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Infalling kenya. Thousands of would have been making the annual migration tourists to see them ill be telling you why. The sports news is yet another Major League Baseball team is hit by coronavirus. d basketball returns with social justice high on its agenda well hear from Le Bron James i said this hour. So there now once in a century crisis is how the head of the World Health Organization is now describing the coronavirus pandemic and to underline that the world has just hit another record for new daily infections thats close to 300000. 00 in the United States Health Officials will question for hours by congress over the response to the virus the countrys top Infectious Disease expert says that he is now hopeful of a vaccine by early next year and for the 4th day in a row the state of florida has set a record for daily coronavirus related deaths. 257. 00 people dying in the last 24 hours alone and in the u. K. Restrictions are being reimposed in parts of Northern England after a new spike scotland is even more and its citizens not to travel to parts of the country unless absolutely necessary but lets begin in the u. S. Capitol where mike hanna has been following that hearing so this subcommittee has been investigating the administrations response to the current virus and what answers have they been getting. Well the intention of the subcommittee as outlined by the democratic chair was to establish a National Program based on science rather than politics but the way the hearing went to largely was a illustration of exactly how political divide within the United States is in packaging negatively on the fight against the spread of the virus very clearly from the democratic side there was probing questions in terms of indicating how the Trump Administration had failed in terms of its response to the virus from the republican side game pointed questions as to the impact for example of mass protests on the spread of the virus singling out at one stage Infectious Disease expert dr anthony you also had the president tweeting real time during the Commission Hearings after the Committee Chair had shown a graft indicating the radical difference between the spread of the infection in europe and in the United States president tran saying that this occurs because there is much more testing in the United States than in other countries however dr Anthony Party himself not agreeing with this pointing out that the difference in these infection rates stand from an initial reaction saying that europe cut down by some 95 percent or shut down by some 95 percent whereas the u. S. Shut down by some 50 percent dr also pointing out that many stay. Its reopened before reaching in the guidelines outlined by organizations like the c. D. C. And this accounted for the ongoing spike so there wasnt much solid information that came out but underlying everything was this immense political dispute that continues right now some potentially good news actually cautiously optimistic about a potential vaccine. The word cautious is very strong there but dr poetry outlined 3 different programs 3 different platforms that are busy researching vaccine they are collaborating on data they are collaborating on results and at least one of them says dr chee showed very very promising signs after the 1st and 2nd phase trials that vaccine is now going into a 3rd phase trial which will involve some 30000 people and dr fox indicating that there is some hope in terms of getting a vaccine out of this particular trial this is what he had to say. The response that was induced was really quite favorable and as ive said often and are repeated for the record now theres never a guarantee that youre going to get a safe and effective vaccine but from everything weve seen now in the animal data as well as the early human data we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. But some reasons not to be optimistic there was confirmation from Health Experts that the rate of testing is slower than it should be that the rate of returns from these tests sometimes takes between 3. 00 to 5. 00 days and sometimes as much as 15 days these are details that remain of great concern as the virus continues to spike in many parts of the United States or a mike thanks very. Mike hanna reporting there from washington d. C. Lets take this on about the vaccine or we can speak to one. Whos in new york and shes a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Columbia University professor welcome to the program and so dr fox you know saying that we could have a vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021 is that realistic do you think i think you know we are all cautiously optimistic that we might have a vaccine available by that time line i think and in were encouraged and im particularly encouraged by the results the early results from several of the vaccines there are now under development that seem to be on moving in a positive direction and with that these of development and these studies there are being initiated now at around the world and around the country and i think that we are hopeful that if these studies are completed on time and that if any of these vaccines are shown to be safe and effective that we might have something in hand by the end of this year and the beginning of next year when you say in hand that doesnt mean available for the world at large does it because they will still be a huge process to to make it available to be rolled out is that right. Well i think whats unique about the Development Process for vaccines for a girl that is actually at the same time simultaneously were the studies are going on in the field of the manufacturing is actually also happening at the same time and i think through this new approach of overlapping the phases of development and manufacture of the next he hopefully that will mean then be a short period between and knowing that the vaccine works and is safe and actually having inevitable to be distributed to the people who need the vaccine so its confusing for the layman like me because you hear and see and read all sorts of different stories about the vaccine from all sorts of different sources some good sources to a lot of those saying that we