahead of the time that the trial was due to get underway we understand that the trial has been delayed because of the extraordinary scenes really of the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> in office a sitting Prime Minister<\/a> some things never happen before someone has positioned facing a criminal trial standing on the steps before going into the the Trial Chamber<\/a> itself and letting loose against the whole israeli establishment the legal system the media and the police naming a specific members of the senior ranks of israels judiciary attacking them attacking the media saying the police were trying to engineer a coup against and that is very much the message is being given by these are very loud supporters of his were outside here today really speaks to the polarization the divisiveness of what we can expect to see in the coming months and indeed years of this trial and as far as netanyahu is concerned it seems clear that it is a strategy to try to turn the tables of this and try to prosecute those who are trying to prosecute it. I need to be with them you know a week ago Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> was sworn in for a record 5th term as israels Prime Minister<\/a> after a political battle which lasted 17 months and through 3 inconclusive elections but his legal battle is only intensifying sunday is day one of his trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases<\/a> in the 1st hes accused of asking for and accepting lavish gifts from rich acquaintances the charges fraud and breach of trust the same charges apply in the 2nd case it which hes alleged to have conspired with a newspaper owner to hamper the operations of a rival demanding Favorable Press Coverage<\/a> in return a 3rd case is the most serious carrying new dish and charge of bribery hes accused of trading regulator e concessions worth hundreds of millions of dollars to israels most. Powerful telecoms boss in return for extraordinary influence over the News Coverage<\/a> on his website now senior who denies all the charges as long as he is Prime Minister<\/a> you know what if theres a 2nd wave of corona will he free the courts as he did in march which that we opening the trial by 2 months if there is conflict in gaza if there is conflict with iran or that slow his trial under the terms of the new Government Coalition<\/a> deal netanyahu the Prime Minister<\/a> for 18 months before swapping with his family rival now alternate Prime Minister<\/a> Benny Gantz Netanyahu<\/a> Prime Minister<\/a>ial status could allow him to argue for trial delays in the National Interest<\/a> and gives him influence over senior legal appointments israelis have seen scandals in gulf senior politicians before but never before a sitting Prime Minister<\/a> in office in charge of faithful National Decisions<\/a> while a same time sitting in the dock in court and offended in a criminal case that could end up in his imprisonment. Resigned as Prime Minister<\/a> in 2008 when he was investigated for bribery while mayor of jerusalem he was convicted in 2014 serving 16 months in jail under israeli law netanyahu would not have to step down unless hed been convicted and exhausted all possible appeals his legal fight is set to loom large throughout what he says will be his final term in office. Harry how often are we expecting him to appear at the courthouse and overall how long will this process take. Will not lots of question wiggs expect to hear something from the judges this is a procedural day of hearings firstly they will i give a summation of the charges against him its part of a bigger process here to ensure that the defendant understands the charges against him or her obviously not you know his case where he doesnt start those charges will be entirely repudiation of them as well as declaring his innocence against them but yes they could understand a bit more about the likely churchill of all this there is speculation that it could be next year before we actually hear from the main witnesses in the trial after the expectation of how many days a week it will sit here certainly the expectation is as far as that yeah i was concerned he will try to avoid as much of this trial as possible in terms of business physical presence here to try to secure this 1st day but they have that request denied by the court again is using not to argue that this is a politicized trial is arguing against the good even on that decision so. He will be able as i said and not face to have some influence potentially if there are National Emergencies<\/a> or big city says a sorry vote passed to require attention courses but we expect him to try to avoid as much of sitting in the dark as possible. People were saying is barely a week since he managed to come up with that arrangement with benny gantz and one stance arrangement was put in place how can he be the head of state how can he be the Prime Minister<\/a> and also go to court because hes standing up in a courtroom giving evidence in his own defense or listening to evidence being given in his defense or as part of the prosecute. How can he be running the country if you. Havent well yes that is the case that many of his opponents have made its part of the case that when he got himself tried to prosecute as you know against a. Recyclable actions hes now of course sitting in office with a nodding so that he could never sit in office that anyone under indictment who he had said a voice in this really democracy to the extent that the case that you know having done there is a rival protest to this was a small rival protest of this one here by here was a larger similar scale one outside the Prime Minister<\/a>s