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Warning that millions of people in latin america could go hungry this year because of covert 90. Johnny cash must go with the sports including shut out of Major League Baseball now the Miami Marlins have an Upcoming Games because the team battles the crane Virus Outbreak. So that hes alone accused germany of not pulling its weight in the Nato Alliance and now President Trump is taking action hes ordered a major scaling down of the u. S. Military presence there nearly 12000. 00 troops a 3rd of those based in germany will be withdrawn around hoff will be sent to other bases in europe the rest will head back to the United States now the european command and special operations h. Q. Would also be moved from germany to belgium and the changes are expected to cost the u. S. Billions of dollars as anyone can see the repositioning of our forces in europe constitutes a major strategic and positive shift wholly in line with the n. D. S. And consistent with other adjustments to the United States just much the United States has made within nato in previous times. These changes will achieve the Core Principles of enhancing u. S. And nato deterrence of russia strengthening nato reassuring allies and improving u. S. Strategic flexibility well daryn kagan is in the german capital for us but 1st lets go to our White House Correspondent can be how can you study by for some washington can be this was expected was new but no the details i guess have been filled out. Have salute the u. S. President for casting this last month but now we have a sense of what this might look like we also know that there is broad concern about this move even from some members of the president s own Republican Party who agree with the president in his assertion that germany has not been paying its fair share of nato obligations but they also believe that this has offered stability how being u. S. Troops positioned there and thats why many are concerned still the u. S. President not only giving us a clear picture of what this is going to look like knowing that there will be a withdrawal of at least 12000. 00 troops that it will be a mix of army ed air force soldiers but also giving us a clearer picture of why in fact the u. S. President speaking from the white house as he left and departed for texas very angry pointing the finger at germany saying that for too long he believes that it is taken the United States for granted take a listen. Now in terms of how this might play out you have to remember theres a u. S. Election in november and the timeline we understand for this will take far beyond that so in terms of whether or not this will really happen its still unclear the u. S. President says that hes pushing ahead. But again that may not be the case should his opponent in the upcoming president ial election joe biden win the white house or it can be just hang on there was Something Else i want to talk to you about with donald trump but 1st i want to go to dominic cain in berlin to carry on with this issue. Everybody waiting for this withdrawal of troops and what shape it would take what reaction has there been there. Instant reaction from parliament from the conservative chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee not. An influential member of angle americas ruling conservatives here in germany saying that rather than strengthening nato in europe he believes that this decision will weaken nato within europe and clearly people have been expecting that there would be Something Like this for some considerable time given the sorts of language coming from the trumpet ministration for many years to trumpet ministration angry with germany for its failure to meet the 2 percent of its budget on defense which germany pledged itself to doing back at the wales meeting of nato the wales summit in 2014 and it hasnt achieved that aspiration the interesting thing here is that the fear of this troop withdrawal extends far within germanys so for Prime Ministers of states which have big u. S. Bases in them have already taken the step of writing to members of the United States congress to see if they could do whatever can be done to reduce the damage a drawl of u. S. Troops of u. S. Bases would have on their states within the federal republic and clearly overall the German Government is frustrated by the sorts of language its been hearing from the u. S. Government and this step now. Will not encourage them will not help them in their mission to try to mend fences as it were with the u. S. Government or doesnt thanks very much an idiotic a reporting from berlin that ties up our top story kimberly thanks for hanging on that other issue i want to talk to you about these reports that russia paid the taliban to kill american troops in afghanistan now this is something that donald trump said did not merit his attention in the past whats the latest. Now well the u. S. President again talked about this as he left the white house but just to set up the story a little bit you weve been talking for weeks here in aljazeera as well as other networks that these reports and allegations that russia was paying bounties in other words was paying money to taliban linked groups allegedly to kill american soldiers that caused outrage in the United States but the white house has always maintained 2 things number one that the intelligence wasnt that credible and thats why the president wasnt briefed about it therefore he couldnt act on it but he does know now and has known for some weeks the number 2 they have said every piece of lead that really this is something that still is open for debate even as we know that this was at least part of one intelligence brief whether or not that was briefed to the president still unclear but certainly it was part of the materials that were paired for him in a daily intelligence briefing that he receives now in the midst of all of this what flagged this and kept this the surface is the fact that last week there was a conversation between the u. S. President the russian president and notably in the readout from the white house there was no mention about these bounties instead they talked about concerns of avoiding a 3 way arms race between russia the United States and china so there have been recurrent questions about why the president did not bring this up with