A turkish call toll decide whether to turn one of the best known historic landmarks back into a mosque. Tensions are high in ethiopia 3 days after a popular singer and activist was murdered the funeral of a child who is taking place in this hometown of just west of the capital his political songs provided a soundtrack for antigovernment protests that ultimately led to a new Prime Minister in 2018 it was her child whose death kicked off the violence that saw more than 80 People Killed now the military has been deployed shallop best reports. People gathered in addis ababa to school the casket of popular musician hutch on whom this date on monday. This procession marks the beginning of violence that has moved dozens to. A child and was an icon for ethiopias biggest ethnic group the aroma. Of. His music was a soundtrack to protests that propelled Prime Minister into office in 2010. But how chile was a role model for the struggle for democracy human rights freedom and justice he was treacherously murdered by some external and internal elements who have been planning for a while now to start a strife and chaos among our people. His killing has spurred angry protests which led to the government shutting down the internet on tuesday there is not little evidence of what is happening inside ethiopia. There are unconfirmed reports of gunshots and explosions in the capital where the military has been deployed in response to gangs and legibly roaming addis ababa Prime Minister has accused Foreign Forces of assassinating the singer in an attempt to destabilize the country has a look at the one as the u. N. Security council was meeting to discuss the road i saw on stem crisis this is sessa nation crime took place external forces may have colluded with local forces to destabilize pace and security in the country the others argue its unlikely another country orchestrated which is killing ethnic tensions have grown in recent years with iran most complaining of marginalization despite them being the biggest of ethiopias groups and having a fellow roemer as Prime Minister a challenge other romos had become more critical of in recent months one of the Big Questions is who actually killed the musician the. Everything all. I think what youre seeing here is a great deal of. Which was. This incident. Human rights watch has accused the government of making a volatile situation worse after some of these political opponents were arrested including media tycoon john woman hominids. The europeans now fear. In his hometown of and on thursday may result in more violence shall of dallas and jazeera. Lets take you to live pictures now from ethiopia from where were actually looking at the coffin of the murdered singer high chalo and its being placed in the ground after theyve just had that ceremony with prayers being read over his body. These are very emotive moments no doubt especially for the aroma of people of ethiopia who saw his songs as championing their cause as go live now to our correspondent in add those in neighboring kenya and mohammed like i said these are very emotive moments for the romo people of ethiopia explain to us why he was such an important icon of an ethnic group struggle. Well there are some of the child who was synonymous with the struggle of the or more people particularly in the. Decade on the hof when he started his music at the tender age of 17 in 2003 he was imprisoned by the government of then Prime Minister mel as the now you for his political views he has never shied away from fighting for the rights of all more people who claimed that they have been cut off from the been marginalized and cut off from political influence in ethiopia for a very long time and this is what he had been singing about from the beginning of his music career until his death the poll just out we saw in the autumn or region that ultimately culminated in that ignition of highly money and disciplined former Prime Minister. Of. Power he was one of the. Engine still high and its with his music and cutting the protesters to continue so for the little more people over here the biggest the Largest Ethnic Group in the country. Is an icon and somebody the. Weve seen the government now have to deploy the army into the streets just take us through how stable and how potentially destabilizing is a child lose. Well this is definitely a challenge for the government of Prime Minister of course its not the only one its facing but what it brings out right now on really bad is the fact that he is yet to date hes bach here or on the region hes on to his ear because the violence we have seen in the past 48 hours or so really telling of a community that still has the grievances of the pos still intact within its midst of the challenges to which include how to deal with the good i told the former ruling elites who have now gone back to their region and most of those who been willing power in the 3 decades old so theyre not taking any old as well to level from the sun is a major problem for Prime Minister obvious government as well as the displacement of almost 2000000 default across the country due to into tribal tensions. Started soon as he came to power so all these now and with the. Latest incident the killing of these little more icon and then the jailing of people who are like a lot of mohamed the media. Form a blogger who was very instrumental in the almost protests. What will all these mean for the Prime Minister who is about to celebrate the end of his 2nd under that is 2nd and it was a moment i think we need to ask the question of do we have any idea any indication of who killed the child. Well the government says it is a collaboration its been done. Its been plundered by external forces as they called it and. Cut it out by. Internal hole operators which many people are interpreting to mean