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ALJAZ NEWSHOUR July 12, 2024

Administered kashmir. And turkish troops in libya helped to clear land mines left by forces loyal to the world khalifa. And in sports event is to lose the game and their rivals to lose control lot c. O. Have a player sent off for biting as italys top 2 teams suffer a surprise defeat. Aid workers have called a move by russia and china to restrict a deliveries into syria reprehensible both countries permanent members of the u. N. Security council have vetoed a resolution that would have extended cross border humanitarian aid to 3000000 syrians for a year more than 11000000 syrians need emergency aid just to survive which comes from the u. N. The countrys economy education sanitation Protection Services and health care all crumbling under the pressures of conflict u. N. Officials have made a plea to countries to help end the crisis by investing money manpower political promises 5. 00 and a half 1000000000. 00 has been promised for humanitarian support this year. Well lets speak to rachel sider she is the media manager for sarah at the Norwegian Refugee Council and she joins us via skype from amman the capital of jordan where theyre based this is obviously going to have a huge humanitarian impact on the ground can you talk us through how this might affect life for the millions of people in northwest syria. Absolutely this is really a devastating blow to weeks of negotiations within the Security Council and what it means for civilians on the ground in syria is that they are at risk of losing a critical lifeline to basic services and which many of them are entirely dependent were talking about nearly 3000000 civilians in the northwest part of the country alone many of these families are residing in overcrowded displacement camps or theyve been displaced by waves and waves of violence over the years many of which have taken place just in the past couple of months alone with the latest spike in violence and what theyre really saying is that there are reliant on many of the services that are authorized by this u. N. Security Council Resolution services such as health care water shelter and basic food items. I do want to ask you because it seems that the Border Crossings there were for now potentially just true and moscow seems to want that reduced to one how will that actually impact the logistics of operations on the ground. Unfortunately weve seen a real whittling down of this resolution over the years since it was adopted in 2014 wiggling it down further to a single Border Crossing in the northwest is absolutely unacceptable there is no way to replace the a deliveries that are currently going through the crossing point that is an absolutely critical lifeline to serving communities in western aleppo and parts of northern it that would otherwise be inaccessible due to insecurity access constraints and logistical hurdles its going to require that the humanitarian Community Come up with a new plan change its ways of working identifying new routes of aid delivery and this is going to cost in terms of time and resources that would otherwise be allowed to reach people in a much more efficient and direct manner sure what rachel this is or also taking place within the context of a Global Pandemic how might this affect the provision of health care. Well its really too soon to say but what we saw from the northeast scenario back in january when the Security Council renewed this resolution previously and removed yet to be a Border Crossing is that we saw the removal of critical medical supply channels that were coming in through the Border Crossing the import critical medical supplies for vaccinations for primary Health Care Key medications and other instruments that are necessary to a coalmine 19 pandemic preparedness effort that is already very much under way in the northwest part of the country we know that the Health Care System is already been devastated by years of war Economic Hardship and other shocks have really frustrated the ability of Healthcare Providers to meet basic needs and there are real concerns that as the cope in 1000 pandemic continues to surge in the region that communities across northwest syria will be hit the hardest rachel side of there from the wage and Refugee Council great to get your thoughts here on out there thank you for joining us rachael thank you oh well our correspondent also jabari has more on the volunteer doctors at a small clinic in rebel held at lead who are doing what they can to treat the sick and the engine and. This is what dr. Does every day working for free in this nonprofit makeshift clinic in. Hes one of 7 doctors in the clinic which is located in syrias last remaining rebel held province of idlib. Like many of his patients dr ali was forced from his home within his own country. Most of the people here are without a source of income they cant afford to eat or any medical treatment before i came here i worked at home a hospital but it was bombed so we came to this area to lend a helping hand with whatever resources are available. This entire clinic is run by volunteers and medicine is handed out free of charge. Its small space providing a big Service Doctors see between 30 to 40 patients a day. Do you know theyre really doing a Great Service for the people here mainly because were all out of work too now were being treated by specialists and offered free medicine we are grateful to them. Doesnt have that ive been sick for 13 years they often meet all the necessary tests in medicine for free i cant even afford a loaf of bread and i have 4 often children have been displaced to this area since march they are doing their best to help im very grateful to them. There are many factions both domestic and foreign involved in syrias civil war which is now into its 10th year the United Nations says nearly 400000. 