The 1st sitting israeli Prime Minister to Face Criminal Charges and coarse. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of the most important holidays. We begin with breaking news out of libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of the warlord holy fuck off a leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that there are evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli that follows a series of setbacks 100. 00 forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government a move up the ahead as following developments from tripoli. The mayor of benny will lead the city that south of the city of the horn 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 half the forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain were they were heading maybe to banerjee to binny and then from there to syria maybe back to russia but what we know for certain according to the mayor of been you will lead city is that the russian missionaries. 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 rule in this battle especially in southern tripoli and the major advances achieved by half to his forces over the past year are mainly attributed to the russian mercenaries from the Wagners Group as you know that according to International Reports or a 1000 russian mysteries have been recruited by forces to help seizing the capital of tripoli. Resisting fierce pressure even from within his own Party BritishPrime Minister johnson is standing by Senior AdviserDominic Cummings they have been growing demands for cummings to quit or be sacked and emerge that he drove 400 kilometers to his parents house in late march and britain was under extra to lockdown to prevent the prevent the spread of coronavirus that in barber is live for us and london so just explain for us now dame why isnt it coming so important and Boris Johnson appears unwavering in his support. Well Dominick Cummings of course is the man that Boris Johnson brought in last summer to drive his. Policy there was a purge of socalled moderates if you like in the conservative cabinet Dominic Cummings has already been proved himself a controversial figure someone who was actually held in contempt of parliament in the past but right now hes under fire of course for this trip that he made at least one trip Boris Johnson faced tough questions about why his chief advisor made this journey was it necessary did it break the government guidelines and also in fact what Boris Johnson knew and where when Boris Johnson didnt give anything away in fact right from the start he was as robust in his defensive dominant cummings i think as it was possible to be today ive had extensive face to face conversations with Dominic Cummings and i concluded that in traveling to find the right kind of childcare at the moment when both he and his wife were about to be incapacitated by coronavirus and when he had no return it i think he followed the instincts of every father and every parent and i do a lot more came down for that. I had a dream so what is the reaction being. Well its early days kim but i mean if you look at political commentators and some politicians on twitter its clear that a lot of people are quite surprised at how solid and how unequivocal Boris Johnson was that Dominic Cummings acted as he put it legally responsibly and with integrity why because there are a fair number of conservative m. P. s right now getting very angry communications from their constituents who have been denied access denied visits to for example their elderly relatives who were sheltering all of their Sick Children in hospital and so on people saying weve made sacrifices during this lockdown were we basically being mugs is the message from the government that if you thought you were doing the right thing you could have gone out you could have done what you thought was ok and i think that is the real sore point for the government now that Boris Johnson has really tied himself to Dominic Cummings without for example suggesting that he might have any regrets if this story keeps rumbling on it will damage his credible credibility within some of his own support base let alone the opposition whove been calling for mr cummings to resign thank you then the debugger their cost of elements from london. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has accused police and prosecutors of conspiring against him he made the comment says his long awaited corruption trial began in occupied East Jerusalem from there Harry Fawcett reports. This was always going to be an extraordinary moment in israeli politics Benjamin Netanyahu decided to make it more so clearing his intention to fight not just within the courtroom but outside in public against the whole concept of this prosecution but citizens of israel whats on trial today is the wish to eliminate the will of the people the attempt to topple me and the right wing camp over a decade the lift didnt succeed in doing so in the polls so in recent years they came up with a new patten so says that the police in Attorneys Office joined together with the left wing newspapers i call them the just not bibi bunch they tell of baseless cases and imagine a charges the objective is to depose a strong right wing Prime Minister and thats to remove the nationalist came from the leadership of the state for many years. In the courtroom itself what could become a defining image of israels longest serving Prime Minister in the dock facing criminal trial just a week after he was sworn in for a 5th term after the cameras were rejected his legal team asked for delays in calling witnesses well they argued about access to evidence the strategy to push the start of the main phase of the trial well into next year outside supporters saying and chanted and amplified the Prime Ministers message of persecution already in its 1st day of this trial is a window into just how polarized israeli politics is and Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies making no bones about appealing to supporters like these on the basis that the trial is not a criminal one rather a political coup designed to ousted from office but there are warnings that such a strategy risked further division this was the main and 100 and you know demonstration outside his residence netanyahu is accused of asking for and taking lavish gifts from wealthy for. Ns of offering to hinder one newspaper to get better coverage in another but exchanging hundreds of millions of dollars worth of regulator help to a telecoms chief again for better coverage on his news site. Before caught a glimpse of the parallel worlds to come for a Prime Minister on trial theres no leaving his 1st Cabinet Meeting of the new coalition talking about iran the economy and governing for all his former fierce opponent and now alternate Prime Minister in a rotating Coalition Deal benny gantz released a statement saying that and you know he was innocent until Proven Guilty calling for reconciliation so Benjamin Netanyahu says this will be his last term in office he will spend a good deal of it fighting not just for his innocence in court but against the very institutions that accuse him of breaking the law are a force that