might never get a vaccine. I think in there and there is there is reason for optimism because vaccines for these kinds of this kind of virus this family of viruses have been developed previously so thats the reason for optimism i think also theres reason for optimism because the early findings in animals as well as the early safety studies in humans have shown that was some of these vaccines were able to induce the in human response against the virus so i think if you take all of these pieces of evidence together i think thats why many of us are optimistic i do think though that we should be planning now for the vaccine i think we should be working with different communities and party lesions around the world to disseminate the information about the back the potential vaccine to hopefully generate the interest as well as also the trust in that the vaccine that will be available robbi distributed across the exact girl and i is going to say because the next thing when we do get a vaccine is actually convincing everybody to take it because not everybody will want to. And i think its there we should we should be starting to work now the time is now to work and try to build their trust and we have to disseminate the right information we have to get people to appreciate the studies of what has been done in why there are safety studies and are valuable and why its very important to be willing to take the vaccine to protect oneself and austin to protect others in the community so theyre trying to work on this kind of work is and to generate the trust is now we cant wait to we have the vaccine in hand to start thinking about how were going to gain the trust of the communities around the world the professor also that its just great to get your perspective on this we do appreciate it thanks very much on the potentially good news thank you. But millions of americans out of work in the wake of the pandemic could be set for a new hardship a 600. 00 a week jobless benefit has ended and attempts to agree on a new federal relief fund well theyve stalled lets get more from our White House Correspondent Kimberly Harkat and carol yes these checks end today so what happens next. Well the negotiations continue but that is not much comfort to the millions of americans that are facing the prospect of were going to how theyre going to pay their bills being out of work cases of coronavirus are rising in the United States also jobless claims rising but these checks are ending now in the midst of all of this the negotiations do continue republicans say that they offered some legislation that would at least give kind of a stopgap measure until both sides could be worked a the greenman out but they say that democrats didnt want to do that democrats say we have a solution to this 2 months ago and republicans were the ones that didnt take this legislation up so way you can see is theres a lot of finger pointing going on very little in terms of results now some of the big sticking points team to be over how much money americans should get per week moving forward democrats say lets keep the 600. 00 a week in place republicans say you know the big price tag what we would like to see instead is 200. 00 a week until september after that you get 70 percent of your previous wages so again this is something that has to be worked out nancy pelosi the House Speaker had a dueling press conference with the white house she struck a slightly more optimistic tone saying she thinks that there is going to be agreement but its going to take a little bit longer why is that significant will today was supposed to be the day they started their month long recess now when that will happen is kind of in doubt because they say theyre going to try and work on this and resolve something to help americans get through this crisis. The white house and use the president has been defending his proposal that the election be postponed. Yeah he seems to be doing a little bit of clean up on his comments you know one day after he suggested that the election should be delayed now he seems to be saying what i really meant was the results should be delayed or that i expect the results of the us election in november will be delayed it to be clear the us president does not have the power to delayed election its something that even members of his own party oppose and for that reason that may be why hes now saying that he has got some doubt about when the results of the november president ial election will be released take a listen you watch theyre not going to announce anything on november 3rd but i could go now to the 4th or the 5th of the 6 itll go on forever people should go you know they voted back during world war one they voted during world war 2 they went to the polls they voted they went to the booth and they voted proudly but now with a covert they dont want to vote stuff they dont want to vote. This will be catastrophic for our nation and youll see it im always right about things like this i guess i must be well i wouldnt be sitting here what many are suggesting the president is doing here is laying the groundwork to discredit the results of the u. S. Election he certainly admitted that in 2016 he may not accept the results and hes suggested that yet again for 2020 this leaves Many Americans nervous wondering about the future of a long held tradition in the United States and that is the peaceful transfer of power he up carefully or at thanks very much indeed can we hope that reporting from washington d. C. So to the u. K. And the british Prime Minister is holding off on plans to ease grain of rice restrictions because of a rise in infections for the 1st time since may the surge has prompted the government to reimpose measures in Northern England you know hole is there and joins us from oldham near manchester and. Downs new measures announced by the pm to what extent did these reflect concerns about a 2nd wave about to hit. I mean i think those concerns have been bubbling away for the last week or 2 would least certainly this reflects those concerns that a new wave may be on its way to britain hot on the heels of big spikes in infection rates across the channel in places like france and spain Boris Johnson gave a press conference a little earlier standing beside the