00 syrians have been killed so far and millions forced to seek safety. Both the Syrian Government and the opposition are receiving support militarily and diplomatically from Foreign Countries leading the conflict to often be described as a proxy war adding to the already dire Health Care Crisis the value of the syrian currency continues to fall while prices in shops have more than tripled recently even though the conflict in many other areas has come to an end syrians in the countrys last rebel stronghold province of its lip continue to suffer door such a bari aljazeera. To the coronavirus pandemic now and there have been angry protests in the subway in capital belgrade over the governments handling of the crying of virus demonstrators accuse president alexander of reopening the economy too early for political gain he then announced plans for a weekend cafe but that now appears to be in doubt following the protests and brian reports. Proces doesnt Police Battle on the streets around serbias parliament thank god outs tried to storm the building some briefly managing to get inside before being pushed back was theyre angry at president alexander and his decision to reimpose coronavirus restrictions i some chanted calling him a thief. I was easy for others demanded his resignation or government are trying for the 2nd time. Put the seafoam. To impose current theme. For reach it is only a serious possibility because they made all the mistakes i the mistake they say was lifting what was one of europes strictest lockdowns that israel did not prepare to put their noses we gathered here to protest because our president lifted the state of emergency because of the election and now he wants to impose it again. Critics say the president lifted restrictions so he could hold parliamentary elections last month his policy one and overwhelming victory nightclubs were back in action it was a tennis tournament shops were open and 25000 fans packed a belgrade stadium for the countrys most popular football that the decision slammed by an epidemiologist as an enormous totally unjustified risk the president. Well says the situation in belgrade is critical for us from overseas we made lots of mistakes weve probably relaxed too much everyone thought it was all over. The situation in belgrade is alarming and its serious in 4 more cities in serbia but belgrade is really in a critical situation the capitals hospitals are almost full so the military has been building temporary facilities gatherings of more than 5 people are now banned and only occur if you this weekend before then the anger against the church means the crowds are unlikely to stay at home the next year brian al jazeera well we can now speak to a boy elects hes a political scientist and was among those huge crowds at the protest last night he joins us now from belgrade where i know youve been saying just how chaotic it was last night bill mix of people little apparent organization can you tell us a little around about who the people were in the crowd around you so that brought us or started gathering in front of the element of the president which its press conference very he announced the new law down puerto rican and there was my impression that around 10000 protesters in the streets. Around 9 or 10 in the evening and this looked like any other protesters there it was mostly unorganized. I saw many angry youths a lot of students there but what really changed the dynamics was the storming of the parliament that was executed by a group of protesters that was and that was better organized and. They managed to enter the filing and there are 9 or 10 this is when the situation actually escalated the Security Forces which were under resourced into the beginning which allowed these group of protesters going to. Increase they did their deployment tremendously we saw riot police with the cavalry and dogs we saw john their memory resource special operation units as well as many Security Forces personnel dressed in civilian clothes and after day after day Security Forces started using tear gas against the protesters it turned violent and. Besides this overwhelming deployment of or switch i can say short of having the military in the streets this is a maximal use of force we saw excessive use of force by the police against protesters both the protesters that were violent and the protesters that didnt use while its against them where youve mentioned i know that far right groups were involved and some afghan rest can you talk about back contribution to what happened last night. It is really hard to evaluate what their role was there was certainly serbia is in a state of its usual crisis for more than 2 years now and there have been many pro at this by far right in front of the parliament almost every couple of weeks so they have certainly been there they have been active and they have been among the people who have stormed the parliament but again some of their leaders have actually said today have not organized this brought us the brought as was as i could see a lot of families with children students. Mostly people who protest against the. Government of all its under 6 under which you were there where that a political scientist who was at that protest last night and telling us all about it from the balcony thank you for your thank you. Now the British Government has announced a 37000000000. 00 many budget aimed at saving jobs and pumping new life into the economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic and launching what it calls the kickstarter scheme and offering to pay 6 months of wages to any employer who creates a High Standard job for people aged 16. 00 to 24. 00 tonnes originally soon act also called for an end to the fellow scheme by october its been in place now since march and paid up to 80 percent of people thought areas if employers promise to retain their jobs the package will also prove popular with those who want to move house hes lifted the threshold on who has to pay a tax when buying a home property purchases less than 627000. 