residence today would be the finest saying Prime Minister<\/a> there is a large insurgency within israel that is entirely opposed to the f. B. I. Continues given the seriousness of the charges that hes facing but he says that he can continue that this will be something that will be able to advantage 5 indeed given the fact that there are 2 coequal Prime Minister<\/a> is currently in office the alternate Prime Minister<\/a> benny gantz all over and. The Prime Minister<\/a> you know mr work for the most 18 months. I think that the message is that there is enough sort of play within the system to allow him to deal with the same time but beyond that become excessive out of this so there are many commentators who israeli media and you guys are israeli Political Science<\/a> you take a life form to say that this is a terrible situation you know israeli politics to find its open to see. Is a leading figure driving through this kind of process to see that the seriousness of the charges that he faces on here you know her views she already refuses to stand down and do it separately and then that is something that none of them long argued for and you know a small tooth and nail to a boy he wants to fight. This trial from office as youre talking to us harry just to be clear were seeing pictures as well at the same time live pictures from inside the courtroom where youre standing right now mr netanyahu the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> in consultations there with we assume his defense lawyers slash attorneys if you just joining us here on aljazeera what youre looking at right now astonishing pictures a serving israeli Prime Minister<\/a> now on day one of a Legal Process<\/a> where hes going to answer these claims and allegations leveled against him to do with 3 specific cases interesting harry what you were mentioning a little earlier but he was naming individual members of the judiciary if this goes his way and hes cleared or partially cleared is to kind of laying the foundations for going after the judiciary because around the world whenever you look at the situation if you have a president or a Prime Minister<\/a> going after the judges going after the lawyers thats always the beginning of a very bad situation. Where yes that is something you know 30 of those remember legal establishment not many media made media commentators here have been concerned about the fact that yahoo has made this a fight between the legal establishment that is saying that this is the core of religious ties in the untaxed to oust him from office and of course there have been attacks been cheering his recent turn to try to bring on how to try to enact some changes in legislation which would really undermine the power of the Israeli Supreme Court<\/a> which are those on the right on that and you know side of israeli politics believe has a big problem to activists into their interaction is it and it goes through a longer term battle really between the kind of right wing populism that netanyahu has come to embody and of more establishment. Left wing or labor is ready labor party elite that netanyahu has tried to define himself against and so yes the idea that he might try to act retribution or anything the fact that he has been talking about people already and he is really attorney general someone whos not knowing self appointed who says he is being targeted netanyahu has retreated recent articles criticizing him and saying that he has been acting in a little sized way against netanyahu there have been threats these are the attorney general has been bringing to the attention of the israeli base going to be getting on his. Own safety and indeed the prosecutor in this trial she has received a Police Security<\/a> detail as well so there are those who are you not just about what this means for the sort of the civility of israeli politics there are worries about the potential for real world implications of this kind of language being used and indeed the israeli opposition to the i let me go from our Live Audience<\/a> before the onset decided to go in with netanyahu and this emergency unity Government Coalition<\/a>. That you know is leading the country toward some kind of civil war. And harry when he talks about this being a witch hunt when he talks about it being politicized witch hunt is he talking only and solely about politicians perhaps opposition politicians to exist in that quite complex mosaic of the Israeli Knesset<\/a> within the Coalition Government<\/a> or is he talking about people exist and operate outside the political apparatus. Very much outside the Israeli Parliament<\/a> the knesset hes talking not just about. The holding city faces going to fuel debates within that building hes talking about the media hes just talked about it on you minutes ago not miss court house on the 1st day of this trial so many. With mistakes so high and all the attention on it he is doubling down this attack against the establishment of not immediately police explicitly hes talking about judiciary explicitly and so there is no question that netanyahu is going to fight a very very severe campaign in the Public Theater<\/a> against the whole concept of this trial not just against specific charges within the border of. Annas faras and the domestic geography of this is concerned harry would be fair to say now that mr netanyahu will be judged externally outside israel purely and simply on the these allegations of corruption but also internally for the 1st time hell be judged on the same one big its you know hes not going to be judged no easy really on how he handles the coronavirus how he handles the relationship with the palestinians it will be this one is