ill just erupt occupied East Jerusalem and seems reminiscent of the violence that rocked hong kong 4 months last year and they say fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters they returned to the streets to denounce beijings plan to impose National Security laws on the city from Hong Kong Adrian brown reports. The panic of protest running from police dispersing crowds 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 concept through a serious and really critical. Piece off try this communist party to support the people who offer it to the press powerful 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. Familia slogans rang through the calls way bay shopping district and there was not a place for families on this sunday afternoon there were many arrests as protest has occupied 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. External forces are illegally interfering in hong kong the fears which is cause serious harm to chinas National Security into what was 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 x. The law is not expected to take effect until august but before then are a number of sense. Of anniversaries including the 1st protest that marked the beginning of this movement adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. Still ahead on aljazeera some relief soon to fuel pumps in caracas and iranian shipments reaches venezuelan warships. And open all knobs confusion on u. S. Speeches as new york state tries to relax coronavirus restrictions. But. How i will hot sunshine pretty much sums up the weather across the middle east at the moment not quite as hot as it has been just around that eastern side of the mediterranean into the levant as this area of cloud has swept through this introduced some fresh conditions so well see temperatures no higher than about 20 to 23 celsius there for jerusalem and for beiruts mashal as theyre making their way across eastern parts of turkey heading towards the caspian so armenia georgia as well john seeing some wet weather clearing through as we go on into tuesday across the finish dries us it does sum it up 39 celsius here in doha on tuesday just a chance of one of 2 showers around the gulf of aden so western parts of yemen could see some showers and they join up with the showers which will fade their way back into ethiopia south sudan showers there through cameroon southern parts of nigeria seeing lively showers i was right spread through gonna all the way into liberia maybe we will still see some showers just around the coastal parts of kenya pushing across the tanzania even insist still in the areas of somalia but to the south of that it is generally try say generally because weve got some wet cool and windy weather making its way through cape town feeling rather chilly here no one within 15 degrees but choose day. 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Prime minister baraks johnson is standing by his chief adviser who is under pressure to resign johnson defended Dominic Cummings after he made a journey during the coronavirus locked up. The corruption trial of israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has begun yahoo denies charges of bribery for want and breach of trust he says this is in attempts to topple him in any way possible. One of 5 iranian tank is carrying millions of dollars worth of fuel has entered venezuelan waters despite warnings from the u. S. To iran has written to retaliate if washington tries to stop its vessels according to online tracking dot earth the ship fortune is in northern venezuela after passing Trinidad And Tobago set to reach the port of little west of caracas on sunday the other 4 ships are expected to arrive in the next few days bringing in a total of 1500000. 00 barrels of iranian petrol its expected to ease fuel shortages in venezuela but it is in violation of sanctions imposed by washington on both countries. Well scenes like this a common in venezuela an oil rich country thats frustratingly short of petrol drivers lined up through the night on saturday and dissipating fresh supplies at petrol pumps with the arrival of the iranian ship venezuelas fuel used to be among the worlds cheapest now its as much as 3. 20 a liter on the black market bomb of brandy as professor of orientalism at the university of tehran he says the u. S. Should not dictate trade terms to other countries americans cant make up their mind on the what 1st they say that iranians are taking from the venezuelans and now theyre saying the venezuelans are taking from the iranians what is important is that these are normal trade ties between 2 sovereign independent countries and the regime in washington is in no position to dictate terms to the International Community and iran is not a weak country like countries within the e. U. Which will simply bowed down to the United States when it makes americans sending 5 ships was a big message it wasnt just one of 2 tankers it fuels 5 tankers so the iranians did that both to give support to the venezuelan people out of solidarity with the venezuelan people to prevent them from suffering and also in an act of defiance to us hegemony and also i think the americans understood quite well that the iranians would retaliate brazil now has the 2nd highest number of covert 19 cases in the world behind the u. S. Confirmed that the actions are actually only 350000 more than 22000 people have died president jiah balsa not always coming under increasing pressure after he dismissed the virus as being mild. The u. S. National security adviser says a ban on all travel from brazil is necessary to protect the American People would have brian made the comments on a u. S. News program a short while ago. I think they will have a 212 after. Today with respect to brazil and just like we did with the u. K. And europe and china and we hope that will be temporary but because of the situation in brazil were going to take every step necessary to protect the American People so that sounds like you are looking to cut off travel from brazil in the southern hemisphere. Do you. Say brazil and well take a look at the other countries in the country by country basis for sure meanwhile balsa nado is defending a tirade caught on video after accusations of interfering in a criminal investigation into his family. He is following the story from bogota. Presidency which is being consumed by a number of accusation and investigations not only into his response to. Me even if he has lost through hell to 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 of the 19 but also because of this investigation which is being led by said she a model who was a former minister of justice and hes also a sort of Anti Corruption superstar in the country mike lee considered by a great the majority of brazilians forest on a c. N. N. He is the one leading the charge against both so narrow who he says has been interfering in Police Investigations concerning his sons and millions of muslims have been celebrating it all for marking the end of the month of fasting its one of the most important festivals in the islamic calendar but this year of course prayers and mosques are either banned all severely restricted celebrati