Minister faces possible jail time for corruption. China is being accused of forcing we go a women into pregnancy check sterilization or abortion in a bid to slash birth rates an investigation by the Associated Press has found evidence of a 4 Year Campaign in northwestern provinces chinas government denies the allegations saying theyre not based on facts alexy obrien has details. Never forget the day chinese authorities told her 3rd child was illegal she says she was threatened told to pay a fine of more than 2. 00 and a half 1000. 00 should be locked up in an internment camp. America the fight they give shots and remove fetuses forcefully if they say its illegal to make you get an abortion those who didnt obey were sent to the camps. Now people there are terrified of giving birth. The Associated Press investigation is based on government statistics documents and interviews with women like a lawyer who say they knew people jailed for having too many children many received a prison sentence of years even decades government efforts to reduce birth rates and shinji young are both systematic and ruthless were talking the mass forced insertion of interest uterine contraceptive device us were talking threats of internment for those who violate Birth Control policies. Zain says the brutal crackdown is part of government efforts to control the way to get people many of whom a muslim to purge them of their faith and identity. The investigation found the government had spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Birth Control and shin jang province in northwest china birthrates their decreased by about 24 percent last year compared with 4 percent nationwide but. They want to eliminate us but they cant kill all of us its not possible because the world is watching so theyre doing it step by step with policies like sterilization imprisonment or separating men and women and making them work as forced laborers china says the camps are for reeducation part of what it calls a struggle against terrorism but Rights Groups accuse beijing of locking up more than a 1000000 people to brainwash and punish them those not detained us spied on. Her neighborhood felt like an open air prison she tells how she was forcibly sterilized along with about 200 other we go women. We lost a part of our body we lost our identity as women we will never be able to have children again some women say theyve been left with long term injuries a reminder of everything theyve lost brian aljazeera. She says a policy is described in the Associated Press report a much harsher than those applied to the majority ethnic group. Now it is true that hand women have since been subject to the same fines if they have more than 2 children but they are certainly not foreign into any detention camps or subject to any sort of forced abortions or forced sterilizations as weve seen nor is it in this Associated Press report conversely hand women actually around the country have been encouraged to have a 2nd child because of worryingly lower birth rates across china now we also know that. People who are members of the weak a community have been strongly encourage not to marry other week but into the hand majority analysts say that this is another long term policy to dilute the population the weaker population does appear that that would be working we know in 1949 according to official figures 90 percent of the population john were weak as in 2018 only 47 percent were weak as now Chinas Foreign Ministry today on monday responded to this report essentially calling the Associated Press report fake news it has always maintained that its policies in a National Security issue was designed to prevent terrorism and extremism and separatism that theyre in response to very violent knife and bomb attacks in recent decades but as we heard just then many human Rights Groups disagree saying that many of these measures are based on race and religion and not only do they say that up to 1000000 people are held in these detention camps which the government by the way calls for occasional Training Centers they say that many of these policies are designed to also erode the muslim week of religion and culture as well as put them under very strict almost suffocating levels of surveillance. Was a spokeswoman for the campaign for we go or she says the a. P. Report backs up their accounts from People Living in shit jobs. Testimony what we hearing from our community is extensive a target specially on the women pregnant women and the south side of our country which is mainly. And women could be pregnant. As many as 7 months to take it in and to terminate their pregnancy theyre literally actually killing fully grown futures if lets put it that way and also theres a very systemically approaching how like a neighborhood by neighborhood controlling the rates by. Adrians and say its using sterilize ation and the 1st control the injection and as well as. Are you day and not we shouldnt forget about the men and women as separated and since 2006 the when that internment camp is implemented or introduced widely. In other world news iran has just issued an arrest warrant for u. S. President donald trump for the assassination of military commander kus emslie monny trump is one of 36 people identified by tehrans fossick your general as being involved in the drone strike which killed near Baghdad Airport in january iran now wants interpol to issue a wanted