you that will define his Prime Minister<\/a>ial time in office. I think that to some extent depends on how this trial goes if he is convicted if hes jailed then yes obviously that will be the capstone to his political career not a very negative one but dont forget he can stay in office under israeli law or not he some of the majority dictation of that law until and unless he is exhausted every potential appeal against that conviction so this isnt something thats going to happen in a hurry it could take several years by which time he may well over finished his 18 months we dont yet know exactly how that will play out whether indeed the transfer will go smoothly to benny gantz for the remaining 18 months ago there are those who speculate about his then potentially aiming for a president ial run because president s in israel have immunity so until we know. Exactly how this all plays out i think its a little early to say that this will definitively be his his political legacy and the definition of his political career because this trial will go in fits and starts they will be facing weeks months where it wont be the main story because this is such a long process to try after today to get all the evidence in order and work out exactly how the trial will operate and that issue such as an extension which you know he still wants to carry out he says in the occupied west bank issues such as a potential 2nd wave of coronavirus they could start to mount those shadow whats going on here wont be till we get closer to the end of this process i think that we can make those kinds of judgments ok harry good to talk to you as a thank you so much for that clarity and context on the news that Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> there in court day one of the Legal Process<\/a> against him cyclo sorry will go back to our aforesaid just as soon as there are any more developments here on aljazeera. Still to come on this program a crisis caused by coronavirus the World Food Program<\/a> says more than 130000000 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation. Can bring your people back alive im sorry. Data on the best of aljazeera documentaries in libya was the last and no like and the other student green line continues with spiritual stories that have an impact on society i testify in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys behind bad so many people have gone to jail as a result of my way rewind on aljazeera the tsunami of mud they only 16 indonesians illegally. Submerging the homes in livelihoods of 60000 people. Years later. Local inhabitants a still fighting for justice from the Fracking Company<\/a> they play. And the hot sludge continues to flow. Great a witness documentary. On aljazeera. These men are survivors of covert 1946 year old abdul ghani or is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march with. Border will be on balance already november so deep is the 34 year old driver for kotori family and he tested positive my body is very old theres always more but what you want to build the Health Officials<\/a> say the rate of new infections are slow the goal here is to conduct a broad serving to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help policy decisions in the future so it would be easy for us to inform the a Decision Making<\/a> on what to do next the goal now is to increase testing and contact tracing. The government provides retesting and medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. To. Be the hero of world news right. Washing. Ok lets get right up to speed with all our top stories this half hour the corruption trial of the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> is now under way Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> denies charges of bribery fraud and a bridge trust you says this is an attempt to topple him quote in any way possible. Plan thousands of protesters in hong kong have been rallying against a National Security<\/a> bill as proposed by beijing the Police Responded<\/a> with tear gas and water cannon to disperse the big crowds demonstrators were blocking streets in the popular shopping district causeway bay the proposal would ban all activities considered quote subversive and activists say it to be the end of hong kong ptolemy chinas foreign minister has reiterated that anything to do with hong kong is an internal matter why need also warned other countries against meddling in its affairs during a Media Briefing<\/a> in beijing dont count out your new issue for you since the turbulence over proposed legislative amendments last june would have seeing increasingly rampant activities by hong kong independence organizations and radical local lists in hong kong escalating violence and terrorist activities as well as excessive unlawful foreign meddling in Hong Kong Affairs<\/a> or this has placed National Security<\/a> in serious jeopardy and posed a grave threat to hong kongs prosperity and stability and the practice of one country 2 systems adrian brown has more from hong kong. This is an unauthorized protest the police would warn people not to take part in it and of course it also contravenes shows social distancing rules which are still in force here in hong kong which banned gatherings of more than 8 people on the streets will clearly that has been ignored on sunday initially the people were coming out to protest against something very different a National Anthem<\/a> law but when beijing announced it was going to impose this wide ranging security law in hong kong that brought out hundreds and thousands of people on to the streets in numbers we havent seen since january which of course is when covert 19 1st appeared in