lattimer proof as the president speaking from the white house in just the last few moments said the reason is because the call was about other things we didnt bring it up because thats not what the call was about and also again disputing the credibility of the intelligence casting doubt on the intelligence over his own u. S. Intelligence officials so there is once again this recurring theme that weve heard throughout the trip presidency which is why has there been this reluctance to take a harder line with lattimer putin a harder line with russia and also we should point out that readout the other thing that was not brought up is election interference which we know happened in 2016 and u. S. Intelligence says is likely to happen again in november run a lot going on in washington that things are wrapping but all of a complete thanks will. Down to current are some countries and cities in asia praise for effectively tackling the coronavirus pandemic are now worried about new infections Prime Ministers says every city and province is at risk of an outbreak of the big virus free month in india a new report says more than half of the people in mumbai slums have had coronavirus their homes into about 40 percent of the citys population and in the u. K. A report by m. P. s that criticizes the government for sending thousands of patients into care homes without testing them and africas Fragile Health Care System is burdened with nearly a 1100000 new cases and more than half of them are reported in south africa when hong kong the chief executive is warning the city is on the verge of a large scale outbreak and the Hospital System is that risk of collapsing scott has more now from bangkok. Vietnam has been viewed as a Success Story during the covert 1000 pandemic through centralized quarantine and strict Contact Tracing the country of 95000000 people had no deaths from the disease with the borders sealed the government encouraged to travel. But things took a turn for the worse last weekend when the central city of the neighing was hit by an outbreak the 1st cases of local transmission in months the city was locked down and domestic tourists were sent home just before the airport was shut for 2 weeks and now there are cases linked to demand in vietnams 2 largest cities and city and even in the Central Highlands the Prime Minister has called on all regions to be on alert and yet all provinces doing high risk all provinces should raise their alert level chairman and general secretaries of each province should take action how should the entire political system. One case in the capitol hill no it was a worker at a pizza restaurant who had returned from a trip today despite these cases some feel that the government has the ability to control the potential next wave of covert 19. Ministry of health has gained much more experience in combating to fire us and his face waves this time i think that im also pos quite soon because we have experience and in hong kong which so far has been spared from a high number of cases the citys leader is warning of a potential large scale outbreak after local transmissions surged the most strict measures since the outbreak began were enacted on wednesday for at least a week no gatherings of more than 2 people and no dining in restaurants thailand has also been viewed as a Success Story with no locally transmitted cases in more than 60 days to officials are no doubt looking nervously at their neighbors after these recent spikes in cases of 19 thats because the government here has also encouraged Domestic Travel and tourism to help the ailing economy aljazeera bangkok lets cross to new delhi now where in this book and she explains why indias infection rates may be far higher than the official figures. The results are very much a reflection of what independent Health Experts have been saying for a long time now which is that because india is still not conducting enough tests it has one of the Lowest Per Capita testing in the world that the real number of infections and india are at least 10 times the reported number and possibly even up to 40 times while the official number for mumbai is around 110000 again its a fraction of the millions who the survey shows who the survey says have antibodies and the surveys very much in line with the last one which was done in the capital new delhi with the results last week showed that a quarter of its 20000000 people have antibodies have had coronavirus and here in delhi the cases have been coming down the last few weeks bought yesterday on tuesday. To explain why its conducting hof the number of the most accurate test. Tests that its capable of and conducting twice that number of tests which as accurate as government has been voicing that its numbers are coming down the high court is just to conduct more tests and to conduct more tests all over the country the Prime Minister promised in the more. Retesting sentences in mumbai not far from here where we are in new delhi in a place called noida and also in kolkata to continue with this drive to test more people to have a more accurate picture of the situation in the country. On this. Even. From the us playmaker in the wake of the. Big. Questions in congress. The World Food Program is warning at least 14000000 people could go hungry in latin america this year as the region reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that is more than 4 times the number of people have experienced severe Food Insecurity last year and many of those at risk are in full workers who make up a large part of a lot of americas workforce the u. N. Agency is edging governments to expand relief efforts. Codependent make his just been devastating in latin america i mean we were already dealing with economic deterioration in many different issues but covert has come on top of it just in the areas where p. In this region alone weve seen a substantial increase in over 11000000 people that are marching toward the brink of starvation so its devastating and its why we must act and we must act now so that we can bring some pope to people otherwise youll have political destabilization mass migration economic deterioration supply Chain Disruption and many people will starve in addition to covert itself. Ok im a republican joins us live now from mexico city and men will be 40000000. 