notice requesting its members to detain those on the list the u. S. System the money was planning to attack us diplomats and military across the middle east. An attack on Pakistan Stock Exchanges ended with at least 9 People Killed Security Forces topped the attackers before they could take control of the building in karachi. The details. Police helicopter hovers above the gun battle between Security Forces in gunmen attacking Pakistan Stock Exchange in karate its surrounded by a thick wall and its heavily guarded. But the attackers detonated a grenade as they entered the grounds despite that they were unable to get into the Main Building Security Forces quickly reach the scene and for the attackers killing all 4 of them the Stock Exchange director. Despite the gun battle outside brokers huddled together inside and trading continued. Rule of the killer the mean good. The. Good and the. Good of destruction buildings so all the Law Enforcement agencies the collision that in just cleared a very very vital role in combating this attack and. The Financial Hub of the. Series. With dozens of hand grenades ammunition found at the scene heavily armed Security Forces believe they stopped the temples from inflicting more damage in pakistans largest Stock Exchange it seems government forensics started collecting evidence at the scene and to call used by the. Aljazeera. In islamabad says could have been much more. True of the attackers were killed on the main gate. Attackers were able to get inside the perimeter of the crowd Stock Exchange they were then in gauged by a Rapid Reaction force of the ranger the police and also the guards who put up different neutralizing the other 2 are just outside the Main Building now the rangers who are saying that such a plan. Happening with ford support he did not name the country who could be supporting their Liberation Army was quick to take responsibility for the this is an organization that had been declared a terrorist outrage by the United States the attack were directed at phuket on financial heart the city of karachi. Had brought food water and enough grenades and on your nation really wanted to take hostages and also to kill as many people. Search and rescue efforts are underway in bangladesh after a ferry capsized in a river in the capital dhaka rescue workers have recovered the bodies of 30 people so far doesnt answer him a missing ferry was reportedly carrying more than 100 passengers when it collided with another vessel and speak to al jazeera standing on their child 3 he is at the scene of the accident in dhaka tell us about the ages rescue effort there. Well im not sure of the audience can say thats right behind me is where the rescue operation is going on theres a concentration of bolds and a lot of people now i spoke to left an income under all of those coastguard he told me until and unless the salvage the boat they will know the exactly number of people dead so far we know that reported by the coast guard is 30 people been. Bodies have been recovered its an ongoing operation and its probably continue to build evening even at nightfall not to go to one larger one carrying passenger and the smaller one. Collided in the morning at around 930 local time the bigger boat scraped any kind of damage or nobody was injured but the smaller boat sank and thats where the tragedy took place now we do know this sort of incident happens in bangladesh quite often despite the government promise off that theyll crack down on the is but so far we have saying that the owners of the boat carry over loaded a lot of passengers even during Stormy Weather is that on a bike by a lot of the never gave the rules this is a 6000 inland waterways as you can see this is one of the busiest inland river boat its called shoulder got a lot of passengers goals to and fro from other part of the country as you say a lot of people rely on these boats to get around whats a Safety Record time there. Im sorry come again whats the Safety Record of these boats because a lot of people as you said rely on them to get around well. Things have improved i have to say given the benefit of doubt but still every month every year actually in january there was an accident took people died one little child and a mother so despite all the problem is that the Safety Record is not the best lack of enforcement because there is no manpower and also a lot of the owners and people who actually apply this boat by by a lot of the rules and theres no police to enforce them all with sometimes they do sometimes they dont so not get the best of the safety of that crowd a lot of the. Thank you so much for that update tom dear john king live for us in dhaka. Still ahead on the program hungry and trying to stay warm Seasonal Workers talking. Coronavirus thompson from going home. Taking down a symbol of racism in mississippi votes to retire. The confederate. Howl of the prophecies no right has joined so forget it was a bit rocky this thing here which is to my system which is supposed to bring proper rain through china and japan and its done just that and it is doing it again tuesday to unwind from the Korean Peninsula through hong shu and back through Southern China back towards what eventually the junction with india theres been some flooding in sichuan theyll be more funding from this the orange sent to suggest where the heaviest rain is so be something in china or possibly something in