hong kong now the protesters have been carrying banners calling for an independent hong kong theyve been carrying posters saying that heaven will destroy Chinas Communist Party<\/a> this is an example of what chinas government wants to snuff out and of course once this bill does become law then the sort of sentiments that weve seen expressed here today could well lead to arrest and imprisonment in the future but i think its quite clear that the protesters that ive been speaking to today are not going to be deterred by the threat of this new law and i think with all the sensitive anniversaries it we have coming up in the next few weeks including the june the 4th i think were going to see more and more protests and i think we got a taste here in hong kong today of what is to come. When the Chinese Foreign<\/a> minister missy you has also accused politicians in the u. S. Of spreading lies about his Coronavirus Response<\/a> katrina you has that from beijing. China wants cooperation with other countries and world bodies but will stand up to any challenge to its sovereignty or its message that was a key theme from foreign minister one year at his press conference in beijing he appeared to show a very little patience for any International Criticism<\/a> leveled at china in fact he appeared quite torn death to it in particular he focused on chinas relationship with the u. S. He said it was important for the true countries to Work Together<\/a> as the worlds biggest developing country and the biggest developed country and to show Global Leadership<\/a> and respect each others systems whether he acknowledged the deterioration of via lateral relationship he said that it had been brought to the brink of cold war and through this he laid the blame squarely at the feet of u. S. Politicians he didnt name any names but he said that u. S. Politicians have been engaging in an anti China Smear Campaign<\/a> around covert 19 and had been guilty of spreading what he called a political virus. Political very shes be used as an opportunity to attack and they discredit china so the politicians have ignored the most basic realities and the fabricated too many lies but his strongest words for the u. S. Were around taiwan he called this issue a red line and said the International Community<\/a> needed to respect the one china principle and using quite strong words he said that the u. S. Was dreaming if it bought it anyway it could prevent reunification future we advice the u. S. To throw away on realistic fundus ease and the let go of the mastic political calculation we are telling the us not to challenge chinas bottom line and finally he defended china from any accusations that it had mishandled the corona Virus Outbreak<\/a> he repeated words that weve heard time and time again from beijing saying that beijing has acted responsibly and with transparency and he also said that the World Health Organization<\/a> needed to be supported and strengthened and not the opposite millions of muslims around the world are celebrating util fetter marking the end of the month of fasting as one of the most important festivals in the islamic calendar but this time the coronavirus pandemic has brought about unprecedented restrictions in some countries where prayers in mosques and public celebrations are barred his printed gupta. Is one of the most important. But this year its been so polluted under the shadow of a global pandemic. Any other nation there were no hugs no bearing gifts and no visiting families. The Worlds Largest<\/a> Muslim Country<\/a> has one of southeast asias highest number of called the 19 factions and deaths. Why should be barred from offering prayers inside mosques and open fields. So i am of arghandab but resigned myself i performed i had prison the midst of the plague of covert 19 only resigned to allah hopefully our love will lift up this disease yes. In saudi arabia the grand mosque in the holy city of mecca was largely empty. Most of those followed strict social distancing measures while marking the end of the fasting month of ramadan. Mosques across the kingdom are close footprints. Here whom here in jerusalem as i walk some mosque compound chris were allowed outside the gates of islams code holy site. While in gaza most were reopened put a 2nd time in 2 months since i was imposed. Health officials on a casa promises on peace must do people and condemn them about when i thought her up and thats the end of the whole affair with we are taking all the necessary measures so people can safely practice their prayers the preventive measures that the ministry of health instructed include masks each person should bring their own praying carpet each one at least a metre apart between the worshippers people are happy that they can pray inside the mosques after a long break especially on this day of eat all foot that are. In pakistan to defeat will congregate but sacrifice some of each of the traditions. But we dont maybe assume that all of them we couldnt celebrate these eat as we used to do in previous years because of current or virus and social distancing the couldnt even harder friends or hen chick with them. The in syria this time comes to go over a period of peace aside the lady at the foot of this seat is considered the calmest one as there is no bombardment things basic god the situation is calm i hope the displaced will now return to the homes. Its been a different kind. But the song prize supply of comfort im hearing still resonate for many. Times. On c. N. N. The World Food Program<\/a> says an additional 130000000. 