00 people walking towards the brink of starvation says a w f p and also we have this temporary lifting in the amount of hunger there is around but only only temporary because of current violence. Thats correct and brazil continues to be the sort of focus of concern for the entire region when it comes to both this the Ongoing Health crisis the worsening Health Crisis which as we heard from the from that sound sound bite is almost like a domino effect where you see the Health Crisis which is led to of. The economic crisis led to a social crisis led to a political crisis in the country nic i want to run through the numbers in brazil just very quickly these are the latest according to Johns Hopkins on wednesday brazil has now surpassed 2000000 it confirmed cases 2000000 483191 confirmed cases 88539 confirmed deaths in brazil now the government as you mentioned has implemented a sort of stopgap Welfare Program that basically consists of providing Informal Sector workers with 115. 00 a month and the impact that this is had on the short term does appear to be significant when it comes to reduction of extreme poverty at least according to one study by the idea about a Guess Foundation which found that in the 1st 6 months of the year between january and june extreme Poverty Research reduced from 6. 2 percent to 3. 3 percent so while this is significant there is also a warning from experts who are saying that it is only temporary that once this funding this federal these federal handouts expires that we can expect those poverty statistics to once again start to climb now president brazil has been lobbying blobby by his political allies who are asking him to extend these federal payments that are due to expire in august in any event there is a conversation being had in the country over a substitute program for poverty relief but the main concern here is that is that the contagion is far from over and it shows no signs of slowing down and that is that also the case across america wants a Bigger Picture the rising numbers in in peru and chile in colombia a hospital stretch than in mexico its a pretty grim picture is not. Its its very difficult to compare of brazil to just about any other country in the region given that it is the 2nd worst affected in the world certainly the most affected in latin america but despite a few bright spots in the region there is no sign of slowing down for this virus in latin america you mentioned a few countries that are showing these alarming rates of contagion countries like peru colombia right here in Mexico Mexico has just according to latest numbers surpassed 400000 confirmed cases 402690 7 and is soon approaching 45000 confirmed deaths thats here in mexico and one of the biggest concerns specifically where we are right now is that it is striking that balance between the health of the public and the health of the economy its a problem that countries all over the world are facing but mexico continues to to see worsening contagion happen at the same time were seeing the economy start to open up here in mexico city and in several other parts of the country and what were hearing from Public Health policy experts is that while that is necessary the gains made in terms of poverty relief in mexico could have easily been a race for the past 10 years 10 years worth of gains erased because of the pandemic there is a sort of sense that theres an inevitability that a lockdown a new renewed lockdown will happen here in mexico city in other parts of the country and thats happening in several other countries in latin america were placing were keeping a close eye on colombia for example which has just recently surpassed 9000. 00 deaths nationwide and the government has Just Announced a that the lockdown there will be extended through august 30th but again this is something thats happening in several countries across latin america an extension to lockdowns an extension to calls for quarantine and even renewed lockdowns were gains were being made economy started to open back up but now are being forced to go back into lockdown nick or manuel thanks very much for the vote updated memory problem thats a difficult situation there across latin america reporting from. Ok the annual muslim pilgrimage to mecca known as it has begun under very different circumstances and millions usually travel to saudi arabia its the 1st time in modern history where she was from abroad are not allowed to take part demolish al has this report. Theyve been coming in their millions every year from all over the world muslim pilgrims fulfilling a lifetime dream to perform one of their religions 5 main pillars. The sea of people waves upon waves and gulf in the city of mecca has become an image synonymous with the holy city. But this year its completely different the coronavirus pandemic has meant the pilgrims are not able to travel saudi authorities have put under lockdown theyve said only 1000. 00 people will be allowed to perform hajj all of them either nationals or residents of saudi arabia the annual pilgrimage is a huge source of revenue for the saudi government although there is little transparency from riyadh on how much exactly it brings in estimates put the figure in the billions of dollars. Losing out on that as well as all the money from those who would usually perform the smaller pilgrimage of all right during the rest of the year is a big setback i think its very significant because saudi arabia standing and influence in the islamic world is mainly that ive found 2 factors that guest one is the horse and the cost to avoid him was and the organizer of the mosque in washington ritual and religious ritual is ill just. 2020 has already been a tough year for the kingdom with oil prices reaching an all time low after a trade war with russia that saw the price of a barrel go as low as 27 dollars to make things even worse the covert 19 pandemic has increased economic pressure on saudi arabia even more forcing the government to increase taxes and reduce salaries while many are commending saudi authorities for their decision to prohibit pilgrims to travel to mecca this year there are those who are critical questions are being asked about how the 1000 people being allowed to perform hajj are chosen and will there be a Fair Distribution of house passes to all nationalities living in the kingdom until now or thirties have failed to provide any information. In the past people of scrutinize saudi arabia for failing to deal with the huge crowds that converge on the holy city on far too many occasions people have died due to stampede or failure by the government to safeguard their security like when a construction crane fell on worshippers in 2015 this year the criticism is over the arts failure to deal with small crowds in a clear and transparent manner. Where the move will both effect Hotels Restaurants and tourism operators in the holy cities of mecca and medina and the Aviation Industry to of course since Many Companies used to charter flights to the region for lets pay now to joe it and then he is an economist and former deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister in jordan joins us on skype from amman welcome to the program mr nonny this year its going to be very different a relative handful of pilgrims instead of the the regular 2000000. 