that it is. You know something that does go to an external hond in it but many will tell you i mean its its not known some of the Political Leadership was asking why is this happening a week on the house to the time were going to begin the healing up of the great ethiopian resistance. Maisons dum im sorry that is. Something that would suggest that it is external forces involved in the killing of a high child whom they said but again it could be anybody and of course investigations ongoing and would be looking to see what the government would come up with all right thanks so much. Government in mexico killed at least 24 people and injured 7 others a drug rehabilitation facility its the 2nd such attack in the city of north of the capital the area has become one of the main flashpoints of gang related violence that something president and 1st Manuel Lopez Obrador has often promised to stop since being elected in 2018 when you have apollo has this update from the capital. On wednesday mexican president and this monday Lopez Obrador to address the nation in a special speech commemorating the 1st 2 years since being elected mexicos president president Lopez Obrador it touted the successes of his administration in curbing back violence speaking to putting an end to a historical trend of homicides a success in ending massacres in mexico unfortunately as the president was giving that address there was word of 24 people who were killed and another 7 wounded in an attack by gunmen in the state of what i want to has really become the sort of epicenter for this epidemic of violence thats plaguing mexico the state has seen a 5 fold increase in homicides over the past year and according to statistics from this year alone there have been 1405. 00 homicides through the month of may alone so headlines that say a dozen killed or more are not uncommon for the state but there have also been other attacks in states like seen aloa a brazen attack here in mexico city thats put into doubt the mexican governments capacity to enforce the rule of law and of course this goes contrary to the claims of president obama daughters in saying that violence is being curbed in fact the year 2020 is scheduled to be the most violent in mexicos history the u. S. Has recorded nearly 51000 new corona virus infections the largest daily increase so far in the worlds worst affected country california florida and texas the latest epicenter is causing some governments to reimpose emergency restrictions and opinion polls says 81 percent of americans are very or somewhat concerned about the pandemic 128000 have died in the u. S. With more than 2 and a half 1000000 infected theres International Anger at the u. S. Government for buying a massive stock of the only drug licensed to treat code 19 the rest of the world fears shortages of the antiviral medicine should have a chance to reports from washington. The u. S. Government has cornered almost the entire Global Market of rum desert here for the next several months the drug has been found to short hospital stays for covert 1000 patients President Trump is secured half a 1000000 courses of treatment of ramdass severe and this through september this america 1st policy during the pandemic has led to expressions of outrage and dismay among some International Leaders the canadian Prime Minister has warned that going alone in a pandemic may backfire we know its in both of our interests Justin Trudeau said to work collaboratively and cooperatively to keep our citizens safe but us coronavirus patients may not receive the drug if they dont have enough cash the drug manufacturer gilad says governments in the developed world will pay 390. 00 for a vial of rum desert your average treatment will come to 2340. 00 a patient however each vial for the Us Private Health Insurance system is 520. 00 or an average cost of 3120. 00 a patient its not clear how much each patient will have to pay either out of pocket or higher premiums as with many drugs that are eventually sold for profit by pharmaceutical companies from this if it was initially developed with taxpayer money at least 60000000. 00 but watchdog groups suspect government costs are far higher and the taxpayers are being charged twice for the drug 1st for its development and then for its purchase a report released this week found that pharmaceutical companies have raised the prices on 245. 00 different drugs since the 1st case of covert 1000 was reported in the u. S. In january and many of those drugs are used to treat covert 19 or used in intensive care units but some economists wonder whether amid covert 19 economic collapse mass unemployment the inability of millions to pay their rent and social unrest things may be changing i had never seen the American Economy i was born here ive never seen the American Economy to worship the level the accumulation of dead ends of crises for which. I see no solution is overwhelming and i think the system is shaking whether it will disappear or not i dont know but if you say to me its just the 1st time in your life that you have magine that its possible the answer is yes the perception of price gouging by pharmaceutical companies during a pandemic may become part of a wider reckoning for the us she ever turns the outages era washington still ahead of al jazeera. 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Well i once again welcome to the lift at the International Full cost probably a showers across Southeast Asia as there should be but rather more than there should be south of the equator so were still seeing some lovely downpours into parts of indonesia that a suicide of the region so why is she still seeing some very heavy showers but further north in the seasonal shall as well i continue quite nicely across the philippines over towards india china over towards thailand some rather heavy showers here as we go on through the next couple days for jobless not too bad much of intonation should be said looking like you tried with some pleasant spells of sunshine and try to across much of australia down to the southeast we do still have this system this cold front thats been raffling through the southeastern corner and thats introducing some much cooler air into parts of victoria tasmania and also into southern areas of New South Wales is cooling off in sydney at around 901. 