chief medical officer in which they talked about the delicate balance between reopening the economy while trying to keep infection rates stable for ling and the fear that if those infection rates were to turn the other way and begin to rise they would immediately have to put the brakes on that economic reopening and this seems to be that moment so new measures announced expanded mandatory mosque wearing measures the Prime Minister called a halt to further easing of lockdown restrictions that were due to come in on saturday there are these localized restrictions that are being put in place up here in the north of england where i am around the Greater Manchester area east lancashire parts of East Lancaster parts of West Yorkshire leicester and so on in particular affecting a large muslim populations here among the 4000000 people affected as they prepare to celebrate this weekend so those communities are very unhappy that the Prime Minister when he spoke earlier noted his concern for affected communities but he warned we cannot be complacent we have to act rapidly. How are people taking the new restrictions in the parts of Northern England where you are right now. Were not well as i mentioned there we spent the day in muslim communities here in oldham where theres a very clear sense of frustration quite some shock at these measures that were only announced at 10 pm last night 2 hours before they were due to come in at midnight it was a rather chaotic announcement by the government on twitter in essence what they mean here is that households cant mix any longer under the same roof or even in private gardens that has a deep effect on communities here there are large populations of black asian and minority ethnic groups here many live in multigenerational homes and for those muslim communities in particular with the this weekend what would they ordinarily be doing well theyd be sharing big tables of food theyd be eating together meeting in households and private gardens that effectively that traditional celebration of the festival is now banned theres a great very tangible level of frustration even anger and a lot of calls of double standards here because while they cant celebrate their religious festival they point to the busy pubs where people can go on drinking and the busy beaches where people are flocking to enjoy the warm weather indeed for a generally gentle. Pretty more still ahead on the. Court up in the battle for tripoli teenage prisoners in libya released after being recruited by warlords. It was called coming up in afghanistan formula one action is to have the British Crown prince. Hong kongs leader has invoked emergency laws to perspire in septembers legislative election for one year kerry lam said the rise in corona virus cases was behind that decision and this comes just a day after the territory disqualified 12 prodemocracy candidates from the poll devika pollan has this. The Legislative Council election has been held every 4 years since hong kongs handover from british to chinese rule in 1970 this is the 1st time voting has been postponed to such an extent that the decision to postpone the trainee trente electrical election has nothing to do with politics has nothing to do with the likely outcome of this round of elections it is purely on the basis of protecting the health and safety of the hong kong people lamb said the delay was necessary because of the rising numbers of Coronavirus Infections in her years of Emergency Powers raises legal and administrative issues delay would mean that Chinas Parliament would have to step in to approve any issues that could contravene hong kongs basic law its many constitution. We are inviting beijing to interfere again at because we are unable to help you or solve the problem that the government has created foreign governments including the u. S. And the u. K. One that postponing the election further threatens hong kongs autonomy chinas leaders repeated their warning for the International Community to stay out of chinese affairs. What i want to tell you is that the election of the Legislative Council the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a local election in china and its purely chinas internal affairs. Its a consistent message particularly after chinas government imposed the National Security law in hong kong on july 1st. Secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign elements are punishable with up to life in prison critics say the laws draconian vague and open to interpretation and on thursday it was on this basis 12 Democratic Candidates were disqualified one of hong kongs best known democracy activists joshua long was among those deemed in eligible for not supporting the last implementation they can stand for. My qualification to come in and the Democracy Movement in hong kong and thats the reason they cant kill us all if when they try to prosecute us to run for office and silence our voice we wish to try our best thats whats being heard around the world the prodemocracy camp says the latest moves by Hong Kong Government are motivated by chinas concerns that democrats would have gained a majority in the Legislative Council the Legislative Council election is the only way people in Hong Kong Kevin influence who will run their city Legislative Councillors are partially responsible for choosing the chief executive and monitoring their performance in recent years chinas leaders have been accused of interfering in this process and with disqualifications and the delay in elections there are concerns whether another basic right is being stripped away the bigger pollen are just there hong kong vietnam is reported its 1st to covert 9000 related deaths as well as a record daily high of 45 new cases to be virus free for a month vietnams Prime Minister is warning that breaks are possible nationwide more than 90 vietnamese infected with the virus in the past week in the city are all connected to the same hospital. Russia says it has intercepted a u. S. Surveillance plane over the black sea for the 3rd time this week if similar incidents reported on monday and thursday in the latest confrontation a fighter jet was scrambled from the american plane to change course as it approached the russian border president Vladimir Putin this