Questioned by police over their investigation into the treatment of Migrant Workers in malaysia. And im santa how much now have all the sport including red bulls and max their stop analysts quickest in practice ahead of this sundays formula one in austria. Welcome to the news hour a lifeline to millions of syrians living in a sliver of land in the countrys northwest is at risk of being shut down russia and china have vetoed a u. N. Security Council Resolution to keep 2 border crossings from turkey open for a vital a delivery 13 other members backed the proposal by germany and belgium which wanted to keep the passengers open now the mandate for the border crossings expires on friday and the council is now voting on a rival russian proposal as food medicine and basic supplies for millions of people hang in the balance lets look at why the Security Council remains divided so the u. N. And humanitarian groups say to. Point 8000000 people in syrias rebel held north west depend on those passages for aid russia has insisted that only one is necessary the babbit how a crossing saying that it accounts for 85 percent of a deliveries but the u. S. Says 1300000 People Living north of aleppo depend on the other crossing. Lets get an update from our diplomatic editor james bays hes joining us from the United Nations to talk us through where things stand right now and when we can see a vote on that rival russian proposal. Were going to have that vote while its actually underway as we speak these are virtual procedures and so they have a window in which the people of the countries can vote submitting a letter we were working with 24 hour windows theres a very short window now because time is running out in just 7 hours from now the existing authorization for those 2 border crossings will run out and that we know border crossings allowing aid in from turkey to syria so that voting underway on that russian resolution but i dont think anyone thinks that text is going to solve anything because its similar to 2 other russian text they put forward which havent passed in the last week so theyre not we really have a problem im hearing though that to try and solve the problem the 2 countries that have been coming up with the text on behalf of the u. N. Humanitarian community to the Security Council members from europe belgium and germany have got a new text in mind and that they will put that to the Security Council now of this text is suggesting that a new authorization for one year for the bubble whole crossing and then for bubbles. That would be 3 months to allow it to slowly wind down its operations so you might say that somewhat face saving and in many ways the russians get their way but there are questions of whether that belgian german compromise will pass for example will other members of the Security Council like the u. S. France the u. K. Will they support that idea of getting rid of that 2nd check point in the 3 months will the russians support it because the other thing other than just having one checkpoint in the russian draft resolutions is that they want some language about sanctions about unilateral sanctions theyre doing. They say so much harm to the people of syria i also think although weve had this very short Voting Period were going to find out in an hours time about the russian the russian resolution this new belgian german compromise is going to a slightly different place from some of the other options and so it may well be that some Council Members say well we cant just decide this in a couple of hours were going to have to go back to our capitals so we might get another 12 or 24 hour Voting Period that pushes us past the deadline which is coming up very shortly meaning at least in the short term there will be no aid delivery is allowed from turkey into syria all right james bays our diplomatic editor reporting from the u. N. James thank you so as james was saying aid agencies are concerned that there could be dire consequences for millions of displaced syrians if that agreement isnt reached Priyanka Gupta has more. On these makeshift shelters in italy provence bear witness to the staggering human cost of syrias war now its 10 pm. Children who werent born when the fighting began live with their families in one of the many counts for those displaced not once but many times the adults are mostly out of work. Nearly 3000000 syrians in the last rebel controlled on cleave in the northwest depend on aid to survive they are anxious about russias efforts of the un Security Council to limit vital cross border liveries. Their russian efforts to close the crossing is very very harmful for us this is not of any benefit to us it will prevent humanitarian aid we are living by that and we fight over it without its nothing will work we will die of hunger. Supplies if United Nations humanitarian aid from turkey to northwest syria is already restricted to 2 crossings russia wants to cut access to just one relief supplies from iraq in jordan have stopped since january because of russian and chinese opposition. What can we syrians expect from russia russia has done nothing but destroying displace us if it were not for the russian regime the war of russia and iran against us we would not be displaced in this carol un even sees have been supplying lifesaving food and medicines to displaced syrians for the past 6 years and they want to keep the crossings open your energies in general its about there to be extent. So if. All the courts order and actions in next time. This year extend will go to the course and we know actually from. Our experience with very dream in general they will not. Abroad