00 people could be pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of the year because of the pandemic most live in Subsaharan Africa<\/a> reports now from sunday instead of girls to use region. As children they were classmates job went on to mit in the u. S. And ran a Multinational Company<\/a> before returning home to become the towns mayor stated i have several children and opened a small stall selling peanuts now shes appealing to jump for help measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has also stopped her trade she and her family are going hungry here normally food is very cheap through here people are producing agriculture deploys you see fish is very easy we have 15 kilometers from the sea and this is a very good decision we have never d submitted any help like Food Industry<\/a> the. Mayor job is meeting with town elders theyre deciding which families will receive state provided bags of rice each making their case because theres not enough food for everyone. No one has been infected with the virus here yet but people are suffering from the viruses Economic Impact<\/a> this is one of the largest markets in senegal people come here for food vegetables and meat look at it now with been like this for weeks people here were shaken by a virus many of them hadnt heard of coming from china now impacting their lives here deep in senegal as countryside just wanted to transform san gera not into the Silicon Valley<\/a> of senegal but into the shenzhen of the region chinese investors opened Fish Processing<\/a> factories and transformed barren fields into Agricultural Land<\/a> for vegetables but with border shut the projects is going rotten we need to stop the virus and find solutions so we can get people back to work because so many of us depend on farming to survive well the number of infections are multiplying in senegal the government is easing restrictions on movement fearing a looming food crisis. We need markets to reopen its a question of survival. There is a sense that the measures to prevent the outbreak have become a heavy burden for many in the face of hunger Nicholas Hawke<\/a> aljazeera sun jarrod. Coles are going to the u. K. Prime ministers chief advisor to resign over accusations he violated locked rules the government has defended Dominic Cummings<\/a> after he drove more than 400 kilometers from london to his parents home when he was supposed to be in self isolation a number of m. P. s of resign or be sacked including a member of his own governing conservative party. Recapping our top stories here on aljazeera the corruption trial of the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> is now under way Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> denies charges of bribery fraud and a breach of trust he says this is an attempt to topple him quote in any way possible and force its outside the courtroom with more on what mr netanyahu said ahead of the trial we understand of the trial has been delayed because of the extraordinary scenes really of the israeli Prime Minister<\/a> in office a sitting Prime Minister<\/a> some things never happen before someone in his position facing a criminal trial standing on the steps before going into the the Trial Chamber<\/a> itself and letting loose against the whole israeli establishment the legal system the media and the police naming specific members of the senior ranks of israels judiciary attacking them attacking the media saying the police were trying to engineer a coup against the police in hong kong who fired tear gas at protesters after thousands turned out against beijings proposed security law the bill would burn all activities considered subversive and will say it will end hong kongs autonomy. Chinas foreign minister has reiterated that anything to do with hong kong is an internal matter and one other countries against meddling in its affairs in mecca one of the most sacred cities in islam public prayers to mark udall fitter have been taking place but only a few dozen worshipers gathered at the great mosque saudi arabia has imposed around the clock a few. Different picture in pakistan the big gatherings have been spotted across the country muslim scholars are urging people to follow social distancing rules during the celebration. While iranians are marking eat with press inside mosques the government has been relaxing coronavirus restrictions there since april some businesses historical sites and museums are also allowed to be open. Brazil now has the 2nd highest number of corona virus cases in the world behind only the United States<\/a> its confirmed nearly 350000 infections and more than 22000 people have died as believe the total could be even higher brazil was slow introducing testing fault lines is next ill have the news out in 30 minutes about. Him almost like he knows the brain tumor i had to choose between my job or my mom and of course i was going to choose my mom i had to take my dad out i suppose i was at work at the time i didnt have to take time off but i have a customer yelling at me every day people in the 90 states are being forced to make an impossible choice between going to work or caring for themselves or their loved ones i was working the day that the twins were delivered by the syrians section and up through 2 months after their birth pretty short right the 1st week daycare dropped off and it just broke my heart you know every time that they cried for me as i handed them off i had a complete and paid Maternity Leave<\/a> i ended up having to start a go fund me just to make rent and other expenses especially medical expenses this is one of the only countries in the world that doesnt guarantee paid Maternity Leave<\/a> you know if you dont get sick i hope that i dont get sick and one of the few wealthy countries without paid sick leave