Jane july 11th as the Korean Peninsula is hit by its 2nd typhoon in a week. U. S. President donald trump is threatening to cut funding to cities he says allows anneke and violence hes requested a review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. All cities with democratic mess that have been the scenes of major protests of a racism and Police Brutality well most though have been largely peaceful but trump has described protests that turn violent as domestic terror and his attorney general says theres a false narrative that White Police Officers killed a lot of unarmed black men meanwhile democratic candidate joe biden is expected to meet the family of jacob blake in wisconsin on thursday blake was shot in the back 7 times by police leaving him paralyzed mike hanna has more now from washington d. C. President trump says in the memorandum that he wants to review where these funds are going he says that he does not want taxpayers money going to funding an o. T. As he puts it these are 3 federal agencies to report back within 30 days to his budget director to take a look at the budgets with a view to cutting off funding to cities that president trance says are unable to maintain law and order well the mayor of new york has been very quick to react bill de blasio held in urgent News Conference saying that this is nothing more than a political stunt by saying that president is not the king has no legal right to stop funding the big cities particularly the cities that he refers to all run by democrats william barr held a interview with c. N. N. An exclusive interview in which he expressed a rather surprising thought that there is no racism in the policing no attempts at racism within the actions of police he says that this is a false narrative that this does occur this despite statistics that are provided by a number of independent organizations such as universities and news media which indicate that africanamericans is 2 and a half times more likely to be shot by a policeman then his white counterparts so certainly the figures would not appear to bear out william bards assumption well Melanie Sloan is a former federal prosecutor she says the president s threat to cut funding to democrat run cities has nothing to do with protecting u. S. Citizens. Its not legal it violates the 10th amendment to the constitution and trump knows that this is purely political theater you know put out this memo and part of the memo says that they all investigate for 30 days what actions they can take and in the meantime cities will immediately go to court and they will get injunctions preventing the federal government from taking these actions its hard to see how hes going to be protecting American Cities when hes going to be defunding cities hes trying to take money away from things like housing Medicare Health insurance all sorts of benefits that that americans get and also you have to keep in mind that all of this money that hes wants to hold back really is tax dollars and the people in the cities pay there are better all tax dollars not monies coming back to them so for so many reasons this is completely ridiculous this is typical of President Trump eve makes a Statement Like this is he puts out a memo it plays to his base all the people who hes trying to convince that American Cities are falling apart even when that is in fact not the case i live in washington d. C. And theres no anarchy on the streets here you can walk safely down street but this plays to the president s base and thats the whole reason for doing it and sadly he has an attorney general whos willing to support him at every turn one of the things that these at thats in the memo is even the definition of what an anarchistic city is they go through a laundry list but then say anything else the attorney general thinks so its clearly only about politics and not at all about protecting American Cities or protecting americans. Russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy is the victim of a murder attempt and the kremlin must answer difficult questions thats been the message from the German Government when the valen remains seriously ill in hospital he collapsed 2 weeks ago during a flight to moscow doctors say they have proof he was poisoned but in baba reports what could be done such was not the grounds of which alexina valmy in a video filmed in the siberian city of novosibirsk days before he collapsed on a flight to moscow now the German Government says tests carried out in a military laboratory have produced unequivocal proof the russian Opposition Leader was poisoned with a nerve agent nabil chalk and chancellor merkel says it was attempted murder alexina of any thought far in circulation alexina valmy is the victim of a crime he was meant to be silent and i condemn this in the sharpest possible manner in the name of the entire German Government. Germanys foreign minister has summoned the Russian Ambassador saying its urgent that those responsible in russia be identified and brought to justice no found me whos 44. 