00 will not be subject to stamp duty well for more now lets go to john hall who joins us live from but really just and west sussex tony can you tell us a little more about what chance that youre not had to say today. Well this was the latest of a series of un should yield interventions by the chancellor rhee sue not as the Coronavirus Crisis has worn on and as the scale of the economic damage wrought by it has become ever more apparent im not least in places like this broken regis where im standing or rather faded 19th century seaside resort town that relies almost entirely on the summer trade on its summer takings to survive in the summer of course all of that will be deeply uncertain well reading into it is to suit our state but clearly the focus of the government now is on jobs with fears of an unemployment Mound Mountain approaching both theres a result of the end of the furlough scheme which you concerned with it would end in october employers will then be faced with the reality of having to pay salaries again or have to make a lot of work is redundant but also the real focus on Young Workers young people entering the economy will already in the economy tend to be employed in vulnerable sectors like hospitality retail leisure therefore more bold. Well more at risk of being made. But being made redundant or losing their jobs or the signature measure here along with other measures to stimulate Consumer Spending and to encourage employers to keep their staff on the signature measure here is this job creation scheme you mentioned the kickstart scheme the government effectively paying a salary up to the minimum a minimum wage of young people under 25. 00 for the 1st 6 months of their employment employers then taking over after that in the hope of keeping them in work getting them in work rather than having them in unemployment queues and on benefits and trying to avoid a sort of failed generation as a result of this crisis heres what we have to say. People need to know we will do all we can to give everyone the opportunity of good and secure. People need to know that although hardship lies ahead no one will be left without hope. So today we act with a plan for jobs our plan has a clear goal to protect support and create jobs it will give businesses the confidence to retain and hire to create jobs in every part of our country to give young people a better start to give people everywhere the opportunity of a fresh start. And turner all of this clearly coming at a huge cost to governance. Yes the costs have been enormous on the government here just adding yet more tens of billions of dollars to a build ready wrapped up close to 200000000000. 00 spent since lockdown came in in march the government and since then says its helped 11000000 workers to retain their jobs or at least to retain their sources of income a 1000000 businesses big spending pledges on infrastructure and Public Services and all of it deeply necessary of course in unprecedented times with this country facing a slump in g. D. P. By the end of this year a 14 percent possible unemployment going up from close to 0 to close to 15 percent and a deep sense of disquiet now about quite how all of this is going to be paid for in the years to come after a decade of austerity there is a sense perhaps but the worst of the virus may be behind us here but the worst of the crisis the economic crisis may very well. Turn to how theyre speaking to us in the long term thanks very much john. Now nigeria has resumed domestic flights for the 1st time since coronavirus restrictions were imposed that in late march the main airports and lagos reopened on wednesday while others will follow over the next week they have been nearly 30000 cases of 1000 confirmed in the country and at least 660 people have died and we can now speak to amid interest. As a keyway International Airport in a bit and have things picked up since this morning. Absolutely they have been flights in and out of the of a few hours and there although there are only 4 currently on operations today we expect that things will pick up by to morrow today its been cautious on the part of person just a lot of people are waiting to see how things go but right now behind me is an aircraft but just arrived from the commercial capital lagos and these are the only 2 airports by the way that have been approved to restart domestic flights in nigeria after 35 to 3 months in action in the airports now what happens here will determine what will happen next week more airports across nigeria will open next week and over the course of 2 weeks the Civil Aviation authorities will decide judging from the performances of the airports in the 2 weeks they will decide whether or not they will allow International Flights through them quickly youve got to travel outside the country despite rising cases of coronavirus in the country so the government is also a keen to also reopen the economy fully understanding that a lot of a lot of things depend on the movement of goods and services especially of investors from one city to the other and from one country to nigeria and from the 2. Countries of abroad so a lot of people are watching this close. To see how the operations go in this airport and the other airport in lagos and whether or not the other airports will also follow suit so far this morning things have been organized force checking in passengers orderly. Departure departure orderly arrival of passengers from lagos and vice versa. And that interests are there for us to live in a bridge or thank you very much for that update on the well corona virus infections are storing in central asia former soviet states are suffering a 2nd wave of cases now since lock down restrictions but 2 months ago Victoria Gate b reports. Hospitals in the kurdistan capital bishkek are overwhelmed with patients suspected of having the coronavirus those diagnos

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