the toll that it takes for the whole family is screaming about having a we lead to us filing bankruptcy we still struggle postpartum was really rough and signed into closer to reality for millions of americans going through a crisis or a life change with no paid time off can have devastating consequences a family for. Everything its really just discouraging and emotionally very. For us. It has to change everyone has a breaking point you know. And i dont know what im going to have mine but im afraid that its dangerously sound. But to say. I had 3 miscarriages before i had shepard and so he was just really special to derek knight. Im sure every parent thinks of but i mean. He was very one to we thought we were going to get to keep him and watch him grow up. Alison shepherd would have been 5 this year her daughter as many as 3 and a half. And presleys 9. In 2015 when shepherd was 2 and a half months old allie got a call from his daycare asking her to rush back shepherd had stopped breathing. At day she ended up swaddling shepherd putting him in another kids car seat and then put the car seat on the floor another room and shut the door and she didnt check on him for over 2 hours. And she found him blue. Doctors advise against putting babies to sleep in car seats saying it increases the risk of sids or sudden infant death syndrome. And then i met them at the hospital where i watched them continue to perform c. P. R. And. If i would put it its time to so. This is pretty much like every mothers nightmare. Its just a gamble on a risk that i dont think that any family should have to take. I think our baby should be older and stronger. Allie had only been back at work for a week how much time do you think families should have 6 months that would be my utopia. 90 percent of infant deaths happen by 6 months. Moms and dads share that 6 months or go back and forth or give them flexibility give them 6 months. d of his ickle therapist she says she didnt have paid Maternity Leave<\/a> through her job. She thought shed get 12 weeks off unpaid through the federal law known as at m. L. A. Or the family and medical leave act but she didnt even qualify for that because your office had fewer than 50 employees. Got 11 weeks of unpaid leave which she says its only because her boss advocated for her hes the only reason. Because all i qualified was for. Him to put a leave of absence so i could have just had 30 days where shepard vs almost 11 weeks. To make the most of her time off even decided to have shepherd early. And do this because i was like im done im done like using up my leave basically i wanted my newborn with me at my house i wanted to get to know and bond with my baby i dont want to be pregnant any further into that time where i had agreed that i would be gone. Thats just a pretty crazy calculus to sit there while youre pregnant and make that decision every every family in america makes that decision every single one. For her to get. There. Or i. Dont but. You know. You can try to go practice practice thats a. Good one. Alys has been derek is a School Teacher<\/a> hed planned to spend his summer off taking care of baby shepherd we only needed a few weeks of care to get to summer. And shepard never made it. A diet april 6th we only knew theyd get to the end of may and then he would have been home with derek and derek with a filing gotten some time along with this little boy. He never got that. That next week or so was just like a border. Press he was for at the time as hard as going to the hospital was the hard part was having to go. Pick press up and tell him that his brother had died. As the hardest thing ive ever had to do. Is look a 4 year old in the face and tell him that his brothers not coming home. Do you think if he had more time off shepard would still be alive if theres a few things that i know is that if my child had been with me that day id still have 3 kids i know it. Theres literally not a family in the United States<\/a> that this policy would it touch. Were behind the entire world on this issue behind and supporting our families 1st were just terribly awfully embarrassingly behind we are. Family medical leave as always had the support of a majority of americans every part of the country from every walk of life from both Political Parties<\/a> it took 8 years and 2 vetoes to make this legislation the law the way in 1993 was the last time the u. S. Tried to pass a comprehensive federal policy for workers to take time off at all to care for a loved one or themselves that was almost 30 years ago now millions of our people will no longer have to choose between their jobs and their families. All of those millions of americans are still having to make this choice. About 40 percent of workers dont qualify for f. M. L. A. And because its unpaid even people who do qualify often cant afford to take it so for us i just want to say well thank you for being in february these workers went to congress to lobby for more comprehensive paid leave law on average others 5000. 00 a year to leave are pulling from my pension my future to care for my mother. I dont use my leave to get my mammograms i dont use my leave to go to a dentist and use my leave to care for my mother my baby wasnt going to be afforded the most important time of Brain Development<\/a> because in order to keep a roof over our heads i had to work there was no choice and that was the 1st time i ever felt im lucky to live in the United States<\/a> of america a civilized country would never do that to its own people. United states has fallen behind in terms of the kinds of Public Policies<\/a> that are addressed the Economic Needs<\/a> of families today both men and women are in the workforce people get sick other countries have understood this theyve understood that with regard to pay equity paid sick days United States<\/a> is behind the curve. We need to just see the moment representative rosa de lauro has been working on this issue for the last 40 years. I introduced the family act shes now cosponsoring a democratic led bill called the family act which would offer up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for most workers it creates an independent selfsustaining National Insurance<\/a> fund by having employees and employers pichon together with payroll contributions of true cents for every 10. 