00 plus this is going to have a serious impact on the saudis economy is not. Yes well a number is estimated between 10 to 20000000000 bucks that will be saudi arabia as income from the just go to school this year i dont think that they were milk even 110th or 112th of that simply because of the cattle and the crisis and because of the stoppage of but. Yet another at some stage in fact or is the fact that. d you know they have a saudi government has been investing heavily in the infrastructure of the hotels and also in improving the size and expanding its capacity especially on java so in a way what happened this year is that d you know this this it was to be a much higher year than last year and actually by saudi projections and that reciprocation plan they get themselves and put it to do is supposed to make 150 go out as knowing as 160000000. 00 right now until 2019 the high pitched them to. About 6. 7 percent of their number of their top the g 8 right on about 20 percent of all of g. D. P. Because i mean when you couple this when you couple the loss of this amount of money 12000000000. 00 or so and who knows what the cumulative amount will be several tens of billions more when you couple that with the loss of all oil revenue what is the impact for the average person street in saudi going to be. Well as you know d every expelled price of all importance that should be 70. 00 or even more than that for saudi every bit to be able to bend as their budget now that it is spending not on 44142. 00 per barrel that is going to be a wish a lot of covering the deficit which is going to grow if you add to that also the core of the corso or on so on so to the way the saudi government is is fighting an uphill battle d which may be a very challenging even for them in what sense will it be a challenge in yemen saudi arabia as a rich country how much of a problem will this be. As far as you know this already has been by to follow on from across the world of took up of their cash deficit the question may have lots of words but they dont have not sufficient gas to me if you want immediate benefits so the problem is not electoral attention resources the problem is that there is a shortage of cash would soon come some ordered from figure moved on from other sources which i have been destined minister here you can buy by the court on that and the other circumstances the middle east germany for the deputy Prime Minister in jordan time to appreciate your perspective this thank you very much indeed. Still ahead here and ill desire. The controversial social media bill passed into a few sparks concerns about freedom of expression. As temperatures rise across iraq over rolling in power cuts is reaching a boiling point. And with just one game to go and its nice to help the police into their own cause for the best finish in decades they will be here to tell us about that its been. Hello there yet more hot and dry weather throughout much of the middle schools farther to the south i mean talk about the rain has really been impacting the far west of yemen but also this quarter of a saudi arabia as well and sure enough the rains have been heavy at times and also very continuous so weve now got flooding in the streets the sonic the vehicles struggling to make their way through the waters which were quite deep this morning the forecast on thursday at that again will just potentially to the flooding that the already in place to the north of the gave it to bits and pieces a cloud some fairly strong winds through iraq in the town which is a sudden the high side 52 in baghdad the high fortys in kuwait again those winds are quite strong so maybe get some sound and dust and all the while these rain showers these heavy downpours continuing across much of yemen and saudi arabia then down into Southern Africa 1st of all madagascar we were watching some very heavy rain and also few days you can see the continuing to just southwards that will take away the heaviest rain as well want to show through thursday some heavier showers along coastal as the towns and tools kenya continuing up to the saudi coast as well and all the while we could see want to pulsing showers really along the south coast of south africa touches a little bit of it by friday it should be fine and dry with a high of 900 in cape town. Japan is doing the math its a one to protect against devastating tsunami what i want to east investigated made you can be can type or if the war will expose commuters to greater danger. On al jazeera. For the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia for headbutt overseas visitors from performing the hutch cover match. As good 19 continues to disrupt peoples lives we look at this decision and the impact on the saudi economy hodge 2020 on aljazeera. As a weapon of war leaves the very deepest scars. Scars so wrong that the victims men and women can barely talk about it. They are the only witnesses who can help bring about justice aljazeera follows human rights campaigners in libya investigating since the 2011 revolution. Libya unspeakable crime on aljazeera. And again youre watching aljazeera remind our top stories this hour and the United States is another thing to draw all of 12000. 