Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240712

A rocket attack for tuesdays blast as an angry public blames political divisions and corruption. In the u. S. Imposes sanctions on hong kongs leader kerry lamb and 10 other officials. And only willing to do. The Champions League family returns and that means Unfinished Business from Manchester City while madrid with the english probably doomed from the 1st leg that was played back in march. Now the u. S. State department has called a former top saudi intelligence official sadal jobbery a valued partner it comes a day after it was revealed that algebra filed a lawsuit and washington d. C. Accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salmond of sending his men to canada to try to kill him the state Department Says its concerned by those allegations and also says any persecution of his family members back in saudi arabia is unacceptable mike hanna reports crown prince muhammad has in the white house but now in papers before washington d. C. Court used alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and opponents. The case has been brought by a former saudi Intelligence Officer saad are japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tiger squad to canada to kill him the Court Papers Say the men were denied entry by suspicious Canadian Border guards this detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. All over the world in germany in france somebody notice. Basically a runaway from sort of group because there. Are questions from the government which is. One of them is omar up the legacy is also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition sired algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the United States before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20. 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month for senators sent a letter to President Trump saying the u. S. Had a moral obligation to press saudi authorities for their release. The past is made clear that regardless of the allegations of Human Rights Violations against the Saudi Crown Prince is probably mohammed when someone remains a valued ally and friend. Well for more now lets speak to mike hanna who is in washington d. C. Mike this is presumably not going to help relations between washington and riyadh. Certainly not 10 congress has been pleading for a period of time now to get the release of a doctor children who are being held in riyadh as i mentioned in that particular report now the situation here has developed some want because a number of senators wrote a letter asking for this to happen and there has now been a response from the state department which says in a letter to senator Patrick Leahy who actually wrote the original letter that gifts sort of firey is a valued ally of the United States he was according to the court papers the point person for counterterrorism activities between the United States and saudi arabia up until 2015 shortly before he left to riyadh and took refuge in canada but this letter from the state department is very strong it says it has repeatedly approach saudi arabia about the fate of his children saying that its for saudi arabia to persecute members of his family is absolutely unacceptable it adds to in the letter that saudi arabia has been accused of holding a number of other u. S. Citizens as well so this is ratcheting up this whole affair very strongly with this letter from state department coming firmly down on the side of those who want to see at the very least their children returned to their family why cant they with all the latest from washington d. C. Thank you very much mike. Now an Air India Express flight with 191. 00 people on board has skidded off the runway while landing in cold and careless state at least 14 people have died that includes the pilot and the copilot airport Officials Say he couldnt see the runway clearly due to heavy rain the crash caused the plane to split into 2 but it did not catch fire local media is saying that dozens of passengers are injured but we can now speak to our correspondent elizabeth purana who speaking to us on the phone from new delhi is weve been watching the death toll rise over the last few hours since this incident can you talk us through just what we know at this stage. Hunt got just the latest were hearing and this is from the director general of civilization he says that 16 people have been killed and local media is reporting that includes both of the playing hide and that around 100 people have been injured now there are 190 people on board including 6 crew members on the boeing 707 plane that was traveling following dubai to the code it was a patch thats doing International Commercial flights and there. Were hearing that around a 100 people are in hospital and that rescue operation is now. Weve also got some more information about the plane demand then what were hearing is that the flight radar shows it wasnt able to last the 1st top you tried that one had 2nd attend that the air and it skidded off the runway and fell all the edge of the runway the Civil Aviation minister says that it fell into was about 35 feet so i guess that well. And broke into 2 parts. As they say malaysian minister saying if it did fall this is acadia very hilly area that can you talk to us or about the terrain were dealing with. Very valley area the stuff here and the type of runway its called a table top runway and surrounded by floyd now again the director general of Civil Aviation said that the president traveling believe the landing that it overshot the runway and the head of the National Disaster response there will. Be on the same their doctors the medics there that involved in the rescue effort the head of the National Disaster response ford said that because of the fact of the plane pulling off the wrong way most people on the injured. They have ordered the Civil Aviation ministry has ordered an inquiry you know that they have been very heavy monsoon rains and cattle all day and that is because it was because there was really bad visibility that come along quietly skidded