week announced plans to boost russias military strength in the black sea. Millions of muslims worldwide are celebrating the start of the. Holiday it marks the end of one of the 5 pillars of islam the pilgrimage in mecca but events in saudi arabia and elsewhere are different this year because of covert 19 sort of heart misread it. Of all the. Muslims on every continent scott afraid of how prayer is between major differences facing one direction mecca they pray a new unity but stand separated by coronavirus forced by a pandemic to social distance even in worship something no muslim ever thought theyd have to do. Standing shoulder to shoulder isnt tech road to islamic prayer is an important show of equality regardless of age race to even say shoe status but thats no longer possible with coronavirus restrictions in place the everyday i have already this years eve is totally different from any other year were following social distancing rules and we cant even greet people closely we even have to bring our own prayer mats and less people are attending this year the and for the 1st time in modern history fewer than 10000 pilgrims are in saudi arabia a far cry from last years nearly 2 and a half 1000000 more parts of the world but the emergency hasnt stopped the elation the few taking part. A lot here has an enormous interest and today is a glorious day its either were sad our families arent with us and we miss celebrating with them but we thank god for being able to attend the harvest this year. In other countries such as considering crowds of worship or spilling out of mosques or a thing of the past gatherings have been banned for 10 days after a record 16 deaths on thursday not everyone agrees that the follow up down to personal gentle nurture georgists and ive prayed here for 50 years i dont understand why they stopped this during our festivities the mosque should stay open. Rules on reopening are constantly changing britains Prime Minister boys johnson announced a delay to the planned easing of restrictions on august 1st i know the steps that were taking will be a real blow to many people everyone obviously whose wedding plans have been disrupted or who cannot now celebrate aid in the way that they would wish and im really really sorry about that but we simply cannot take the risk. 2 while the need is some good worldwide some good news day for hundreds of turks able to attend a praise that had just a fear for the 1st time in 86 years. Yes it is controversial he converted from the museum back into a mosque just a week. And despite the low key festivities this year these children have still been enjoying some wine tradition if only briefly. As their. Rocket propelled grenades have been fired into a city in northeast nigeria killing at least 4 people the rockets were fired from the outskirts into might agree the Borno State Emergency Management Agency blamed what they called terrorists aiming to disrupt the eat out her festivities the citys been repeatedly targeted by boko haram fighters one of the natural wonders of the world is underway in africa the annual migration of hundreds of thousands world at least but there are few tourists seeing their journey from tanzania to kenya as Catherine Sawyer reports from the mass i Mara Game Reserve the pandemic has already cost kenya 800000000. 00 in lost tourism revenue. Travelling from the serengeti in tanzania a hard world of this process is a sign to weave into the masai mara game resolve in kenya in the next month nearly a 1000000 of this mom world will be here this is one of unescos wonders of the walls and on the back at least of many of us whats missing tourists because of khalid 19 the must. One of the top tourist destinations in the wilds is empty this. Milton alesi lama has been in the Tourism Industry for 3 decades he says hes never seen anything like this of north walk for the last 4 months this is my 1st year it was last year i mean for sure theres no way you love. Not even i mean this. I was already booked for July August September and this time of the high Season Hotels and lodges at the mara would normally be booked to capacity going through this is a twin but of more than 200. 00 hotels only a few are open its a very big loss to us now because of the stuff lost their jobs. And we have no idea when people will come back again to work the world the beasts come to kenya for pasture and to meet by october theyll be returning to tanzania this is part of the heart of world the best we saw crossing into kenya from tanzania and weve been told many others are on their way and people who know the masai mara well have also told us there right now would be among hundreds of other tourists eagerly waiting to witness the spectacular migration being here about ourselves is quite surreal government Officials Say the country has lost about 800000000. 00 in revenue and most of the 2000000. 00 employees in tourism have lost their jobs so there is now a big push to encourage kenyans and foreigners here to visit parks like the mara and coastal beaches we must prepare with us as government must as i say develop some. Protocols with some of our traditional markets just to assure them of the safety of those closed. Assure them that as we know that they are tested before they come and when they come here as government we must have all these people. Kenya is preparing to reopen its airspace for International Travel as many communities are hoping this will mean more tourists but they also know with the threat of coronavirus it could take many months or even years for tourism here to fully recover catherine soy aljazeera. Southern kenya. Still ahead here in the exuberant grade on pensions why millions of people in chile before she did it into their funds plus. Im wayne hale reporting from thailand where well tell you how rubbish washed up on beaches is being used to help fight the spread of coronavirus. And in sport more problems for Major League Baseball as another team is hit by current of our studio is coming up with plenty. Of. Hello the middle of summer its surprisingly active in the middle east if youre in the mountains in amman all saudi arabia or yemen expect for the frequent on the storms but it is the heat of course that most people notice it was 53 in. The