00 troops from germany nearly half will be repositioned to other locations in europe Officials Say the move will cost billions of dollars and will take years to complete. After being virus free for months vietnam is bracing for a wave of covert 19 infections dozens of cases have been reported in the central city of the night meanwhile hong kongs leader kerry land says its Hospital System could face collapse as it deals with a sharp rise in cases. The annual muslim pilgrimage known as hard shiz been drastically scaled back this year because it coronavirus the 1st time in modern history worshippers from abroad will not be allowed to take. Now yemens president has named a leader of the Southern Transitional council as the new governor of aden thats after the u. A. E. Backed southern separatists say they giving up attempts at self rule now will work on a stalled peace deal yes he say its to give an opportunity to end a rift among their allies in the us one follows one by saudi arabia saying that it will present ways to implement last years power sharing deal between rival factions in the south. Take a closer look at the Southern Transitional council the s. T. C. Which has been waging whats been described as a war within yemens complex civil war in august its fighters seized the southern port of the city of aden the temporary seat of yemen internationally recognized government in april its forces declared a state of emergency saying they needed to tackle covert 19 and proclaimed itself in aden and other southern provinces thank yous the Yemeni Government of corruption in failing to provide basic services the 2 forces allies against who thieves in the north since 2015 but have been battling each other for control and the ultimate secession of the south lets take this on lets speak to his saying whos a yemen and who theo fares analyst joins us live from santa welcome to the program mr mccarthy so why this change of tune why the question youve got to watch these others what do they declare self rule in the 1st place if this was going to happen. I think. From the beginning of the start of the clashes and as well the creation of this. By the United Arab Emirates and the latest agreement riyadh all that was actually. Made blunt because now if you see they have as they say canceled the cell for all. But now they have seats in the so called legitimate their government so theyre being recognized by the International Community and this was actually the main goal for the United Arab Emirates because now united out of it actually they can continue with that under the nose of the government but. If you see i mean even know that now they have counseled this declaration of silver all they still actually a separatist group their goal is to separate yemen thats why i think they will continue in that plan for a separation of yemen and what they get now is an international coalition. Either from the or from the coalition. Whats your feeling about this come the stalled peace deal be revived now. I dont know i mean depends on what the United Arab Emirates want in the south if they can see that they cannot go ahead with any steps for the separation of yemen with within them any government with the government i believe that we will see more clashes in south of yemen i mean you can see from the beginning of the war it was one government how the government and then it was you not that of your mother who have actually inflated the government and made me believe that. Even here in sanaa they believe that all that lies between those 2 groups and the disagreement is because. By the. Coalition and its clearly now that united out of it were going to see in the coming days will they withdraw from key areas like. Port on as well from the cut island if they do that this mean that this government actually handle. The war against. They can actually take steps to make security in aden but the furthest thing can hide the actually returning to aden and if he if he can this me that. I dont think that anything again i want to just some people think that this agreement actually and the unity between faction in the south could make that effort of fighting the socalled host the better but i didnt think so because at the beginning of the war if the war they started as one Group Fighting the whole thing in sanaa and now they just went back to the fittest the start of the houthi on the other hand they are much much stronger they can have a Ballistic Missile with longer and out of the world drones so if the whole of his they say that a military that is hated sa religiously that i was a little belittling that they have said many many times that goal is to liberate yemen so i dont think that actually they are concerned about what is happening now because there are some very good thats why we havent seen any statements just one very quick question by the us believing she was also part of saudi arabias coalition not the separatist issue has strained the saudi led and you see law and how will that play out. So it could it be a question of the Southern Suburbs this issue is strange the saudi led to thier loss how do you think thats going to play out now. I dont think that it would have any effect on the ground because the main part of this war the united out of him at it that is supported through this group made those little kind of strong out of the on the ground thats why i believe. They didnt give any like any statement about whats happening in the south because i believe if they want to challenge that the entire blood of the united out of the american thats out there so yeah maybe they can just thought to get deep inside the country you know and even about you know that if there is no support to this group its been steady the thousands that i was a general counsel i believe that it can actually decide be it in a few weeks so its depend on the united out of a lot of support ok so im not going to preach at your expertise in the sense for much only to boeing who say that it will cut more jobs and slow production of some planes off the bigger than expected losses revenue in the 2nd quarter was down 25 percent of its 2400000000. 