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Families in senegal forced to make their case for food is the pandemic threat and starvation for millions worldwide. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. And im santa the mostly sport is n. B. A. Basketball moves a step closer to restarting the concerned citizen talked with disney about possibly finishing the season at one venue in orlando. And we have all those stories surge but 1st breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of warlord who are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks the forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government well have a live update from libya without cross wanted short. Now israel where the long awaited trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun although he had asked to be excused he was required to attend the opening proceedings on sunday to hit the charges against him it was a brief apparence the herring has already wrapped up for the day heres some of what netanyahu had to say as he went into the courtroom is a very slow motion citizens of israel whats on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me in the right wing camp for over a decade the lift didnt succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patent so says that the police and Attorneys Office joined together with the lift wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell the baseless cases and imaginary charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing Prime Minister mr remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years so after more than 3 years of Police Investigation Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust in 3 separate cases as we just heard he denies the crimes and says he is the victim of what he calls an attempted coup herrings meant to stop a march were delayed because of coronavirus restrictions since then and now who agreed to a Coalition Agreement with his former rival benny gantz to end more than a year of political deadlock this may give netanyahu Legal Protection so he wont be forced to resign because of the charges against him under the deal that yahoo serves as Prime Minister for the next 18 months before handing over to kents hard force it has been reporting from outside the courthouse in occupied East Jerusalem he tells us more about netanyahu is defiant message. Israel has never seen a day like this in its history and then for the man at the center of it all to stand on the steps of the court room and just lambast the entire legal Law Enforcement Police Establishment in the terms that he did he said that this was a delusional trial that it was cooked up that it was essentially an infection can confection of rumors and an invention against him and that he would hold his head high and walk into the court in that fashion and fight it off that is very much the message that his supporters out here have been amplifying and wanted to hear as far as whats been happening inside the court is concerned weve heard from a singer whose legal team they are arguing for a spring 2021 starts at the trial itself. The other there are other defendants in this case as well the the single largest shareholder in the biggest Telecoms Company in the country and his wife their legal team also talking about the amount of evidence its required to go through their arguments about whether its possible to search terms within them and in the format theyve been given and so there is an obvious push to try to get this pushed back as long as possible the prosecution on the other hand the chief prosecutor is saying that the people of israel dont want to see any delay they want to see this resolved as soon as possible. Hoffman is chief Political Correspondent at the Jerusalem Post hes in western and joins us now live thank you for your time whats your reading of wants netanyahu had to say before he went into court today. No its against all things were in the middle of an election weve had 3 elections over the past year and he has not stopped campaigning in part because hes very good at it but its not the people of israel who keep electing him will decide whether hes innocent or guilty its the 3 judges in a courtroom and theres a long trial ahead but i it could very well be that his campaign outside might boomerang against him i was interested to see that he didnt just take a man at his opponents but sort of that the entire legal system what are the repercussions of him sort of saying that that corrupt that there is a real concerted coordinated effort to take him down well it depends if hes innocent or guilty if hes guilty and he ends up going to prison then hell be able to say to the people look this was a witch fund and the case was decided well in advance and im your man and i am the rebel and. That could cause a very serious problem here in israel if hes innocent then he needs to change his tactics immediately and focus on defeating the case in court insulting judges making them a comparing him to the wolves and himself to the poodle that they want him to be im not sure affective thats going to be do you think well see more speeches like this more attempts to try and control the narrative as this trial continues. That depends on if he has lawyers that they have a decision to make about their tactics about what will work weve had politicians in israel who campaign against the courts during their trials i dont think its worked out for any of them. Whether its in you how could you do what others have done before hes proven very effective at whatever hes tried so maybe he can defy what others have said that will say will this have any impact at all do you think on hays gulzar naming and his plans to push ahead with an extension. So 1st of all on his governing the trial isnt going to begin for real for several months and he will have plenty of time to government we know that you also have plenty of time between now and then to apply israeli law to areas over the pre 67. 00 border the democratic and republican administrations in washington have said would be part of his role for her that will be happening starting in july and its not because of the court its not in spite of the court its because there is this unique opportunity of having a president of United States who sees i with netanyahu and out after having many president s who had very different points of views and an International Community that hasnt been willing to allow that in and now you have a powerful president who would enable it to happen thank you for your time for you and now sisko health from the chief Political Correspondent at the Jerusalem Post thank you. In scenes that reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong for months nastia police have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters and returns to the streets to denounce beijings plan to impose National Security laws on the city from hong kong reports. The panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds who gathered in defiance of social distancing rules. A familiar arsenal was deployed to clear the streets of demonstrators angry about the chinese governments plans to impose a security law on the city why the whole culture truly serious and really critical. We are very good to be trying this communist party to support the people offering to press forward all the people in thailand all pay the communist party is far more dangerous than covert 19 you know and it could soon be dangerous the way flags like this calling for an independent hong kong or banners predicting the destruction of the communist party under the proposed law such sentiments could be defined as subversion. Familiar slogans rang through the causeway bay shopping district there from god not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protesters occupy some of the citys busiest roads hong kong finds itself caught in the middle of a deepening cold war between china and the United States and the could be more economic pain on the way because washington is now warning that its going to review the special trading relationship that hong kong currently enjoys with the u. S. Another sign of what chinas top diplomat says is foreign meddling in hong kongs affairs like russian external forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to china is next. Security. It is still not clear if the new law will restrict protests like the chinas foreign minister insists it will only target a narrow category of attacks the law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of sensitive anniversaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Turning out that breaking news from libya where russian mercenaries who have been fighting in support of warlord had a leaving the country lets go live now to our head who is in tripoli for us from what more can you tell us. Well the mayor of benny will lead the city of that south of the city of god who now just stated that 3 flights left from but he will lead the airport loaded with that the russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with have to his forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain where they were heading maybe to burn of ozzy to bimini and then from there to syria may be back to russia but what we know for certain according to the mayor of been you will need city that the russian mercenaries. Have been fighting going on would have to have forces have left the country they were accompanied by a Russian Air Defense system unit bannister that was accompanying them from tripoli to bend you will need to protect the cut of one now the russian mercenaries have been playing a vital and crucial who will in this battle especially in southern tripoli and the major advances achieve the white house that his forces over the past year are mainly at 2 the russian mercenaries from the Wagners Group as you know that according to International Reports or a 1000 russian mysterys have been recruited by after the forces to help seizing the capital of tripoli as you know that it has been reported that the United Arab Emirates has been paying the bills or has been paying salaries for those mysteries but the question now is that why did leaving now especially after the defeat or the setback have to those forces have been suffering in southern tripoli after the last civil and locations especially the Strategic Military camps in southern tripoli and also the strategic. Need of the tunisian border and in mid april several cities and towns along the western coast in western libya. We dont know now why that was the now but the bag no group which is which has close ties to the kremlin and to the president Vladimir Putin himself. Has denied it several times but we know for certain that according to the International Reports that the russian medicine is fighting along with half the forces in southern tripoli they have been recruited by hefted and they are more than 1000 they have been specialized in. Infantry. Infantry weapons and also there have been a lot of the snipers from the russian most rees fighting along would have to us forces in southern tip of the question now is whether or not the withdrawal of the russian mercenaries from have the resources will give more chances to the Government Forces to advance on have to his forces in southern tripoli think that mahmud the other head their cost developments from turkey think. In the news ahead. Some relief soon at the fuel pumps and Congress Says an iranian shipment reaches a venezuelan which leads. To new coronavirus cases in brazil now makes it the 2nd worst affected in the world. And the stars explains their legal will be back and action soon take a look at what fans can expect when the action finally resumes thats coming up and spoke. Calls are growing for the u. K. Prime ministers chief advisor to resign of accusations he broke a lockdown rules the government has defended Dominic Cummings 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 have now demanded he resign or be sacked including a member of his own conservative party a short time ago it was announced that Prime Minister Abbas Johnson will lead todays coronavirus briefing. Joins us now live from london so nave this news that Boris Johnson is going to take todays briefing i mean is that a sign of what we might expect. Probably is a very strong sign of what we might expect we believe that Dominic Cummings is being here at 10 downing street for all of 4 to half hours now if hes going to be fired thats an incredibly long me seeing it which is taken place one can only imagine what kind of discussion has gone on behind closed doors but we believe the contrary is true and that Boris Johnson will give his briefing and. Some tough questions in defense of Dominic Cummings there have been some somewhat awkward appearances by warm members of the cabinets on British Television trying to explain exactly where way not Dominic Cummings was. Over apparent journey to the north east of england. One can only imagine that this for the half hours has been used to try and get exactly the story straight so this was a tight before the almighty grilling in front of the journalists at this briefing that we know also is being delayed by an hour when it comes to the allegations leveled against coming as well we knew already that he was accused of traveling hundreds of miles to the northeast of england to stay on in a house on land owned by his parents he we know that he and his wife believe that they were suffering from a common a virus symptoms and they were worried about the welfare and well being of their 4 year old son which is why they were looking for childcare but now 2 more allegations have surfaced the 1st that only cummings and his wife may have left a lot down to visit a beauty spot and the 2nd that he may have revisited the northeast of england a month later in april in breach of the governments guidelines on what or what not should be done during wont. Nave it just explain for our International Viewers why do we care about Dominic Cummings hes not an elected m. P. But he is influential. Oh hes hugely hugely influential he 1st of all is one of the arch creators of the Relief Campaign a man who really pioneered a completely different style of politics to win that argument and of course has been a vocal figure in breaks it ever since he is a prominent advisor of the government and a personal advice to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself he worked closely with the board with Boris Johnson in the hopes of revolutionizing how politics is done here in westminster but hes been accused of some of course stick approach to politicians hes paid by the friends of course weve also made many enemies as well including members of his own Political Party some of them in the back benches that are now calling for Dominic Cummings to step down then attempt to be made during the height of the whole breaks the debate to have him unseated over see is that he was a little bit too powerful those voices have started to emerge again or calling for cummings to step aside. And no doubt will be coming back to you when boss johnson holds that press conference in about an hours time to see how everything shakes down thank you that the now the foka brazil now has the 2nd highest number of covert 19 cases in the world behind the us confirmed infections are nearly at 350000 more than 22000 people have died president jaya both n. R. O. Is coming under increasing pressure after he dismissed the virus as being mild and opposed many restrictions to stop it from spreading and hes now had to defend a tirade caught on video after accusations of interfering in a criminal investigation into his family with more on this is on the m. P. s he joins us now live from bogota so incredibly both sonata doesnt seem to phase defy the spread of coronavirus in his country with his attention apparently elsewhere at the moment. Yes kim unfortunately for brazil the worst of the spread of the coronavirus korean sides where its not their Major Political crisis then presidency. Is being consumed by a number of accusation and investigations not only into his response to dammy even if he has lost to Health Ministers in practically a month because of the way hes been fighting against isolation measures because he has been promoting an unproven drug that he said would cure kovi the 19 but also because of this investigation that you were pointing to in your introduction which is being led by said she a model who is a former minister of justice and hes als