off the runway and then the problem that india correspondent on the phone from new delhi with all the latest thank you very much live well we can now also speak to todd curtis hes a former Airline Safety engineer for boeing and also the c. E. O. S. A. s dot com he joins us now from boston i do want to begin with what liz was saying heavy rain and carola and even caused a landslide earlier in the day and there were deaths in that landslide do we know yet why the plane was even trying to land if the visibility wasnt ideal should the pilot have been even trying to do so or. Or 1st thanks for having me and as far as the conditions are at the airport thats something i will have to come out through the investigation because it is not only a function of what the pilots were thinking in their decisions but also air Traffic Controllers and even the Weather Forecasters are one thing i did find interesting and possibly relevant to this event is the Weather Forecast both immediately before to really after the incident didnt indicate a heavy rain but rather what rain but more importantly the winds were reportedly coming from a direction such that it was coming from the rear plane as it landed in typically for both takeoff and where the pilots would prefer to take off the wind because it helps with the slowing the plane down when youre on here helps with generating lived or were speeder to go so one question i would have is what decision was made by the crew to land with apparently a pure wind. And you also mentioned air Traffic Control that there have been a number of incidents at this particular airport calicos International Airport several of them also taking place as a plane was landing one of the considerations here when you are landing on such a a tabletop s trip. Well thats always a consideration be the condition of the airport that is the temporary conditions weather and also the way the airplane at the airport rather is constructed heavy a tabletop runway or rather a runway where theres a certain dropoff troyer to the room which is not unusual i lived for several years in seattle and the main airport here has one of those or tabletop situations that is if an airplane were to run off runway very few 100 meters after running off the runway there is a rather steep drop off in that case an airplane like the 7 through 7800. 00 is not really designed to withstand falling off a steep slope like that so its not surprising that there was a severe breakup of the fuselage. There have been a number of incidents like this i remember where planes of skidded off runways and then broken into pieces there was that pegasus crash back in 2018 but i also recall there were no casualties then so whats so different this time around. With every event every accident every incident the conditions point will determine how much damage or how many injuries or deaths now in the case of the pegasus or on which area whole world was rather dramatically it was a very steep slope but from what i understand from the investigation those are fairly low speed but one of the side of the airport its unclear how fast this airplane was traveling when to exit the runway but that would certainly determine how much damage would happen to their well and express who are running this flight is a low cost carrier what do we know about their Safety Record so far. Well coincidentally the air new express which is to control bay or india they had a previous crash 10 years ago lol so the party. In a similar situation it is a crash on land now of course it was a decade ago completely different set of circumstances some similarities so i wouldnt draw a conclusion between 2002 days ago but this is an Airline Air India as a whole which has had several fatal events only about for the last 40 years or so perhaps the most romantic was the bombing in 1005. 00 of the air india 747 coming out of canada. Well they will clearly be an investigation into this tucker says that a former Airline Safety engineer from boeing and the c. E. O. Of air safe dot com great to get your insights here on out there thanks for being with us talk thanks again for having me. Now moving on and lebanons president has raised the possibility of external interference in tuesdays port prostin barriers michel aoun addressed the nation a few hours ago vowing an investigation into whether the blast was caused by negligence an accident or even a rocket or bomb but the government is facing widespread anger amid accusations of mismanagement and corruption 157 people have now been confirmed dead Bennett Smith reports from beirut. Armies of volunteers are on the streets of beirut. Sweeping clearing digging. Theyre filling the gap left by the state. Which is conspicuous by its absence. We had an i. T. Company here times were tough before tuesdays explosion now she says she cant see any future here. I am in. The. First. I see im 30. And both come. From 25 years. I work here outside this is the 1st time i. I see Something Like that. Lebanons president michel own says an investigation into the explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence or external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act whatever it was in beirut they want to know why 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate was stored in an urban area. When the Ammonium Nitrate ignited the shock wave instantly crossed the city leaving beirut looking like a place but after just 5 seconds of support from the years of conflict. Frustration and anger boiled over on thursday night and there were some small protests near lebanons parliament. But most people here have been focused on cleaning up for now the government says reconstruction costs will run to at least 15000000000. 