00 through friday some wetter weather and some wintry weather just heading towards the alps there see some temperatures struggling to get to around 11 celsius that in melbourne it warms up a little as we go on into sas day by skies coming back in behind thats on the other side of the ditch will see some wet weather pushing towards the south island of new zealand with some snow. Chilies infamous dictator may be long gone but inequality fueled by his new liberal Economic Reforms still plagues the nation. And dissent is still quashed by a heavy handed state apparatus. People in power examines whether forging a new constitution can turn the page in the most unequal of the worlds 30 wealthiest nations to live in a chaise legacy on a just 0. Move. The old. Shoes. Ill come back youre watching aljazeera time to recap our headlines now a popular ethiopian singer who was murdered on mondays been laid to rest the death of her child or her own deaths are triggered 2 days of unrest more than 80 people were killed. At least 24 people have been killed in mexico after government stormed the Drug Rehabilitation Center its the 2nd such attack in the city of north of the capital. The u. S. Has recorded nearly 51000 new corona virus infections the largest daily crease so far in the worlds worst affected country. Turkeys highest court has met him in a debate on the status of one of the countrys most famous landmarks the ira saw fear the museum was once the biggest christian cathedral in the world finale 1000 years before it was turned into a mosque the government now wants to reopen it as a mosque a move thats adding to tensions with neighboring greece the Orthodox Church simcoe salo reports. All. Once a church led to a mosque and now a museum i also fear has always been precious and sacred for both christians and muslims built as a church in the 6th century they are sufi i was converted into a mosque after the concurring of what was constantinople in 1453 then turned into a museum by mostafa chem i uttered following the foundation of the turkish republic in 1923 now the turkish government wants to alter its status from a stream to mosque reopening go for sophia for shit means and its really the most traditional for respect on our site for the world which establishes in the womans. At the same time its a token of gratitude and loyalty to the spiritual person i wish of fulton fathi the conqueror. I also feel i support of the u. S. School World Heritage which forms the stumbles famous skyline its been a museum since 1935. There are many in church and turkey stays by a sufi as should be open to worship for both christians and muslims and your thoughts Christian Church is concerned that the transformation from birth of your soul we drove was really bizarre boiled millions of researchers around the wall and the us will feel relieved reads this is a vital. Worth is is a member is the worst really thrive to these to. Present trajectory fired on say as i also feel i can function like the nearby blue mosque often today the prayers and tourists at the same time came to put in turkey a Muslim Country we are free to worship anywhere we want no one has any say on it. Physicians were signed by the church to support the conversion but their opponents you do a lot of this is said to our tourism i believe is not good for turkey michael marginal point is sophia to a mosque is a popular discussion in turkey and has support from the public along with the nationalist and conservative parties until last year president adams stayed out of the debate how ever he is very vocal about it now many believe its a political move especially given the rising tension between turkey and greece in the is certain mediterranean after part of the core on about conquests was resigned to deny a sophia last month the Greek Foreign minister said it insults at the religious feelings of christians the turkish government says i also feel is a domestic issue not to be interfered with. Well lets get a live update now from c. N. N. She joins us from istanbul conceive god the eye is so fear in the backdrop behind you sin im wondering why now i guess there must be some degree of suspicion that this might play into attempts to try and raise the ruling partys popularity. Well samir yes i am right between the blue mosque and i also feel actually we have a very great scene here and discussing the status of bias of is a popular topic like the headscarf ban in turkey and just in 2018 or 19 again this was up to date and the for the president himself president our don said that the blue mosque which is just a few 100 so way from my associate doesnt have. Many worshipers its not full during the day thats why 1st we have to fill in the blue mosque and then we have to consider opening gaius afia for prayers this is what he sat back at that time but i have to tell that there is a huge public support for this in turkey and almost all Political Parties even some members of the Main Opposition Party have support to open ioseph for the prayers but i have to underline one thing there is the small part that is attached it to yourself on the left side this is called narthex it was a it was like a small mass street open the 99 to one by the then. And for as then to look to us all and in 2016 late 2016 Turkish Religious Affairs poi