fish 2 on friday then we do see it cooled down a bit as a north westerly breeze brings in a bit of slightly less hot weather with it also brings the dust which itll feed downstream kuwait to eastern saudi its not a very strong wind as you can see it will start to cool things down a little bit i think in barrett was so talking about a fairly humid 31 degrees dropping just to 29 by sunday doha hovering around the low fortys nice thirtys probably mostly humid picture but not as bad as it could be for north africa of course you know the stories for the sarra but look at whats coming right up into the sudden sounds of masses of clumps of thunderstorms that tend to go off shore theres one actually thats got off towards cape that it could turn into a trap. This is off from where they built but over land in africa you can see the orange dots and they suggest where the next significant rain is like to be fall north asahel of course now i mean you are welcome to go an engineer or have got right in the forecast for the next 3 days. Came from the countryside to cairo and became part of a life. They say this job is different from be in the form of aljazeera world meets the man has been keeping a close eye on residential life in the big cities for decades but who may now be passing into history. Filthy filthy he wasnt normal but hes now managed by a Security Company the doorman of egypt on aljazeera. Rewind returns with a new scenery. And plan dates on the fast down to xenas documentaries one. Rewind continues with howling and i will compel the onion you have the onion the sweetest part of the heart. Of the city we are holding on by their fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible on aljazeera. Rule. How to get your watch aljazeera right about top stories this hour and 1st up the head of the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus pandemic a once in a Century Health crisis and says the effects will be felt for decades this comes as the top Infectious Disease expert of the United States has been testifying before congress about the response to the outbreak. In the United States 600. 00 a week unemployment benefit is coming to an end from saturday millions of people who are out of work will no longer have access to a federal relief fund which lawmakers have so far failed to extend. Hong kongs need to carry his perspiring septembers Legislative Council election for a year she played in the pandemic but opposition politicians say the decision is politically motivated. Well a prominent author and an opposition spokeswoman are among dozens arrested in zimbabwe as police try to put a stop 20 government protests opposition parties who called for demonstrations against food and fuel shortages as well as 700 Percent Inflation theres anger over corruption too with many targeting the. Routing polity online using the hash tag zanu p. F. Months ago the government banned the protest which president and isnt meant to go says constitutes an insurrection by the opposition when either as meant to go to the former spokesman for the Opposition Party movement for Democratic Change he says the protests were unsuccessful because of mixed messages and who can i say should i think this demonstration has been a monumental flop to every level why i say so yes because unfortunately for the organizers they have been sending out mixed signals initially when they came out proclaiming. That if as of july as that day for the demonstration they say that they mean the demonstration as an Anti Corruption demonstration where this 8 we are going to call upon the people of zimbabwe to come out in huge numbers go into the streets and basically demonstrate are going to. Particularly corruption and government particularly going down on the issue to do with corruption the procurement of 19 p. P. Ease that sets out but then a few days after i was there organize us again came out and they say this demonstration is actually meant to drive doesnt get government out of power actually even calling. And asked at sunup it must go so id end of the day it was a mixed message ing mixed signaling some people then got very apprehensive very disturbed when the demonstrations organizers then started talking about toppling a constitutionally elected government well its. Beauty whos involved in organizing the purchases and bob wade joins us from johannesburg you heard. Talking there saying that the protests when he said it was a flop because it wasnt focused here agree with. Thanks so much for having me i think i just i just like dreams too we brought me to a bit of group just sage because if you look at the horse racing using about were right now to do what theyre trying to shut down and if it was a failure well with the got me to put troops in the streets so on my site since it was going to be pretty good to not it was business as usual by the owner was in power especially shut down today so when you see a group you say im sure he just puts in program for the very partisan peer group he says ok he says that the there were mixed messages that you know for one instance its Anti Corruption and then its against the government but ultimately what what is this you tell me what is this protest about when you know and it does present about the people us about its about the proposal that weve got to get your own country and its not too explicit you have been corrupt in a lot so you need to read if you are going to ramp you know you are into court action we can go see my school because youre going to be are we students going to have caught up shit for example with the least of it was implanting and didnt want to. But you know just you know were just released it would interest not to give you 2 or 3 interested in you promised to take a quick action bar none of that in the think you did not know so what happens next and we saw huge amounts of high level security on the streets a lot of people were frightened away by it but there were arrests too will the protests continue will people continue to risk their freedom and perhaps a life i dont know is that important but people can bring. Themselves so is one of the fundamental issues in many places yet the protests will go it because in what we are hungry that job is the return of the unconvinced so im going