00. This is a country that was already on its knees because of a deep economic crisis and a currency that has lost 80 percent of its value in less than a year we dont have a government to look after us and doing the least either we donate food oaklawn blood even our apartment. Were trying to see people if they need help within our street thats the least we can do the government is incapable of helping us so we the people are coming here to do to help our comrades and levanon and were coming from the north all of us were like 78 people were coming from 90 kilometers north north of. Here just to stand by the people the blast has left at least 300000 people homeless many will rely on relatives or friends to take them in. More than 150 people have been killed and there are many missing foreign search teams are leading the delicate task of trying to find survivors under the rubble. More than 5000 people have been injured. 19 people have been arrested in the investigation into the warehouse explosion including the beirut airport manager but for many in this city the finger of blame is pointed at the very top of government. Bernard smith aljazeera favorites well lets get more now from our correspondents anahata who is in beirut for us as i know we did hear from the leader of hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah just in the last couple of hours or so and he does seem to be distancing himself from the political leadership. Well yes hezbollah the Lebanese Group that controls political power along with their allies they control the government they control the parliament their military wing is stronger than the army he in his speech today repeated time and time again that hezbollah had nothing to do with the its highly explosive material that was stored at one of the warehouses of beirut port behind me what to believe a fire a fire started and its caused this this massive blast that destroyed many parts of the city so he was this the thing himself but at the same time without explicitly saying it he dismissed outright the possibility of an International Investigation because calls are growing louder that there is a need for International Investigators to be involved because the lebanese many lebanese have little faith in the government and they question the membership the committee that was formed to look into this disaster it is made up of politicians ministers as well as heads of security agencies people who are in charge they believe these people should not be questioning others but they should be questioned. And send the i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah even the materials the Ammonium Nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah and. I believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a complete comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place and those responsible will be firmly justly and swiftly penalized. And its now been nearly 3 days since the blast and youre on the ground there how a search and rescue operation is going now. Well yes its been 3 days many people remain missing and many of them are believed to have been Court Employees they were working at the ports when this massive explosion happened as well as firefighters who were the 1st responders when the fire 1st erupted at the ports before the blast that you can see behind me the Lights International rescue teams have now joined the operation because the lebanese Civil Defense the red cross they didnt have the right equipment to do this alone theyre pulling out body parts and corpses from underneath the rubble really theres little hope of finding survivors but families theyve been gathering outside the ports entrance in the hope of getting any news about their loved ones so this search continues while many wounded remain that hospital many of them in Critical Condition the death toll now stands at 154 and in the streets people are still trying to make sense of what exactly happened there is a lot of anger there is a lot of rage they believe that this accident if indeed it was an accident was a manmade and could have been avoided but they are blaming the authorities for being negligent incompetent and accusing them of corruption zana one of their with all the latest from the streets of beirut will continue bringing you all the latest here on their thank yous and. The United Nations envoy to yemen has condemned and strike which killed at least 9 children on thursday march and griffiths is calling for an investigation into that strike in al jawf which also left 12 women and children injured the saudi u. A. E. Coalition has been blamed for carrying out that strike says civilians are protected under International Law the coalition has been fighting yemens who the rebels since 2015. Well theres plenty more ahead here on this news hour including neighbors complain as batteries begins fueling reactors at its controversial russian built nuclear bombs. Donald trumps crackdown on popular chinese social media apps to talk and to reach out. And and support the head of World Football reacts to a criminal case being launched against him in switzerland. Now the u. S. Is imposing sanctions against 11 officials from Mainland China and hong kong and period in the territories need a carrier trump signed an executive order last month seeking to punish china over a sweeping National Security and all that its imposed in Hong Kong Beijing insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism but critics say its being used to silence dissent from what we can now speak trial White House Correspondent candy how that can be just what do we know about how these sanctions might be rolled out at the stage. But we know that it is be rolled out through the Treasury Department essentially what will happen is that these individuals that have been named will have any assets here in the United States frozen though the Treasury Department very clear the reason this is being done and these individuals have been named is because they are directly responsible for the implementation of beijings policies of suppression of freedom and democracy and of his statement the treasury secretary steve said that the United States will continue to use all of its tools of authority to target those undermining hong kongs autonomy and kimberly it is now quite the list of actions that washingtons been taking in space and the rhetoric has certainly become more 10 since this pandemic began is this all part of a strategy ahead of novembers