00 pandemic has intensified brings troubles after its 737 max craft was involved in 2 crashes killing its 346 people with an ounce plans to cut 16000 jobs in april lets bring in john hendren whos standing by for us in chicago and john these losses bigger than expected. Significantly bigger than expected and the stock market is reacting boeing stock is down about 3 percent for the day and that is after analysts had predicted this would be a particularly bad Quarterly Report the companys chief executive officer dave calhoun went on television in the us just hours ago and he said this means it will probably be about 3 years before the industry the Airline Industry recovers back to 2019 levels and even that is a fairly optimistic estimate because other people in the industry say it will be about 4 years this is just one problem on top of another for boeing it had its 737 max plane grounded after 2 accidents that killed 346 people that was the plane the company was hoping would be its most lucrative ever and would help it overtake airbus as the Worlds Largest commercial Airline Manufacturer so the numbers or bad the company has already announced 10 percent job cuts you mentioned it was about 16000. 00 of 160000 well now that is likely to be more and this is going to reverberate down the supply chain and that will affect the economy overall and john this hasnt come as a surprise but boeing now confirming that winding down the production of the iconic jumbo jet the 7. Thats right boeing is cutting back on some of those big planes and the reason is people simply arent flying during this coronavirus air travel is down about 80 percent compared to this time last year boeing was expecting to sell more but what were seeing is that these airlines are also looking ahead and theyre saying were not going to need these planes for a while so theyve been canceling those orders at boeings Defense Division has been helping it out its performing about as well as it did last year with the commercial aircraft. Division is devastated and that will reverberate throughout the economy already boeing suppliers are looking at what they are going to have to do boeing is after all the largest commercial Airline Aircraft manufacturer in the United States one of the 2 largest in the world and so when it cuts back that affects the u. S. Economy when the u. S. Economy shrinks that affects the Global Economy so this companys fortunes have been following the arc of the virus particularly in the u. S. Where it sells a lot of planes and now that the virus has started to resurge once again the companys fortunes have gone down its like a mirror image of the virus here in the u. S. So boeings fortunes are postponed for some time theyre still hoping that 737 max will help lift them out of this eventually but once again c. E. O. Dave calhoun says it will be 3 years before they return to 21000 levels all right john thanks for that 100 reporting there from chicago. German politicians are questioning the finance minister over one of the countrys largest financial scandals why a college was an Online Payment Services company which collapsed last month after an audit revealed 2200000000. 00 were missing the former c. E. O. And other executives of being investigated for fraud cases lead to questions of a possible failings germanys financial regulator. Turkeys parliament has policy controversial social media law which Rights Groups warn will give the government even more control over the media landscape sites like facebook and twitter will be required to have local representatives in turkey lo those who need to store uses dates or inside the country to make it easier for authorities to Access Companies could face fines will essentially be blocked under the new law soon consider who has more from istanbul. Basically the turkish government says if something is a crime according to turkish though that it is a crime on social media as well the bill has some positive sides but especially on the possibilities of frist rick ting personal freedom of speech and restricting journalism suppressing journalism Many International organizations whom Rights Groups and also even the United Nations have reacted against the social media bill saying that it would harm. This freedom of speech in turkey in turkey even the Mainstream Media is currently under government control so the media its not wrong to say that media is monarchic and thats why many fear that this could cause more marginal marginalization in media but on the other hand it turkey has been fighting with our old Kurdistan Workers Party and the callender scrips who the government accuses of trying to overthrow the government in 2016 a so and they are all using fake accounts and brute accounts that might be helpful for the security institutions to find out what kind of people are trying to manipulate or this inform the public now everybodys curious whether the government is going to apply this bill in an appropriate way or whether the government is going to use it exploited as a means to suppress its power over all media and all its critics now the c. E. O. Who facebook and google are gearing up to defend their businesses against the u. S. Congress theyve been accused of and to trust practices which include bowing out competitors of unfairly dominating the Online Advertising market and see whos Running Companies worth a total of almost 5 trillion dollars. And testimony Via Video Conference is being seen as one of the most aggressive shows against Tech Companies in a decade selling pressure joins us live now for more on the hearing from washington d. C. And allan tell us more about whats going to happen here whats it all about. Well this is an antitrust subcommittee theyve been investigating the for tech giants for some considerable time this is the 1st time that theyve managed to get the c. E. O. Is together they wont be here on capitol hill instead theyll be giving evidence virtually but will be interesting because theyre going to be questioned a by 15 members of the subcommittee 1st of all for 5 minutes and then its up to the chairman if he wants to lower additional rounds of questioning so that could go on for some considerable time and these tech c. E. O. s among the richest people in the world dont tend to take well to being questioned repeatedly about their Business Model no amazon is going to be there jeff bezos country the richest man in the world hes going to be asked about whether or not amazon abuses online position and whether it stifles 3rd party rivals facebook is going to be asked about its dominance in the social media sphere google will be asked about some of the antitrust laws that and to trust actions that were taken against it in europe and also whether or not it suppresses i thought