00 in wages it has equivalent to less than 2. 00. Per week for a typical worker its workable and you know why its workable california new York New Jersey<\/a> 8 states plus the district of columbia moved in this direction and it is working. So why do you think we still dont have federal paid family leave when we 1st the family medical leave the view was that this was not Sustainable Business<\/a> community couldnt do this it would put them out of business that was hard. Today recognized as something that is important its growing and no one will not have been because of it and thats the argument we get today on page family. Polls show that most americans across the political spectrum support the idea of paid family and medical leave but Many Republican<\/a> lawmakers dont think the government should mandated companies are competing for workers and voluntarily expanding benefits for their employees because of the tax cuts not because of the mandate from the federal government i mean that sounds wonderful but we all know at the end of the day theres nothing free in it at some point theres a lot of costs associated with this theres 2. 00 main points of contention one is whos covered what what range of conditions are covered and the other is how do you pay for it and i would say a 3rd emerging issue is what is the proper role of the private sector versus government and public a public program. But the unseen costs of not having paid leave are numerous. Whether its measured and womens reduced wages or a loss in Retirement Savings<\/a> and income over time whether were thinking about increased Health Care Costs<\/a> when people arent able to take the time they need to get care and recover. There are a big cost of doing nothing. I want. Everybody should give it no matter education level a good job. Everybody should be least 6 months of paid leave. When clay gave birth to her baby royal she says she didnt have a new paid Maternity Leave<\/a> to her part time job. At 1st she planned to take 3 months of unpaid leave to be with her baby. Ones very home and i wanted to be able to specify i would. Like you dont know not to say people arent you want to put it. Off to a friend. I know tim would have gone. And they want to. Bring space that she wasnt thinking about. At that point hey were the hospital need for more so baby. But taking 6 months of unpaid leave took a financial toll on leah she had to go on government assistance is very stressful or myleene at the mercy of somebody is stressful when i should be able to do everything for mark you. May go versions but i am. Theres people. Issues on housing. Be on housing you have to work you have to have a job you carry food at home. Is 6 months of leave unusual based on what youve seen of the women that you deal with very even if its all for a record. According to one estimate a quarter of women in the us go back to work within 2 weeks of giving birth as a breastfeeding counsellor at a Public Hospital<\/a> he says she hears about this all the time what are you seeing in the mothers whove had to give birth and then go right back to work stress survival mode. Postpartum depression if. They dont have the. Birth of their birth. But this is the day that you just pray. Things got harder for leah when she became a single parent. A week before she was supposed to go back to work the girls father died unexpectedly. Me in their day were attached it to him he was my everything. Where in the. Year you couldnt i got used to is now starting to be meeting. With a guy thats going to start. Calling me i know. Theres a hole or trying to win the room are lies. We split everything down the middle 5050 and illusion really one of our plans was for him to start work in ny. A. Word. To work in but now. Thats not even. Sure. 2 about 70 percent of black women are the sole breadwinners in their families and we know that 60 percent of women are cobra and winners in their families so when these families experience a shock on either side or on both sides simultaneously if they have unpaid leave they cannot afford to take care of their family. Nobody should have to work when the boss lottery in order to benefit from something that helps them and their families attain economic security. About 75 percent of people take leave to care for their own health needs or for another loved one whereas only 21 percent take it for paid parental leave. So we want a policy that covers all the familys needs. When i thought about f. M. All the way just as a kind of lay person it just meant more like perturb nitty or Maternity Leave<\/a>. Weve just been very fortunate that it had never been an issue until joe got sick. In june 2015 when jackie son joe was almost 3 she got a call from his daycare this is what they saw day care so you can see is all sweaty on the outside and its just a very distinct line right down his face and almost looks like a sunburn on right half the side of his face right after a trip to the emergency room joe underwent a series of scans this was after his bone marrow biopsy