election. Absolutely the u. S. President is furious that cope with 19 that originated in china has decimated the u. S. Economy and in turn hurt his reelection chances so a relationship that had looked like it was starting to improve following those tit for tat trade sanctions between their tariffs rather between the United States and china the whole thing is a really deteriorated since then theres been a long string of actions by this administration most recently yesterday the restrictions on the social media apps from china we chat as well as tick tock there was an executive order that now mandates that all drugs for the u. S. Government that are purchased by the u. S. Government must be from the United States that cuts off a major source of revenue for china where drugs many cases came previously and there are a whole host of other actions that have taken place in recent weeks it is clear d this administration is looking to punish china and this president perhaps even looking to specifically at harming his reelection chances White House Correspondent kimberly how could they with all the latest thank you very much kimberly. As ken really just mentioned there is also tension between the u. S. And china over the ban of some popular chinese social media beijing is accusing washington of using National Security as an excuse to suppress foreign phones on thursday president issued an executive order to block a tech talk and we chat in 45. 00 days a trainee reports from beijing. Some. Job news videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing. The chinese version of talks. The 25 year old uses the app every day and isnt surprised its become so popular in the us all to the washer were very proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform its an example of chinese in january. Shes a loved by dog executive order to bad tick tocks use there unless the app is sold to an American Company. Im not sure how the company would develop if the owner changes i believe every company has this also if you replace that saw something the core will be lost. The u. S. Government says its cracking down on chinese apps which it says spread propaganda and pose a Security Risk to americans beijing says the move is a pretext for suppressing Chinese Tech Companies move on you when its over the relevant u. S. Approach has no factual basis at all its clearly malicious smearing on a political many people the point of it all is to maintain the ovaries high tech industry. Doesnt tick tocks Parent Company is in talks to sell the app to microsoft washington has given it 45 days to confirm the sale ticktock denies sharing data with the communist party and is threatening legal action against the Us Government it isnt the only chinese in the firing line messenger app we chat which has 1. 00. Wide is also facing a ban the banning of which that is likely to cause problems for chinese users and businesses dealing with china from the us here the platform is more than a social media its used to buy products invest in shares travel and even check a persons covert 19 Health Status washington is expanding its socalled Clean Network initiative which aims to root out Major Chinese Tech Products from the u. S. System analysts say the move is part of Donald Trumps tough on China Campaign ahead of the u. S. Election in november. For the master Chinese People especially those who have very fond memories of the us this came as a surprise and many people are pissed off because it just seems that a Chinese People are Chinese Companies are in a way i dont think is a good sign because we have seen the anti China Sentiment going on around the world the Chinese Government is urging the u. S. To back the move off east retaliation trumped executive order to deep into the Digital Divide between china and the u. S. Adding to diplomatic tensions and a growing list of disagreements over geopolitics and trade treaty you aljazeera beijing now while to talk has become one of the most widely used apps in the u. S. What is we chat the other social media platform trump has targeted well we chat is chinas response to whatsapp it was launched in 2011 as a simple messenger out but has now evolved into a full scale lifestyle platform and lets users communicate to make payments and manage their banking as well as ride hailing and even shopping online as of 2018 it had more than 1000000000 users worldwide mostly in china but its been criticized for a lack of transparency regarding user data privacy and security well lets now speak to karl daly he joins us live from washington d. C. He is the Technology Editor at us we tried is obviously hugely popular in china but it is also a bit of an essential communication bridge right for the enormous chinese diaspora in the u. S. To connect to home can you talk us through the impact of this executive order. Yes thats exactly right you know the tick tock order its fairly its sort of strumpet jacking themselves into an ongoing process as long as ticktock and microsoft are rather by chance and microsoft can make a deal in 45 days that sort of to play as we chat is a lot messier you know there isnt sort of an american when we chat or are global we chat that. An American Company can come in and buy it is sort of a way for. People in china to connect with relatives Friends Family what have you in the outside world and if suddenly its banned in america with no clear recourse no you know easy ok somebody comes and buys the Global Operations not really clear what happens to that bridge well if the diaspora can reach high and this is also a way if the beijing to reach the diaspora i say chinese officials have at times use the app to intimidate people to brawl and how do authorities in beijing u. S. Beach at. Sure you know so china. As you may know asserts pretty expansive authority over the use of the internet and in the last few years weve sort of started to see that extend to. You know any any sort of bytes that flow through china. In a sense i want to get to beijing right and so i mean they they do monitor communications there have been incidents not just with we chat but