by any kind of or within or this year. If labor ported its 1st corner virus infections. They didnt seize have warned of the catastrophic consequences of an operating in overcrowded camps in a province where more than 80 hospitals have been damaged in attacks since december. That dire a Health Crisis is coupled with a crippling financial crisis which has left the syrian pound nearly worthless and cause prices in shops to saul. Aid agencies warn that access to border crossings is critical to avoid starvation and disease for millions of syrians hope to hear. Much more to come on the aljazeera news hour including another one turns to the European Court of human rights to hold russia accountable for its role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. Thousands of serbs return to the streets of belgrade there accusing their governments of mishandling the Coronavirus Crisis in sports news some and be a player is heading to florida for the leagues restart or taking safety precautions to the next level. But 1st turkeys president says the 1st prayers will be held at istanbuls i also feel on july 24th after he signed a decree formally restoring the landmark status as a mosque it followed a ruling by a top court that its conversion from a mosque to a museum less than a century ago was illegal you know asco had already cautioned against changing the status of the World Heritage sites and greece says it is an open provocation to the civilized world. Has long supported the change as one of his moves to put islam in the mainstream of the secular nation heres some of the reaction from istanbul. Its no weve been waiting for this news for a very long time im very excited really i want to go and pray as soon as possible. Nobody has a say in this europeans have nothing to say either those who built this did it to worship god as well thank god today it reverts back to its main purpose today called will be worshiped in the mosque where the greek government says the decision will damage turkeys ties with the entire European UnionJohnson Robin liss has more from mouth and. The official reaction so far has come from the Greek Culture minister. Who is calling it a. Faced challenge to the entire civilized world which recognizes the unique value and universal nature of the monument and she went further she said that its clear from this decision by the turkish courts the turkish justice is not independent but follows the whims of president and she said the nationalism displayed by president is a poor councillor and takes his country 6 centuries back obviously this is being seen in greece as a very political move not only does it muddy the waters of the already difficult greek turkish relationship complicated by disagreements over the aegean and over maritime jurisdictions in the Eastern Mediterranean but it also now introduces a historical element lets get more reaction from matthew values the interim director of the department of Public Information over at unesco he is joining us from paris thanks for speaking to us on the news hour so you must be disappointed with this decision having initially opposed that what are your thoughts now on the implications of it now that its actually happened well 1st of all we deeply regret this decision made by the turkish authorities and made without without prior discussion and prior consultation prior dialogue and we call for the universal value of this bended World Heritage to be to be preserved. The implications indeed have to be discussed now and this is why we call on the turkish authorities to reestablish the day you know without delay what is your biggest concern though and how does this undermine the universal value. Well because concern is about the universal value in the unicity of this and that of this site 1st of all as you know sophia is one element of the biggest of a bigger area the historic areas of istanbul and it was inscribed by the turkish authorities as a museum not a cathedral not as a mosque as a museum as a symbol of the many layers of civilizations that have been that have made the richness of that of that monument then as a symbol of dialogue between civilizations between europe in asia in east and west and so forth so we are concerned that the change in the status that was made without any consultations whatsoever. Undermine this universal value in the symbol of dialogue among civilizations even though the president when he was speaking earlier on he did say like all our mosques the doors of i as a feel will be wide open to locals and foreigners muslims and non muslims thats thats beautiful to hear but. Inscribing World Heritage site is something very serious access is one aspect physical integrity of the monument is another aspect the movable elements inside the monument are a 3rd aspect you have to the way that the site is managed and that will change whether it was a museum or it is a mosque and this is also part of the outstanding universal value and then its not just about access its about equitable. Effective inclusive participation of all communities involved to the World Heritage site so its its its something very serious very technical and this is why we need to engage into a dialogue with our delay to assess and to discuss all these elements because the World Heritage site its an International LawWorld Heritage convention and so there are many many aspects to it to discuss and c yes so what happens next from unescos point of view and your designation of the iris of fear as a World Heritage site and and you keep referring to discussion are you hopeful that is going to happen oh yes we are always very hopeful