japan as well its all seasonally normal but of course it does produce floods. In India Bangladesh and pakistan although the monsoon front is here you cant see it because the concentration on the rain behind it isnt there its more like i suppose west bengal may be behind in the northeast of india and increasingly dancer maharashtrian this western side of the delta so is not much to the north of that a few showers are possible in new delhi 39 degrees an occasional sunday but its not the relieving weather youd like and in coxs bizarre theres also showery weather possibly thundery for the next 3 days in southerly breeze this is proper monsoon weather in this part of India Bangladesh continues. In a new series of aljazeera explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how and why buildings influence the course of history and felt that he did not get enough credit for anything a budget he wanted to be the biggest article said but he was mandela the biggest part of the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up part time in south Africa Nelson mandela and f. W. De klerk face to face on aljazeera. Youre watching aljazeera reminder the top stories this hour china is being accused of forcing the we go minority to know of their birth rates and investigation by the Associated Press says hundreds of thousands of women are forced to undergo pregnancy checks sterilization and abortion as such and rescue efforts are underway in bangladesh after a ferry capsized in a river in the capital dhaka 30 bodies have been recovered so far dozens of people are still missing and an attack on pakistans Stock Exchange has ended with at least 9 People Killed Security Forces stop the attackers before they could take control of the building in karachi. A half a 1000000 people worldwide have now died from corona virus and more than 10000000 have been infected a quarter of those infections and deaths are in the United States which is by far the worst hit country the shopping precinct infections recorded in southern and western states the u. S. Health secretary warned sime is running out to curb the spread reports the coronavirus is marching through america in Houston Texas hospitals are quickly running out of intensive care in florida arizona and texas mobile testing sites are being overrun with people waiting for hours many turned away Health Experts warned this would happen in many of these states mostly republican governors move to reopen businesses stressing the importance of the health of the economy now critics say the Public Health system and a growing number of people are paying the price well the trouble Administration Says there is no connection. All 50 states are opening up again to one degree or another states like florida and like texas actually began to open up in in early may for the better part of 6 weeks john we did not see any Significant Movement but if you look at this tracker showing which states meet the governments criteria to reopen only 4 are safe the ones in red are seen large spikes in cases and now at least one member of the administration is sounding the alarm window is closing we have to act and people as individuals have to act responsibly we need to social distance we need to wear fit our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance particularly in these hot zones but in many of these states where cases are on the rise there is no mandatory order to wear masks in public and in many ways this is become a partisan issue well the Vice President attended an event sunday where the crowd seemed to mostly wear masks the president has not done the same and mind is standing that the centers for Disease Control has recommended the use of mass but not demand with choir it because they dont want to send the president and that the president should be example you know real men wear masks for the president s part his focus at least on twitter was elsewhere we tweeted this video to supporters you only white power 6. He appears to have deleted it before leaving the white house once again his weekend spent golfing by some estimates the number of cases that have been reported each day has more than doubled over the last 2 weeks and given the way this virus spreads that means the number is likely to jump dramatically in the days and weeks ahead particle haim aljazeera maryland. Health workers in india have reported the biggest single day increase in corona virus infections several sets of reimposing for pashtun lockdowns with nearly 20000 new cases more than half a 1000000 indians have been infected some say say the increase testing. Chattery is a medical doctor at calcutta rescue an ngo providing medical services for disadvantaged people in west bengal she says the only way india can fight the virus is by increasing its Testing Capacity before the crisis also our economic graph of the country was not very promising and now after the long tone it has almost become like a hunger vs health for us so i dont i dont see us as a country combating and containing the virus any time soon what we have to do is maybe learn to live with it in a safe manner that is the best approach i think just yesterday we did more than one lakh 60000 tests so you know we have the rampant increase the number of chances in almost all the states of the country and that is going to be a strategy henceforth also what we have been focusing on is to increase the testing as much as