we saw something. Just the other munched where there was a group of chinese dissidents in america beijing pressured to shut down their account and actually did it and there was a little well there for a while so you know there is certainly some. Some big footing some heavy handed tactics you know but nevertheless this is you know a communication platform so many people at home china has that socalled great fun i will say Companies Like facebook and google cant operate that i mean is there a sense that this is an i phone i have if we tap and concentrate in the u. S. Debt is you know very much the sense that were getting now the curious thing about that is that you know the alternative that us always tentatively posed to china was this massively open platform and you know if american users chose to use an app that was in china and accept the risks that you know maybe beijing will be monitoring your communications thats their right this this is almost you know setting up a great firewall around the u. S. Or seemingly. You know jet mean we see that particular with. Its sort of unclear right now is microsoft and bite thats negotiate the terms of their deal we could end up in a situation where there is functionally sort of let us tick tock. But dance back in china and then europe its sort of a 3rd version of that would be still owned by byte dance but have that same wall that currently exists between. Chinese version and american techniques so you know were sort of seeing attention to some signs of. The sign association lets say of the american internet often just coming back to we chat and given the standing of that app is really the most important app in china given that the amount of usage could we potentially say in your state whats become this really escalating dispute between washington and beijing do you think. We have salut we could i mean as you say that this is sort of you know the significance of we chat to many many chinese will not be understated at sort of you know its more than just whatsapp or i message it is where you are its you know life. Is lived in many ways so you know were were still sort of trying to figure out ok what are the consequences of it strengthens apple cant do business with and sent the parent we chat at least with respect that we chat does that mean that you cant use we chat on an i phone because if so that pretty much decimates apples business in china so you know theres going to be a lot of knock on effects assuming that this actually is sort of implemented and enforced that we dont even really know yet well continue watching very closely in de kalb daily that the technology as how to access great to get your insights john out there thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Well you are watching aljazeera thats remind you of our top stories here this hour the u. S. State department has called a former top saudi intelligence official a valued part that comes a day after it was revealed al jaafari filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. Accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sultan of sending hit men to canada to try to kill him. And India Express flight 191 people on board has skidded off the runway while landing in heavy rain. In kerala state at least 19 people are now confirmed dead including the pilot and copilots more than 120 others injured. Lebanons president says an investigation into the beirut port explosion will look at whether it was caused by negligence an accident or external interference 19 ports and government officials have now been detained. Now thousands of better russians have taken part in a band opposition rally in the capital minsk ahead of the president ial elections final day of voting on sunday the race is proving to be the strongest challenge yet to the 26 year rule of president Alexander Lukashenko said basom reports from the capital. Ignoring a government ban they shouted leave look i shant go we will win thousands of supporters of Opposition Leader but lana too kind of sky rallied for hours in front of an empty stage after the candidate and her team was barred from entering. Work but do not hear any more so all we have less fear as before because its not possible to have so much fear in our country but. Im here to support the next generation our children im 51 years old and to be honest i cant watch how my mother is forced to count every cent because of her small pension because shankar also lost support our family called a covert 19 crisis so psychosis despite thousands calling ill thank god really has been full force around the park people from all walks of life all ages have gathered here risking arrest they are beyond fear. The authorities had banned opposition rally saying a celebration for troops was held in the same park so atlanta. Joined forces with 2 other women has attracted the largest crowds seen and bellows in decades describing herself as an ordinary housewife revival jailed blogger sent the panel ski has quickly become a symbol for change of many belorussians and change to happen for sure what we want change in a peaceful way but not many are hopeful that the elections on sunday will be free and clear with foreign observers banned and independent better russian observers already taking the opposition has announced they will take to the streets again as soon as the polls close on sunday stepladders and aljazeera. And now just 2 days ahead of the election bellerose has begun fueling the 1st of 2 reactors of its 1st Nuclear Plant built by russia neighboring countries object to the plans theyve expressed concern. The safety and National Security let you any has banned the use of power from that plant while a stone in latvia considering placing tariffs on Russian Energy imports all 3 countries are looking to move away from a soviet era common power system within the next 5 years ill let you enter is the angriest over that planned and capital vilnius is just 50 kilometers away from gets plans in contrast better risk capital minsk is more than 150 kilometers away eastwards well thats not speak to rio as the penya is the rub but