that the block bursts of eunice core is indeed to preserve and transmit this. With and beautiful. The World Heritage monument. To move goal is to build peace build peace in the minds of men and women thats our goal so we pursue dialogue we pursue consultations we pursue consultations among all parties to restore the day and accept the 1st thing is that that dialogue must must be restored this will be an issue at the next session of the World Heritage committee and this of course raises the question of the universal value of the site and this will be one of the topic of the discussions of the World HeritageCommittee Members are its a matter of we thank you very much for speaking to us from paris thank you very much now a group of al jazeera journalists have been questioned by police in malaysia over a documentary on Migrant Workers the author already say they want to a nice documentary focusing on people being locked up during the pandemic could have broken sedition laws. As it has serious concerns about developments in Media Freedom in malaysia Bernard Smith has more. The broadcasting of this video of handcuffed and documented migrants being loaded into police vans in kuala lumpur seems to have hit a raw nerve with malaysias government several officials have accused aljazeera of trying to tarnish malaysia in which one i want to east investigates why so many foreigners of being locked up in malaysias lockdown. On friday the Police Called in the 101 east Production Team for questioning police say theyre investigating the documentary for sedition defamation and violation of the communications and multimedia law the police are expected to file their report to the attorney general. We do not want to judge them but the Attorney Generals Department after reviewing the documentary has determined that there were elements under the sedition act penal code and communications and multimedia. The documentary investigation why the coronavirus pandemic is forcing Migrant Workers into hiding it captured immigration raids as they unfolded in real time i just 0 rejects allegations that the program was misleading or unfair. As well as the summons to the police there was a stream online reaction which consisted of threats intimidation abuse and even Death Threats from people on social media. Which was very concerning as well look at the water one east team says repeated requests for interviews with government officials were declined or ignored instead they used a video from Media Conferences given by malaysias defense minister theyre going to record them back at the but yesterday cop says aljazeera should apologize to malaysians saying allegations of discrimination towards undocumented migrants are untrue that malaysian Rights Groups say that since the new government was elected in march its. Increasingly difficult for independent journalists to operate that. Weve seen part in the strongly worst cases basically for media especially media independent media especially being denied access to state press conferences aljazeera is calling on the malaysian government to withdraw its criminal investigation. Bernard smith. At least one person has died as chaotic protests rock malis capital bamako demonstrators have blocked roads attacked the parliament and stormed the premises of the state Television Channel which has now gone off air the protesters are demanding the resignation of president mubarak 8 are accusing him of failing to solve these security and economic problems thousands of people are out on the streets after protest leaders rejected the president s proposed reforms lets get an update from nicholas his monitoring developments from neighboring senegal the protests have been going on for weeks but now were seeing the taking over of government buildings how significant is this development. As you can see what started off as a peaceful demonstration has turned violent demonstrators say the president s had been warned they had given several signals that if they didnt if the president had do not have the demands of the protesters that this would go in this direction its an occupy movement where demonstrators are trying to occupy the main arteries of the capital bamako blocking the main bridges that connect the north and the south of the city as well as a blocking the signal of the National Television broadcasters where they cut off the signal of the broadcaster where president. 2 days ago had made a speech to these protesters calling for dialogue calling for a National Unity government saying that he would call it new judges judges that confirmed the Election Results that were contested during the parliamentary elections that took place in april despite all of those assurances made by the president the demonstrations keep going and they have literally taken over the capital bamako blocking roads and right now the police in riot gear are trying to clear protesters from their position clear clearing roadblocks that are being held by the demonstrators now and they want. To resign if not they want not a unity government but a Transitional Government they want to strip of his power they want to have a say on who becomes members as judges of the Constitutional Court they want to really of the parliamentary elections they want to have a greater say on the future of their country and it comes at a time where we are seeing increased attacks by armed groups in the north in the center of the country despite a Un Peacekeeping mission called. A 1000000000. 00 a year 14000 troops in addition to that french and european troops that are on the ground this bite of the the the security situation is going