to find that middle ground under par with this will grow and they will go and do it in public office. What is the chief cause of discontent out its a cultural issue or a. Government who want to use. The infrastructure but we dont i mean presumably with. These no basic stop using public. Organs if there is one of all these it doesnt. We appreciate your time is a very thanks very much indeed for talking to us at the hudson isnt beery thanks a lot. In libya dozens of captured teenage fighters have been released as part of an amnesty for the ied holiday they were among hundreds taken prisoner during holy for have to failed battle to seize the capital tripoli 41 young men have been set free as mahmoud of the warhead reports now from hours earlier. I met him and he is celebrating their release of her son mohammed from prison you know city west of tripoli she came from the libyan coastal city of surprise to meet him. He had been detained along with other young fighters recruited by the warlords really for have to go one way and i mean you know the ending up with his father and i never wanted him to join the forces but he did it behind our backs we will never allow that to happen again mohammed was among nearly 200 pro have to fighters from so brought on sort of man cities they were captured by Government Forces in western tripoli in april last year. Some of them were only 17 years old. Says he had just finished high school and received a month and a half of military training in surprise. Before he was sent to the frontline. How did. I just need to live as a civilian and move on with my life i dont want to be part of any conflict i learned the lesson the hard way. The holiday of aid is an occasion for forgiveness in muslim countries government officials here say they release the fighters because they are prisoners are the victims themselves. We have taken the initiative to let them reunite with their families on this holy occasion we hope we can exchange the rest of the prisoners with their fighters who are kicked and have to as prisons the release of the prisoners was achieved through reconciliation between cities in western libya. Other approach after inmates from other parts of libya along with foreign mercenaries well a clear remain here in detention until the conflict is resolved nearly 350. 00 inmates including foreign nationals are kept here in this maximum security prison they were part of the failed military campaign to take control of tripoli some of these teens say they were deceived into joining the conflict others say financial incentives drove them to risk their lives. As oh yeah the Afghan Government has freed more taliban prisoners their release current site with a 3 day cease fire during. Both sides have signaled that peace talks could start with the holiday talks ridgeley scheduled for february were delayed because of disagreements about prisoner swaps. Parts of florida are under a hurricane watch as the zionists moves up the caribbean heading for the east coast the United States the hurricane has already unleashed a rental rain flooding in power using pretty regular its currently last in the southeastern part of the bahamas and the turks and Caicos Islands that could hit florida on friday agreement with it heavy rain long queues are for me outside banks in chile is millions of customers with draw billions of dollars dipping into their Pension Funds to help them get through the tough times of the pandemic a lot in america and its only seen human reports now from the capital santiago. On the 1st day the chileans were allowed to withdraw up to 10 percent of their Retirement Savings and funds which be not so wasted no time queuing outside of his private pension fund office. I dont like to dip into my pension but we cant depend on the government for everything so i want to access my own money especially since the private Pension Funds have filled their pockets at our expense for decades but nothing is more unpopular in chile than the mandatory a. F. P. s or private Retirement Funds which with rare exceptions deliver what most described as starvation pensions. The aid of peace were untouchable to last week when Congress Approved a landmark constitutional amendment allowing people to access some of their contributions for the next year but if they then my 5 been on medical leave since march and i havent received any government benefits im not getting my full wages to pay for my medicine and my upcoming surgery so this is very necessary for me. Outside of this fund mainly migrants queued for hours to ask for a password to access their accounts many of them a haitians out of work and desperate for cash. I have no work anymore but have to keep paying their rent eating and bag necessities without money you cant survive. The moment the process is supposed to be totally online so that people wont have to queue especially under the lockdown that still in force in most of the country but with more than a 1000000 people trying to access their money simultaneously on just the 1st day the process is painfully slow as im finding out right here in some cases the funds web pages have crashed completely or in this case it says there are more than a 1065000 people ahead of me. Whether its in line or online people are being told to be patient something not so easy when resorting to your life savings has. Become your only option and see a new bin al jazeera sent out. What is the number of coronavirus deaths in brazil approach 100008 coalition of Health Professionals is taking the countrys president to court the group of more than a 1000000 medical work because once the International Criminal court to charge jaya both sonar with crimes against humanity and genocide monica yant a q has this report from Rio De Janeiro. These nurses may not have been able to prevent covert 19 from claiming so many lives in brazil but theyre stopping the traffic in Rio De Janeiro to let people know why theyre losing the fight and even some of their own 500 Frontline Health workers have died and 170000 have been infected and they blame the government. Thats why he joined a coalition of trade unions representing 1000000 Health Care Professionals to take president also natl to the International Criminal court they accuse him of genocide and crimes against humanity for downplaying the virus and ignoring their rights to basic Safety Measures you know their Health Care Workers have to find their own means to get tested thats absurd if we dont know where sick will be spreading the disease to all those who are treating including prisoner people brazil is facing the Largest Health care crisis in its history unemployment is soaring and the president is that odds with the Supreme Court and Congress Despite that a recent poll suggests that if elections were held today also not a would defeat all potential opponents. One reason is the governments emergency aid during the pandemic although with a temporary measure thats reduced its true poverty was level 40 years political scientist total says the 120. 