bush stiffed an academy fellow in the russia and Eurasia Program in Chatham House and he joins us now from london what do you make of the timing of all of this so close to the election. Good doing that well i guess that lot of this Nuclear Power station right now is a very bad idea both politically and jip politically politically its bad because not so many bill or a sense want to have these Nuclear Power station bill or censor member of the chernobyl disaster that happened that deploy a year signal and take into account the poor level of management the biller south or peace in the area assess the coming monday make their elections many people are afraid to repeat the trouble disaster moreover they cannot make effectiveness of the spotless station is to question will even look like i stated a few times that actually he doesnt know what to sell the senate so in practice or is built a White Elephant without clearly thinking of what to do with the spot was station jim politically this launch is of the good because its once again proves that belarus is over dependence on russia the land was built with the significance actually help and although bill or south or east are currently blaming russia for interfering need to build some politics the lot of these Nuclear Power plants show that it actually looks like it is doing better a little 2 degrees below or some structural dependence in russia and thats for the repeal of the Union Reaction its members all repartees cant operate be so divided as for the sounds toward this bill or cynically a power plant some of the e. U. Members think that actually this plant is pretty safe and the same time both issues and if you any advice grab this policy action as a nuclear bomb against the sea it so now during the election of this issue and then you clip land will become much more politicized for the west and there will be more never sobriety. Well where i do want to say that better russians were men of all i recall Something Like a quarter of better risk was contaminated by that disaster in 1906 has this become a real galvanizing point for the opposition in this election then. Well actually theyre since a start is trying not to emphasize that impact of chernobyl. Because they feel it can work against them and to many people are afraid of the bill or send you clear up precisely because of the child number and many people are worried that if things would go wrong way there are some celebrities will not be able to deal with the situation properly they could bend them extolled that actually look south or very very badly organized to deal with difficult situations because actually the bones didnt publish brought us that the extinct looks like us described so. Make as a cyclist is he healed old people to kill themselves with a tractor and just do you can walk up so actually thats why many people if he ended well are some very worried that belarus is not capable to all parades such a difficult at a price as a Nuclear Power plant although i should add to me that actually an International Atomic energy i just see us pretty happy about belarus and construction and they describe our roosts infrastructure has a well managed and as a safe and the competent so probably some it is a showstopper if the india are exaggerated but at the same time well there are a few reasons action not to trust the recess authorities because belarus behaves as a nontransparent state even worse many recent yes and will is there any kind of recourse then for the neighboring countries in that they carry on happy they raise these concerns of the i. A. E. A. And if they say the i. A. E. A. Doesnt have any concerns what now can they do. Well actually they cant do anything i guess well they will just cut off the jelly valorous and actually it will probably. The main actor you know which is the most active while lucille let changing its position all the time dependent on on the meetings who they meet you know when they meet to create means bay described or cynically republicans are bad when they meet a bill or simply describe the recent all but those pretty good so i do not think about it will be a real or a regional issue for the Baltic States i think its its a real issue only for the failure real ass upin youre there speaking to us from london where he is a fellow at Chatham House thank you for being with us great to get your thoughts on out of there thank you well moving now to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and unemployment is still above 10 percent in the United States the government has released its figures for july showing that it dropped from 11 point one percent in june but millions of people are still without jobs because of the pandemic and a stalemate and congress is holding up benefits republicans and democrats are still at odds over a new emergency package after federal payments to keep people afloat expire and john hendren reports from chicago. For more than 30000000 unemployed americans warm summer days fade to sleepless nights i never anticipated being on unemployment period i think that that was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life among the newly unemployed since march is sira guard who lost her Human Resources job in fears losing her identity whats at stake for my family is. Being able to stay who we are. Being able to maintain the life that we have when us job losses began to accelerate dramatically early in the covert crisis Congress Took the unusual step of creating a 600. 00 weekly subsidy for the jobless in addition to state Unemployment Insurance that averages a little over 300. 