00 was airlifted to germany late last month 2 days after being taken to a hospital in the siberian city of all. The Charity Hospital in berlin says hes still on a respirator in intensive care and although the symptoms of his poisoning are declining it cant rule out long term consequences. Is a group of soviet era nerve agent such as the substance used to poison the former russian spy sergei script and his daughter in england in 2018 they survived but a member of the public dont sturgis died after handling a discarded bottle containing novacek on wednesday the kremlin said russia was ready to cooperate fully with germany even of arnies case but his long Time Strategy is learned volkoff says it was clearly an action carried out on behalf of president Vladimir Putin he tweeted in 2020 poisoning of valmy with novacek is exactly the same as leaving an autograph at the crime scene like this chancellor merkel says germany will update its European Union and nato partners about the results of its investigation how the west reacts could depend on whether russia has any cooperation something thats not been forthcoming in the past. Aljazeera. The United Nations and human Rights Groups are condemning u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor and another official of the International Criminal court its been prompted by an investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o has described the i. C. C. As a Kangaroo Court the tickle him reports. Did u. S. Troops torture people did they commit war crimes here in afghanistan did the taliban or the Afghan Military the International Criminal court has been trying to find out and now a new move from the Trump Administration to try and stop then at least when it comes to us for still the United States will designate i. C. C. Prosecutor for 2 bensouda and the i. C. C. As head of jurisdiction complementarity in Cooperation Division thank you so much to go for having material assistant prosecutor bensouda. Individuals and entities that continue to materially support those individuals risk exposure to sanctions as well that means the chief prosecutor and the head of an i. C. C. Department could be frozen out of the International Banking system have any of their u. S. Assets frozen human Rights Groups are outraged the practical effect could be significant for these individuals but i think well have to see how damaging it is to have a u. S. Administration take the stand and that kind of a fall and fall a fall full of all thats regard for the global role of law that using these actions for. The spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general says the move raises concerns the i. C. C. As you know and especially the prosecutor are independent of the secretary general and of the u. N. We have always stood for the need for International Justice and for the issue of accountability and the fight against impunity the u. S. Has often used its vast power in the financial industry to punish war criminals now using the same tactic to go after the very people who are charged with punishing them political hane aljazeera. Powerful typhoon that a swept up the Korean Peninsula is now bringing severe flooding to north korea its the 2nd time through and in a week south koreas Weather Agency says winds from typhoon my sock reached more than 160 kilometers an hour its flooded roads in the south and downed trees and damaging apartment blocks and 2000 homes on the island of jeju who also lost electricity in iraq mcbride joins us live now from busan in south korea rob said tell us whether typhoon is now and any more details on the damage its caused. Well my sack is now making its presence felt very much in the north end of the Korean Peninsula in north korea where a day has made a 2nd landfall it has brought the rains to north koreas east coast particularly the main city one son up there we are seeing from images being carried on state run television from north korea an awful lot of flooding in that city this was the 2nd landfall the 1st landfall of course came in the early hours of thursday morning down here in the southeast of south korea coming ashore close to this city of busan this is south koreas 2nd city millions of people live here so preparations had already been put in place well ahead of the storms arrival but this is the 2nd major typhoon in 2 weeks of both north and south korea of course have been clearing up after typhoon barbie which came through last week and the bad news is theres a 3rd typhoon out in the western pacific which is going to be coming here in the coming days the other development which were following this which may be related to this typhoon we simply dont know is the disappearance of a cargo ship in the East China Sea its been confirmed that this is a livestock area a ship taking live cattle from new zealand to china with a crew on board of 43 mainly filipino sailors that sent out a distress signal from the East China Sea below japan at about. Time sometime after the typhoon would have passed through those waters but that these the last that anybody has heard from this vessel the large search operation has been launched by the Japanese Coast Guard looking for this vessel they have a job in the nighttime hours found one survivor from this ship that has come out alive but so far no other survivors as the search operation in those waters continues to rob mcbride live for us there in busan rob thank you tom for a short break here on aljazeera when we come back theres not much fun at the fed steps to help businesses battling to survive in argentina and he says theyll be a bloodbath a warning from the belorussian president if hes forced out more on that stay with us. There has been some flash flooding in oklahoma in missouri in virginia and this is a line responsible for it its very persistent stretches back over the border into northern mexico as well the be more showers on that surprised me on this slow moving frontal system its drifting a little bit slowly eastward so the ohio valley. West virginia maybe well get some of these showers i tend to die out you notice that the in the middle still on the mexican side broke a and look at whats happening counter a significant amount of rain coming out the sky is still not cold its 18 in winnipeg and 24 in toronto so dont try to drag in the really cold air yet but certainly stormy quieting down then for most of the southeast during friday the showers reappear in texas but its rather died out in phoenix arizona phoenix is showing up by walking up to 44. 