he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma a rare Childhood Cancer<\/a> that develops in the nerve cells its crazy to look at him down think of that and just remember. Id wake up in the mornings and there are just i have a brief 2nd or i didnt know i dont remember and then it was just an elephant on my chest and i just remember thinking how am i going to function today how am i going to take care of my 3 kids. Who is really cute. This is what is cancer cancer get her. Only. Pay a. Week or kill or hospital. Theyre very. Jackies a schoolteacher she took 3 months of unpaid leave through f m l a to be with her son. Thats what radiation looks like when she realized how serious her sons condition was jackie told her boss she couldnt go back to work any time since his last radiation treatment we just had no choice i had no choice there was no way that i was going to leave him in the hospital alone. A few months after taking on paid leave jackie lost her job. This line just killed me thank you for your efforts on behalf of the children of the end of our Public Schools<\/a> and best wishes to you and all your future endeavors if my kid is so in the hospital and youre leaving me without a job without benefits and thats the letter i get and so when you got that letter that day what was going through your mind i did not know what i was going to do i had to figure out how i was going to go back to work and get some benefits josie reached out to the end of her Public School<\/a> district for a statement they told us jackies case had been resolved and they wouldnt release any additional information. Jackie interviewed for jobs while joe was still in the hospital. 12 weeks is so better than 0 weeks i had to go back to work immediately after joel was done with treatment thats another place where that paid leave would have been. What depends so helpful was just taking care of myself. My kid almost died i have images of him burned into my brain of him just attached to 8 different i. V. Poles and. But how can you expect someone to leave that experience and not be affected and not need time to heal. Its been nearly 4 years since joe was in treatment. But he still has to go to the hospital for checkups every 3 to 4 months. Almost just its miki and it hides places and it can show up years out of treatment. So its really scary to think about you know. This could be over might not be. Hello. Hi gary oh. No thats ok jackie got a call from joes oncologist about a recent scan. Ok. They found a spot on his liver. So. It just put you right back in that place and brought me right back to june of 2015 thankfully what they think it is its just this lesion that kids got but hes going to have to go in for another scan. Another specialized m. R. I. That i have to take another day off of work for i just took 2 days off last week for his scans. But as this is just something thats ongoing it is never going to go away for us and. We just feel like were really alone and. I saw children in the hospital with cancer whose parents couldnt be there. And they were just left in charge the nurses because the parents had to be at work. And. It just haunts me. Minus not. We should have to choose between what our instincts our brains our hearts are telling us and between possibly losing our jobs nobody should have to make decisions like. We often talk a good game about caring for our families and loving our neighbors and caring for our communities and yet our Public Policies<\/a> dont match up to that we really valued the contributions that people make whether in their workplace or their home or in their community we would have adopted them i am not a cleveland go. Its so hard for me to even wrap my head around that you would actually somehow we would have this policy that would provide paid leave so that you could actually afford to offer that support to that aging Family Member<\/a> or the kid with cancer like. What a different world with love and what value we would place on every persons life. We got the usual russia showers across the amazon basin shop showers still a possibility to just towards that hes decided to sell with this weather system making its way through that front will just not just way towards rio as we go on through sunday temperatures say that around 25 celsius around 20 degrees in one of sara say little woman it has been a recently the winds coming in from over a westerly direction 21 as we go through monday shallowest make that whites was at least inside of brazil a little dry there a rare with a stage in the majority of the showers where they should be further north where we have the seasonal rains continue just not up towards the camera pan across the bay we have seen some very heavy rain a recently sandy n. C. Central america cuba saying some very wet weather as well before this line of showers and cloud down towards panama and in fact in panama we saw around 80 millimeters of rainfall in only 2 hours and that has led to flooding in panama city as we go on through the next couple of days where the weather will be up towards cuba some big downpours still in play here will see some showers around the top of the insula. Dry plenty of sunshine here say looking good for the time being looking a bit better and see what keepers we go on through monday but still some showers there tools north. This is aljazeera. Welcome im peter double youre watching the news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> becomes the 1st sitting israeli Prime Minister<\/a> to Face Criminal Charges<\/a> in court. Back on the streets thousands of protesters gather in hong kong angry at beijings plans for a new security law. 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