00 but that funding expired last week since the coronavirus shut down much of the United States in march the u. S. Economy has shrunk by one 3rd the fastest drop in u. S. History according to a new study by the Associated Press and the university of chicagos National Opinion Research Center about half of americans believe the jobs that have disappeared are gone forever as Congress Debates renewing jobless payments the virus is resurging spreading to tens of thousands more americans every day this thing is coming back around and its traveling from other states and if we had gotten it under control earlier we might not be in this position right now as washington struggles to respond to the virus and the Unemployment Crisis americans face insolvency and hunger thousands of them hourly at this Los Angeles Food Bank alone one cove it happened i couldnt there was no i had no money no money and now for millions coping with unemployment often for the 1st time dwindling hope john hendren aljazeera chicago. Well this pandemic is also crippling south americas biggest economy leaving millions out of work there brazil is facing its highest Unemployment Rate in 3 is between april and june nearly 9000000 people lost their jobs monica yanick your reports from Rio De Janeiro. Times are hard for priscilla hed be covert 1000 close the shop where she used to sell childrens clothes and the beauty salon where her mother was a hero dresser. We couldnt work but still had to pay our rent and bills i started selling masks on the street and applied for government to merge and see it every day millions of brazilians lined up in front of the banks to receive the 120. 00 monthly handout which now benefits half of the population. The government will probably maintain it until the end of the year but wants to significantly reduce the amount for 17 year old denise was gone yes that means youll have to beg for food. You know after my sister lost a job as a cleaning lady we had to move from the slum to the streets. According to the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics from april to june the Unemployment Rate rose to 13 comma 3 percent the highest in the last 3 years economists mara said about us yarnell says that this is just the tip of the iceberg illusional maintain it would mean the signs of the almost 30000000. 00 unemployed there are an additional 5000000. 00 who have stopped looking for a job in 40000000. 00 and for more workers some businesses like this popular all you can eat restaurant have lower wages and prices but they still have many more waiters than customers here in Rio De Janeiro n. M. To be is usually a sight for sore eyes but these days its yet another sign that brazil is facing its worst economic crisis ever thanks to coal with 1000. Naive the figure here too is one of hundreds of vendors peddling their goods on the beach. I walk back and forth 10 kilometers a day selling Grilled Cheese but theres nobody to buy it. And theres no indication that will change anytime soon even rios famous carnival that pumps millions of dollars into the economy is in danger of being postponed monica ill just sirrah Rio De Janeiro. Now stays in mexico has banned the sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children to try to reduce high levels of Obesity Health experts say the covert 19 outbreak which has now killed more than 50000 people in mexico has highlighted the risks of being overweight manner of how reports from the capital mexico city. State legislators in one haka mexico or taking measures to reduce Childhood Obesity. The newly adopted initiative will ban the sale distribution and advertisement of junk foods to minors im only one of them on its a 1st of its kind law for mexico which is a world leader when it comes to Childhood Obesity and diabetes no problem also yes but median though a low when we cant continue to allow an increase in Childhood Obesity in one haka this is the moment to act Everyone Needs to know how damaging all of these junk foods really are. The new junk food ban in what was announced as coronavirus deaths nationwide continue to soar mexico has the 3rd highest death toll from covert 19 in the World International Health Experts warn that obesity and the many chronic ailments like diabetes hypertension and cancer that often come with it increase the risk of death when a person contracts covert 19 a frightening warning to a country where nearly 3 quarters of the population is either obese or overweight. Legislators and Health Policy experts in mexico see the pandemic has made it clear than ever that fighting obesity requires a higher priority from the federal government about it though no one steps young this been the perpetuation of this perception that obesity is an individuals problem and that in no way does the state share the responsibility but we know today and the evidence shows that obesity is a Public Health problem and. That while the ban on overprocessed junk food and sugary drinks applies only to the state of war haka it is being applauded by many health league. Across the country including mexicos Deputy Health minister has got this who also heads the countrys coronavirus containment strategy in may he was witnessed by users mexico is one of the few countries that has reduced Life Expectancy at birth among other factors because of obesity and diabetes the evidence is very clear with. Street sellers and shop owners in have protested the new initiative the lawmakers who support the plan say vendors may continue to sell junk food just not to kids. Follow aljazeera mexico city. And sports will tell you about the chinese hes taken a commanding lead at the p. G. A. Championship. It is now time for sports and. Thank you in a few minutes time the european Champions League finally returns with matches still to be completed from the 1st legs in march before coronavirus halted the tournament record 13 times when as well madrid of travel to Manchester City and the spanish team have it all to do that to one down off of the 1st leg that was played in madrid in march that was for would care of bio is not in the team or even the much time squad coach is in it in sudans only explanation is that bell does not want to fly. The west because im not going to explain so many things have been said but this is a matter between coach and player that should be clear its a personal conversation the only thing i can tell you is that he would prefer not to play in this match nothing else the rest is between him and myself. Meanwhile italian champion Juventus Charly on one nil as they host the french side of the 2nd like the winners of both these