ties in from other companies that could be a challenge to google and as for apple well to the use their dominant position on their app store to 1st of all to block rivals and then to charge an extra High Commission for those who want to get on to that platform but you can guarantee that theyre going to wander into other areas theyre going to be asked about the suppression of various political views whether or not feet news is used on facebook whether google promotes or whether apple should be doing more about labor laws in china so theres a lot of ground to cover and its certainly not going to be an easy ride for the worst for taxi you yes indeed in the u. S. Commerce Department Also seeking clarification on what twitter should be allowed to take down. Well this is a very interesting this goes back to an executive order that donald trump signed in me hes now asked his Commerce Department to ask the federal Communications Commission to look to see whether or not there should be a change to what storen as section 23. 00 or of an act from 1996 so what does that mean essentially tech firms are protected if the moderate any views on their platforms so if you put something on twitter see that is anti donald trump or anti joe biden or anti Vladimir Putin and twitter decides thats against the law against their rules they can take that off their site and you arent able to sue the mall donald trump whos had a few run ins with twitter recently 1st of all with some of. His tweets being labeled misleading others being deleted others Fact Checking him as he goes along hes not very pleased that so he is using all efforts from the federal government to salute we want to change this now theres a republican majority on the f. C. C. So you think well that will go through heres the thing it goes against 1st amendment the government getting involved and whether or not its a bridging free speech Tech Companies can also take this to court the f. C. C. Of go to go through a long process nothings going to happen on this probably the say the election on the other side they may want to try and consider passing new legislation in congress that is highly unlikely but just the fact that donald trump is doing it and making a big deal about it just before the tech c. E. O. s give evidence on the hill he set really making a point about censorship online and the role that the tech giants play in. The timing thanks very much allan fish there reporting from washington d. C. U. S. President ial hopeful joe biden is vowing to improve racial equality as part of his campaign the democratic contender is delivered a speech in his hometown of wilmington on tuesday he promised to allocate billions of dollars to boost opportunities for minority workers biden also accused his rival president dont trump creating division across the country. Colombias army has been called in to rescue people cut off by flooding heavy rains hit the central metro region inundated rural areas. Left children the elderly and even a pat down region is bracing itself for more rain with the downpours for costs to continue for the rest of the week. Protestors across southern iraq are demanding stable electricity supplies last week temperatures in southern iraq reached 54 degrees centigrade thats the highest ever recorded the increased demand on the grid has led to frequent power cuts so manifold reports now from baghdad. Under bugged out scorching sun electricity workers go from house to house to collect their dues government electricity in iraq is heavily subsidized husseins monthly bill is 16. 00 but like most iraqis People Living in this neighborhood only get a few hours of electricity per day during the summer and amid rising temperatures their anger at the government is boiling over by oh. Look at me im swishing you talking to me and im full of sweet from 2003 into a no god brought these people promise as a punishment. Its a state of thieves when the government cuts electricity the family relies on the neighborhoods private Generator Company that costs the family 4 times as much as they pay the government but the power from the generator is not enough to run the air conditioner so everyone gathers in the living room where only an old air cooler and a fan of her responded from the heat next door husseins wife prepares the familys lunch with only a small fan to battle the heat this hour every hour the power cuts and we have to run to turn off all the appliances including the fridge and the freezer if i want to run the washing machine i have to turn off Everything Else its so difficult. The family would be willing to pay more for government electricity if supply was stable some accuse the private Generator Companies of exploiting people by charging high tariffs but this provider says his price does not cover the cost of fuel and maintenance now i think that if we are not the ones deciding on the price we charge per ampere thats decided by the mayor and local council and the income is not enough. The poor state of iraqs Power Infrastructure is the result of decades of war corruption and mismanagement rapid population growth has further added pressure on the grid. Its 48 degrees celsius today and in the hour that weve been filming here electricity has cut 3 times the previous electricity minister told al jazeera a few months ago that the government had added 3500 megawatt to the grid since 2800. 00 increasing capacity by 22 percent but many people here say that theyre not seeing the difference on the ground earlier this month the parliament formed a committee to investigate corruption in the ministry of electricity the Prime Minister also announced a deal to import electricity from the gulf but that will take time. And i wish there was a magic solution but unfortunately many years of sabotage corruption and mismanagement cant be solved overnight its not fair to ask a government thats been in power for 2 months to pay the bill for the pillaging committed by the previous groups and governments as the power cuts push many iraqis to the brink of exhaustion confidence that Prime Minister mr. Government can resolve deeply rooted structural issues is melting away leaving many iraqis to find other ways to escape the stifling heat see wonderful thing aljazeera baghdad. So i hadnt spoke state right if i saw a break in Major League Baseball season new york