00 monthly handouts are benefiting half of brazils population and are helping also now to win the support of the poor if only for a while and thats Something Interesting because they were not part. Of. The president s much more a middle class politician than somebody that speaks to the poor but even so the cost. Of the these emergency home its very hard for the country so the governments not going to be able to keep it for a long time perhaps until the end of the year but not for 2021 for Health Care Workers like libya sitting back and watching the tight turn against nadal is not enough they insist on taking him to the International Criminal court even though the admit the chances of his prosecution remain. Monica and not give just sirrah Rio De Janeiro. Irans Supreme Leader has lashed out at european powers saying they have failed to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal in a televised speech how many accuse them of inflicting an economic blow with what he called a hollow promises the u. S. Pulled out of the deal in 2018 and reimpose sanctions so are European Countries say that dedicated to saving the agreement claimed british director alan parker has died following a long illness the 2 time oscar nominee directed classic films including bugsy malone midnight express and Mississippi Burning the 76 year old was a supporter of the u. K. Film industry and a Founding Member of the Directors Guild of Great Britain pocket was given a knighthood in 2002. Still ahead here on aljazeera all the sport including play is making an impact on and off the court as the n. B. A. Turns a disney. Again you know going for a walk on a beach in thailand means you will see lots of sun but you will also see lots of rubbish much of the washed out waste is plastic and that includes fishing nets but instead of dumping them overboard fishermen are now being given the chance to make money by recycling them and help fight coronavirus to win hay as a store. Many of thailands beaches are not the idyllic white sand slices of paradise sold to tourists instead diluted with rubbish much of it coming from those who rely on the ocean for income and food thinking small fishing boats are responsible for a lot of the garbage that an artificial vessel has also done a lot into the ocean because of a lack of a proper Waste Management system tourists also done a lot of trust on the beach as well. Probably the most damaging debris are discarded fishing nets they can easily harm marine life now instead of throwing their broken or old nets overboard or leaving them on the beach fisherman are selling them for cash. We actually train law officers to clean and collect and adds and dan we link them up with recycling sectors like you know recycling companies and use are common in that mountain exciting product its estimated around 8000000. 00 tons of plastic including nylon fishing nets into the worlds oceans each year and thailand is one of the largest contributors its clear thailand has a big problem with rubbish ending up in its oceans and on its beaches so much so that its highly likely some of the products that are being made from the fishing nets will end up back here again one of the Companies Involved in the program has been recycling plastic for years and exporting its products among its latest lines protective equipment to help prevent the spread of coronavirus made from old fishing nets the pen demick has seen a rise in single use plastic around the world but the owners of this company say they are trying to reduce waste not increase it if these are not infected trash we can always recycle them again and again anyway so i tried to convince people not to use one time use plastic the net Collection Program is being conducted in 3 provinces but there are plans to expand it its a small but significant step towards cleaning up thailands beaches and oceans wayne hay aljazeera rayong thailand all right its all going on in the world of sport has really. Thank you the n. B. A. Season has finally resumed which is good news for basketball fans but while corona virus poses a threat to this resumption there is another serious issue the sport is addressing social justice players now together during the National Anthem in both of thursdays opening games at disney world in florida the ante rises in protest marked the start of the 1st going in the league after 140. 00 days after coronavirus who should play in march athletes like Le Bron James have increasingly used their platform to advance social justice issues and the gallagher reports from miami. Just. This is what basketball fans across the world have been waiting for. After the pandemic forced a 20 week break the seasons resumed but off Court Players like Le Bron James getting increasingly political to screen for these names out here. In the pink and shane. Walk past a finish line which is out here through his Media Company uninterrupted Le Bron James is using his influence to amplify the voices of africanamericans another organization he recently started with other athletes is tackling Voting Rights Voter Suppression and encouraging a new generation to get involved would not stop until ossie are real change for us black america for africanamericans for people of color. And also believe i can do both york an arc and bring happiness to a lot of homes with a way out by the game and the way the lakers game and how its a good to push the envelope gets you to keep my foot on the gas or create real change for us as people of color. Those calls for a change of grown louder since the death of george floyd in police custody. And the nationwide protests that followed. In june Michael Jordan whos typically shied away from politics committed a 100000000. 