00 once more. It little cluster of thunderstorms were talking about last couple days and there it is finally formed into a hurricane makes landfall in billies and thats where it spends thursday billies eventually guatemala and mexico so a mass of rain oversea briefly strong winds as well thats a line of weakness in the atmosphere so theyre a pretty big shot all the way back to well has been your lack. Of. A unique yet endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of ecuadors tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about the i knew most of it half here i know there probably are just becoming bites out there some conservation their communities aljazeera chinese deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist and head teams efforts to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuadors Hidden Treasure on aljazeera. Roof. Or. Welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on the aljazeera President Trump is threatening to cut funding to cities that he says allows a mickey in violence hes requested a review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. They all have a democratic mayor down there and protests against racism and Police Brutality. Germany says it has unequivocal proof russian Opposition Leader alexina dolly was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent is being treated in a burning hospital after falling ill last month berlin says the kremlin must answer difficult questions. And the u. N. And human Rights Groups are condemning u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor and another the official of the International Criminal court has been prompted by an investigation into whether u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan. Syrias state News Agency Says its ad defenses have shut down most of a series of israeli rockets launched towards an airport in homs it comes just 2 days after 2 syrian soldiers were reportedly killed in an israeli missile strike near the capital damascus as we know coming from israel but its believed to have carried out dozens of raids targeting irans military presence in syria. Voters in the western libyan city of misrata are going to the polls on thursday to elect city leaders as other towns in the region are also planning municipal elections but they wont be happening nationwide allies of the warlord aletha have to have prevented voting in other areas money train that has more. Misrata is libyas 3rd largest city and one of the 1st this year were going to believe hers are up for election. Covered 19 makes voting more challenging than previously but election organizers have trained staff to take precautionary measures though. It is a challenge given the security situation in the country and know the covert pandemic but we have taken measures and are confident that we can carry out the elections in a safe and protective manner for voters misrata and its half 1000000 population as the main source of military power for the tripoli based government of National Accord soldiers from misrata played a major role in the june a series of military victories by force troops loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar out of western libya and towards the east. Fought to bring down while mortgage duffy 9 years ago and joined the fight against have to has failed military campaign to capture the capital tripoli earlier this year badly wounded in battle hes lost an eye and has had to get skin transplants on his face he says hes tired of war and is excited to exercise his right to vote and they know. This is what we fought gadhafi for to vote for leaders if he wanted a dictator like hafter we would have kept the only way to put libya back on track is to have elections calls for a ceasefire by the warring sides have been welcomed by most of the International Community but have to dismiss the cease fire announcement by libyas internationally recognized government as a marketing. Government leaders in tripoli have called for parliamentary and president ial elections to unify the country in march the city elections in misrata and those plans across western and southern libya could help pave the way for nationwide elections but g. N. A. S. Officials accuse house theres forces of disrupting planned elections last month unfortunately in the east of libya that going back to individual rule and they dont have the freedom to. Vote elected officials were removed from office some libyans here say voting is the only solution to the conflict which has lasted years but have theres removing elected city officials and issuing military orders to appoint the replacements and with elections unlikely to be held in areas he controls how and when the libyan conflict when remains unclear how trainer aljazeera misrata. Russias foreign minister is accusing outside forces of meddling in belarus says activists from ukraine are trying to create violent protest but he hasnt given any evidence that there are any us foreign minister told down to 0 that what he calls russian weakness may be behind the kremlins decision to back president lukashenko banishment has more now from phillips. Looking emboldened with messages of support from russia Alexander Lukashenko says theyll be a bloodbath if hes forced from the presidency is that a reduce the approach with the shitty i want to protect w