yankees make a big deal to joe when its playing. I talked about his job nick thank you very much the Miami Marlins Baseball Team have been temporarily shuts house of the Major League Season as they try to get that corona Virus Outbreak under control all of the games have been postponed up to monday the decision was made after the Team Announced 4 more positive cases bringing that to at least 15 players and stuff the model ends remain stranded in philadelphia where they played last week in a statement the m. L. T. Said it wanted to allow the moments time to focus on providing care for their. There is at least some good news for the mans last opponents the Philadelphia Phillies all of their tests came back negative but out of caution the teams game against the yankees on tuesday was cancelled anyway and the phillies will continue to test their players and staff at the upcoming game on saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays the outbreak meant a schedule reshuffle for the m. L. Bay the new york yankees who were meant to play the phillies found themselves in baltimore instead ready to start a series but the all reals on wednesday we always try to be prepare for erst we know a person is coming our way and 2020 unlike anything weve all experienced. We know going into this were going to have to prepare for some comfortable situations difficult difficult days. You know from a baseball standpoint from a virus standpoint from travels from inconveniences and i do feel like we are uniquely equipped to handle that. And again i think its one of those things thats going to be critical if youre going to have success on the baseball field this year if youre going to have to be able deal with you know that occur balls that you know can likely come on a daily and weekly basis no current virus hit that you might say the dodge is a 2nd the astros it was a series of pitches like they saw in tuesdays game and theres history between these 2 sides and a 2700 scandal houston style pitching signs using a video camera when they played l. A. On their way to winning the world series this is the 1st time the teams have played since that matter came to light and clearly there is no love lost between them. You know well were just a day away now from the n. B. A. s return to action after the pandemic break 22 franchises will play in a bubble at disney world in florida among them the l. A. Lakers who take on the l. A. Clippers in their opening game on foes day it will be strict rules and no fans but after 4 and a half months of waiting the players are ready to get back out on the courts if you back somehow is the bubble in us it is 2020 you know you know everything is different is that you have to be able to adjust to it so. I dont know as far as you know if it was like a home game at Staples Center they will have f. Elling because our fans just give us so much energy our fans give us so much for support and we want to try to give that back to them on the floor. But also at the same time we know our fans back in l. A. And all over california over the world want to go for to see us play again. The Houston Rockets have their opening game against dallas on friday and james harden is in fine form he led the rockets 2137112 when thanks to a game high 35 points against a 2nd string Boston Celtics team. The n. H. L. Has returned to the ice as it builds up to the start of a shortened season the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 32. 00 in overtime in an exhibition game in toronto on tuesday the 24 teams will formally return to action this saturday in a shortened format with all much is being played in the 2 canadian hub cities of toronto and edmonton. Major League Soccer appears to be getting its coded 1000 protocols right as they complete their season in a bubble at disney world on tuesday the Portland Timbers were up against f. C. Cincinnati in the last 16 of the m. L. S. Is back tournament portland took the lead half way through the 2nd half through get us roughly as gaga but with 11 minutes to go cincinnati equalise through a penalty. Making no mistake from the penalty spot. It was 10. 00 after 90 minutes and so spot kicks were needed to separate the sides not the 2 cincinnati misses it was the is called a lot it is a winning spot kick them. Into milan or on the verge of their best finish in italy said the athens 2011 on to say that a feat in napoli 2 nil when put into a 2nd with just one more game to play a victory in that last match will see them finish 2nd goals from done in the dembrow 0 and this beautiful solo effort from now put on the team is enough to sink napoli the naples club now in danger of missing out so in qualifying for the Europa League. They saw this again which. Now we have to play the last match in syria are i believe itll be a great game because we are facing atalanta who have worked hard in the last 4 years to become one of the top sides in this league for us it will be important to stay focused on that game so we can finish our League Season well before we turn our attention to the Europa League well footballs been hard hit by the current virus pandemic around the world this Financial Relief on the way from the sports governing body fever has just approved a 1500000000. 00 fund which will see each of its 211. 00 member nations receive a one 1000000. 00 grant to kick start the game and another half a 1000000 each just for womens football faithful will also offer interest free loans of up to 5000000. 00 to alleviate the impact of the pandemic. To the u. F. C. We go now and undefeated lightweight champion to be normal godawful be in action on october the 24th against justin gayety no more comment of was unable to defend his title in april as he couldnt leave russia because of Coronavirus Travel restrictions american stepped in to take place and became the intern champion as a result now the 2 are set to meet to determine whos the true king of the lightweight division. All right that is all useful for now it is back to nic jake thanks very much thank you i put more calls on a website others are dot com is address all the news were covering that lots of comment and analysis take thats if the. Government its been long enough. The health of humanity is at stake a Global Pandemic requires a global response. W. H. O. 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