00 to fight systemic racism over a 10 year period several National Basketball Association Teams are now offering that everyone is as polling stations as cities struggle to find places large enough to keep social distancing rules in place in florida where x. Felons have been prevented from voting until the legal fees are paid athletes and their organizations helping pay off their debt so they can register to vote for the barrier there will come together you know there for more than a. Political activism from athletes has a long. History in the u. S. But todays stars may have more reach and influence than ever before as adults we might say well thats not enough for me if youre some 11 year old kid in idaho and use your favorite players saying you know this isnt cool thats all of you are Going Forward beyond just whether or not some Police Officer knows that he should not be i dont know as a living situation on the street with the president ial election fast approaching theres a lot at stake here for africanamerican voters many of been calling for change for generations but powerful sports stars have the reach influence and cash to make those changes happen collectively the voices of those calling for things like the right to vote and now a little louder and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida now to more concerning news from Major League Baseball yet another game has been postponed because of positive covert 19 tests this time its multiple cases in the record knows the cardinals are in the war could supply the brewers but fridays game is often the tame is isolating at the hotel this could also jeopardize games for the Minnesota Twins who played the cardinals on thursday this comes after the Philadelphia Phillies postponed their series against the 2 wanted blue jays following 2 Staff Members testing positive the phillies i know players have the virus i havent played since sunday i was the mommy marlins who subsequently reported 19 cases among players and staff. The u. K. Government has blocked fines attending special Sports Events in the coming days small groups are set to watch horseracing cricket and snow because of a rise in the National Infection right or pilot schemes have been delayed until at least august 5th this does not affect the formula one british can pray which is taking place with no friends with all drivers and teams in a protected bubble still one driver has tested positive as hes been replaced at the rising point team by nico holcomb by. For the next 3 races with 7th quickest in practice its emerged that perez the 1st driver to test positive after the sport was started earlier this month travelled to see his mother in mexico of the last race in hungary with out the knowledge of each team. He traveled privately so. He thought it took precautions so you surprised hes ok were going to check out of the daily beast quarantining. Just to make sure that you know the virus gets out of a system when it comes back later well it was his teammate at rice in point stroll who was actually fastest in practice on friday red bulls alex album was 2nd quickest but had a moment to forget where he put his car into the wall while championship leader Lewis Hamilton was 5th on the time sheets as he aims for a 3rd strike victory this weekend now former favorite president sepp blatter says he successor johnny and fred say no should be suspended after criminal proceedings were opened against him in switzerland a special prosecutor is looking into meetings inventin now had with swiss attorney general michael both men deny any wrongdoing i see 4 year old blatter who was president of a for his 17 years was suspended and eventually banned by favor in 25th day after he became the subject of criminal proceedings and the former cameron football captain Steven Tuttle has died at the age of 57 the defender in the middle here that cameroon to the quarter finals of the 99 he woke up they were the 1st african team to ever reach the last and finally the route for this years 0 that talia has been revealed it will be the 103rd staging of the cycling rights that traditionally takes place around by in june that had to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic the event was due to start in hungary but will now kick off in sicily on october 3 before finishing in milan just over 3 weeks later the euro is one of cycling story grant tolls on. The thought of fonts of white or a spine yeah thats what its for for that more lighter play bridge for you for thanks very much indeed that is it for this news up my colleague mary magazine will be with you in just a few minutes but. For the 1st time in recent history saudi arabia prohibits overseas visitors from performing the hutch government. As curve at 19 continues to disrupt peoples lives we look at this decision and big impact on the saudi economy hydes 2020 on aljazeera. Stories of life. And and sparring session. Oh. A series of short documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human spirit against the oh its. All over. The way there. Aljazeera selects express yourself. On counting the costs the wealth of banks Prime Minister says that paris because built on the backs of slaves how much does britain know about french and alba pandemic could wipe out latin americas hard earned social and economic gains plus one cards missing billions counting the cost on aljazeera. Setting the discussions we are living at times when were going to have to defend our democracy examining the headlines this is not the way to treat a Migrant Workers loaded with. Human explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire. The world is watching on aljazeera. As the World Health Organization warns the effects of the corona virus could be around for decades some hope from americas leading experts we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. Hello im Maryam Namazie and london youre watching aljazeera also coming up on the program the spread of covert 1000 has weighed heavily on the eurozone economy causing a record contraction