possible so that even the is symptomatic carriers can be traced and we can catch the disease at that you know incipient stage. In chile thousands of foreign foot pickers are any limbo because their savings are gone and borders remain closed many are from bolivia which doesnt have full diplomatic ties because of a long running territorial dispute with its neighbor in the 3rd part of our series on people stranded by the pandemic a lot america tennessee a new memory for some santiago. Some have traveled thousands of kilometers from southern chile to get to this school in santiago to date a refuge for stranded bolivians but here theyre given a mattress and blankets and assigned a classroom where they join the others. Most to Seasonal Workers who come to chile each year to pick fruit from october to march when summer ends but now its winter its raining and cold and like the wrist the bomb is family hasnt been able to leave home and that in the quote in bolivia close the borders and declared a quarantine they didnt let buses or anyone cross not even a hospital evince put 3 months they camped outside of their plans a letter asking for help but just like thousands of than cuban colombian and peruvian migrants stranded in chile theyve had to depend on charity now that their savings are gone. We have mattresses food and a roof over our heads but no thanks to the bolivian government its abandon us thats what hurts the most modern name of a working in southern chile but they declare lockdowns there too so we had to come here we dont know when we can go home. 3 women have given birth while waiting to return to bolivia. For others are pregnant the 300 people here have been told the following dinner no one else will be able to enter after that the plan is to put this whole school under quarantine so that everybody whos any year can be guaranteed to be called would free after 14 days then they will be taken by bus to the border with bolivia. But at this point there is absolutely no guarantee that authorities there will open the borders to allow these people to go back home. In the last few months theyve in fact allowed 2000 bolivians whove undergone certified quarantines to reenter but with the number of coronavirus cases in chile now one of the worlds highest many countries are understandably less eager to speed up repatriations all this while the number of people stranded here grows but. There is a permanent flow were only just beginning to see the economic effects of this pandemic almight was in temporary workers. For many who wait isnt the worst part its the feeling of being trapped and the fear of not knowing if the virus might take their lives or dose of family members back in bolivia before they can make it home to see newman aljazeera santiago. And in the next part of our series will be speaking to Cuban Migrants trapped in mexico who are helping to care for other travelers as on tuesday right here on aljazeera. Senators in the u. S. State of mississippi have voted to replace a state for the last in the nation to display the confederate battle emblem the bill now goes to Republican Governor Tate Reeves to be signed into law many see the design as racist because of its means to stay very in the south given is under a force. A contentious flag that symbolized americas past connection with slavery soon to be gone. Lawmakers in mississippi voted overwhelmingly to remove the state flag 126 years after it was adopted. The last of its kind in the us to carry the symbol of the Confederate States that fought and lost the civil war to maintain slavery in america but you want to be on the right side of the free market and im proud of that ive personally cashier today and im sure the credibility individual came out shocked to hear stuff saying. For many the Confederate Flag symbolizes hate my parents and grandparents experience much terrorism and tyranny under that flag on as a younger mississippi in a millennial it represents the darker days of our state when our State Government and various others used it as a symbol of supremacy. Others argue getting rid of the flag is another attempt to wipe out americas history they dont change if you take my. Place. In 2001 mississippi voters decided by a 2 to one margin to keep the flag is the official state emblem but times have changed. With the death of george floyd in may sparking nationwide civil rights protests highlighting racial inequalities a renewed called a change to flag this time it was successful. But a new flag is just a 1st step in achieving Racial Justice some argue more is needed in a state where 31 percent of blacks live in poverty compared to 12 percent of whites in the flag of assembly. You know up wont them because now it will leave you traveled and i faced daily and most africanamericans in this state base so that is a. Little substantive. We have to see these wells and they were punitive and only right now we have to get rid of those so that we can have. A 9 Person Commission will oversee a new state flag design voters will approve or reject it on the ballot in november gabriels aljazeera polands president has failed to win enough votes to avoid a runoff next month for limited results of sundays election show andre duda taught the 1st one but fell short of the overall majority needed dude as an ally of the ruling nationalist law and Justice Party it wants a further implemented socially conservative agenda which