last 16 games will advance to a single lead quarterfinal in the portuguese capital lisbon later this month the semifinals and find the will also be played that over in the states for which obviously scored twice to send orlando city into the finals of the m. L. S. Is bactrim and. United for 11 the Champions League with Manchester United in 2826 the euros with portugal Orlando Figes Portland Timbers in the. Shoes start. To matters off the pitch they had of World Football germany and france so you know says the criminal investigation against him is damaged his reputation and that of faith for the future president has now written to all members kind of a case was opened because of anonymous complaints about meetings he had with the swiss attorney general in france you know who is carrying on and hes well insists the ratings were not secret or were legal and says he hopes the facts emerge tried hard to clean up its reputation in the wake of the corruption that existed under the previous president sepp blatter. In scotland its emerged. By going to a bar and 2 of them have now tested positive for corona virus aberdeens that crime has been cancelled and scotlands 1st minister Nicola Sturgeon is not impressed they blatantly broke the rules that had been agreed between the. S. P. L. And the Scottish Government which to put it mildly is completely unacceptable has been given or in the strict condition that clubs and players. That has been agreed if they dont do that they put at risk their return of the professional game. Dutch cyclist 5 below yacob son is out of a coma following his horrifying crash on the toll of poland the 23 year old went into the barriers at the finish line on stage one after colliding with fellow dutchman the immigrant of a game who was disqualified i could still face further sanctions crown of a can has since apologized jakobsen underwent 5 hours of facial surgery but doctors expect him to make a full recovery but in the years to turn this bone up the patient is conscious follows orders and has been disconnected from the ventilator his Blood Pressure is also good and were very satisfied i think youll definitely return to sport. Mexican formula one driver sergio purab will not race at this weekends 70th anniversary gone free after returning another positive coverage vajra test of those to his racing point same said that English Health officials were satisfied parents had not completed his coronary but despite feeling well the test was carried out before he could return to the paddock which showed he was still carrying the virus that same has again drafted informal rondo driver nicko who can bugger as a replacement the germans did infrared last weeks british but failed to start the race because of car trouble its been a bad day for racing point all round theyve also been fined 470000. 00 and docked 15 points after the sports governing body the f. I. A. Copied parts of last years mercedes car it follows a protest from one of those where no ricing point can still appeal the postponed a 20 cricket world cup in australia will now be delayed by 2 years until 2022 to what was thought by the pandemic but cannot be Held Next Year because there is already another one planned in india which is still going ahead its also be confirmed the womens 50 over world cup in new zealand has been moved from next year to 2022 as well pakistan if theyre in a good position to be the 1st test against england after diet very good englands bowlers are fighting hard to get them back into the match of carly 2nd were kids although pakistan continued to build on that substantial 1st innings late which is 244 runs overall further problems for the u. S. Open tennis tournament later this month so more top 10 womens players side i wont play because of coronavirus fears and. And kiki burtons fellow world number one ash barty who withdrew last month defending men champion rafael nadal has also pulled out plenty of stars competing at golfs p. G. A. Championship the 1st major in 13 months but its a little known chinese player who has taken round 2 by storm has moved to 8 under par in san francisco. Thats free of the fear of staying in the u. S. And the f. B. I. Continues at disney world no booking box top spot in the eastern conference on thursday but they had to do it the hard right the box with 19 points down against miami heat at one stage. To compile and Chris Middleton scored 33 points age as the bucs recovered to eventually win by 40 in our psyches and i joe the Calgary Flames approach to the stanley cup playoffs on thursday i faced the british jets in edmonton it was going for the best of 5 series but the flight was widely the 50 caliber and say listen to the for nothing when. Im here is the at learn surprise big blue jays for for. Me has tightened up its coronavirus rings after a few outbreaks and they celebrations took social distancing to a new level but i can tell you fridays game between the Louis Cardinals and the chicago cubs is off because of another positive test the cardinals will keep your touch thats all the sport for now. Thanks very much lane while in durham and that you can always find much more on our website including all the latest on this corona virus pandemic he dress for that as aljazeera dot com thats it for me missed ozzy a tad bit ill hand you over to mariam in london will be with you in just a moment with another full round up of the days news stay with us. d stories of life. And inspiration. As series of short documentaries from around the world. That celebrate the human spirit. Against the odds. Aljazeera selects hunted. Coburn daintiness see the war of words escalate between the u. S. 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State department calls a former top saudi intelligence official a valued partner saying its concerned by allegations the Saudi Crown Prince sent hit men to canada to try to kill him. In london youre watching aljazeera coming up on the program anger is growing off to beirut explosion residents blame corruption and mismanagement the president suggests it could have been the result of a missile attack. And