critics denounce as homophobic due to his main rival is rafal tries all ski liberal mayor of war so. Voters in local elections in france have punished president to mannion macross centrist party green candidates in major cities enjoyed a series of victories and the far right National Lottery won its 1st major city. In the south a voter turnout was a record low due to Coronavirus Fund them a consensus. Now a verdict is expected in the corruption trial of former french Prime Minister he faces up to 5 years in jail but says the scandal is a Political Smear Campaign about now reports. A scandal that changed the course of the 2017 french president ial election a french newspaper allege the conservative candidate and former Prime Minister fossil fuel had misused taxpayers money when he was an m. P. To pay his wife penelope as a parliamentary system 3 years for no work the couple were placed under formal investigation feel denied the accusations and said he was the victim of a Political Smear Campaign on says 36 year. 6 years without any judicial problems today on the target of a ruthless one sided attack 7 days a week 24 hours a day old legal is this public pressure mounted on feel to step down he refused but the damage was done he failed to make it past the 1st round to the election losing out to the far right Marine Le Pen and centrist emanuel who went on to win his political career over feel was rarely seen in public until february this year when he and his wife went on trial in paris france has a history of corruption and nepotism in politics some say feel is a symbol of both but others say the forward inquiry against him was unfair politically motivated and time to end his president ial campaign the theory that gained strength last week after president micro ordered an investigation into new claims the prosecutors were pressured in 2017 to move unusually fast against feel his main rival in the election race mccraw passed an Anti Corruption law targeted at cleaning up politics soon after his election but this magistrate says if the president is serious about the. That the judiciary he must reform the system because if you will know. The judiciarys independence has always been questioned because its the executive that appoint state magistrates the law dictates that magistrates are under of your party of the Justice Ministry so as long as we stay with the System People will do the impartiality of magistrates if found guilty of misusing public money feel could face up to 5 years in jail his wife or a 3 year suspended prison term for complicity for one of frances best known politicians which comes so close to being president its been a spectacular fall from grace. Aljazeera paris. Im fully back to you and these are the headlines on aljazeera china has been accused of forcing the wiggle minority to lower their birth rates an investigation by the Associated Press says hundreds of thousands of women are forced to undergo pregnancy checks salinisation and abortion. Iran has issued an arrest warrant for u. S. President donald trump for the assassination of military command sensibly monny trump is one of 36. 00 people identified by tehran spa security general as being involved in the drone strike which killed some in mining near Baghdad Airport in january search and rescue efforts are underway in bangladesh after a ferry capsized in a river in the capital dhaka 30 bodies have been recovered dozens of people are still missing chandi has more from doc. Right behind me is where the rescue operation is going on with a concentration of gold that a lot of people know i spoke to the left and commander off of the Us Coast Guard he told me until i left the salvage the boat they were not exactly a number of people dead so far we know that reported by the coast guard is 30 people being. Bodies have been recovered its an ongoing operation and its probably continue to build evening even at light falls an attack on pakistans Stock Exchange has ended with at least 9 People Killed Security Forces stop the attackers before they could take control of the building in karachi more than half a 1000000 people around the world have died from corona virus and more than 10000000 have been infected a quarter of the cases and deaths are in the United States which is by far the worst hit Country Health workers in india have reported the biggest single day increase in cold in 1000 infections several states posing for all patia lockdowns because of nearly 20000 cases and former french Prime Minister francois could be facing jail time with a paris called the 2 vols sauna Corruption Case against him he arrived in court just a few minutes ago fuel is accused of setting up a fake job for his wife that paid her more than 1000000. 00 the case force him to abandon his president ial campaign in 2017 those are the headlines on aljazeera coming out next year its inside story to say this. The source of life and called flight ethiopia egypt and sudan the tussle over the funding of africas biggest harjo electic on the blue nile can they find a way to bridge their differences this is interesting. Hello and welcome to the program on iran kong for thousands of years the nile has been the backbone of civilizations and a source of conflict the latest dispute is over the largest hydroelectric dam in africa being built anything. The government says its full 1000000000. 00
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