Transcripts For LINKTV Al Jazeera English News Bulletin 2024

Energy. Confrontation between turkey and greece in the Eastern Mediterranean. And antigovernment protesters in appealedusian capital to the eu to support a peaceful revolution. It is a disease that once paralyzed 75,000 children per year across africa. After decades of effort, the World Health Organization has declared the continent free of the naturally occurring poliovirus. The final push focused on northern nigeria, where Health Workers put their lives at risk to vaccinate children in a region filled with insecurity and violence. The virus is highly infectious and mainly infects children under the age of five. Fever, pain, and vomiting are the initial symptoms, but it can lead to irreversible paralysis. There has been a 99 fall in the number of infections since 1988. Only two countries have yet to eradicate the disease. Afghanistan and pakistan. Hascoronavirus Pandemic Disrupted International vaccination campaigns so there are fears of a resurgence. 16 african countries are currently experiencing an outbreak of the vaccinederived virus, a different form of it. A rare mutated form of the virus which is contained in the polio vaccine. We must continue to protect african children against all forms of polio and other childhood diseases, ensuring they are protected by immunization. We must take the Lessons Learned and best practices from eradicating the poliovirus to achieve africas Public Health goals and improve health care for all africans. More now from nigerias capital. Reporter the announcement has come too late for tens of thousands of polio victims. With paralyzed limbs, life gets but for country parents of future generations, a source of worry is lifted. Becausewas delayed vaccination was stopped for years in parts of northern nigeria. Boko haram attacks are a major obstacle for the immunization campaign. The challenges were inaccessibility, how to deliver the vaccine in hardtoreach areas. How you gain the trust of those who need the vaccine. Reporter global intervention by unicef and the bill and Melinda Gates foundation was critical in achieving success. When immunization was restarted. What the challenge is, when all of humanity comes ,ogether with one dedicated putting all our resources to whatever challenge we face, we can be triumphant. Triumphan example of against a disease that is ancient. Reporter some parents still resist immunizing their children. There is a danger of a false sense of security. Officials want to take their experience further by using similar resources in defeating the ebola virus. The same lessons, the same resources, the same technology, as what we are using to address covid19 in nigeria. Reporter the World Health Organization prays to nigerias success as a victory for africa. But one that regular vaccinations are required to defeat polio once and for all. The mother of an unarmed black man who was shot by police in wisconsin has urged protesters against further violence, saying it does not reflect her son or her family. Riot Police Clashed with hundreds of demonstrators in kenosha while arsonists set fire to buildings and torched much of the business district. The city has become the latest flashpoint in ongoing racial unrest after police were filmed shooting jacob lake on sunday blake on sunday. The 29yearold has been paralyzed from the waist down. His mother called on americans to put aside regional divisions. God has placed each and everyone of us in the country because he wanted us. To be here. Clearly by now you can see i have beautiful brown skin, but look at your hands and whatever shade it is, it is beautiful as well. Amen. Are . W dare we hate what we we are humans. Make one type of or grasslower or fish or rock. Make oneyou ask him to type of human that looks just like you . I am not talking to just caucasian people. I am talking to everyone. Kenosha, withom tensions and emotions running cleari suppose it is not whether further unrest can be pleaed as a result of this from julia jackson. That is right. Driving through this town and seeing all of the damage, firefighters say they responded to 37 separate fires overnight, whole blocks have been leveled, dozens of businesses vanished overnight. One of two nights. She said driving here to hold this conference, she was struck by the fact that jacob lake jacob blake would have been displeased. This would not have been what he wanted to be remembered for. A number of family members spoke here. The father said police shot his son seven times like he did not matter, but his son did matter. As one of the lawyers was talking about the psychological damage suffered by the three boys inside that car as he was climbing in and shot in the back, says kids will have psychological damage for the rest of their lives. The father broke down and had to be walked out. His sisters said she has not cried about this incident because she has cried about so many before. She said i dont want pity. I want change. Those are the messages we heard from the family of jacob blake in this first appearance with the whole family and the attorneys talking about what happened. They gave us a little news about his condition. As of an hour or so ago, while that conference was going on, they said he was undergoing surgery. His spinal cord had been severed. They had to take out his and much of his small intestine because of the damage. He had multiple wounds in his stomach and his arms. He will require extensive operations in the future and even with that, he will probably suffer lasting damage. That includes paralysis from the waist down. They are very concerned about him for his future. They are glad he survived. They said his life will be forever changed. Speaking, rather, lawyers for the family also said they want the arrest of the officer that shot jacob blake and others on the scene who were also involved. What are their Legal Options . They can file a civil suit, they can seek criminal charges. They want the officers to be charged with a crime. They want them not just temporarily removed from their jobs. They want them to suffer criminal consequences. They can also seek legal damages as well. Their lawyer Benjamin Crump talked about what he calls deliberate indifference of the shooting. That is a legal term i expect we will be hearing in court. The lawyers talked about how young he was. That is likely to be part of the financial damages the court will be seeking. They are going to be asking for more money because he had a long life ahead of him. We are likely to see criminal charges. We are likely to see a pursuit of criminal charges against the family. Whether prosecutors take that up, we dont know. They gave us some highlights of the reason. One of them would be the young age of jacob blake and the fact he had three young sons in the carpet would be traumatized and a broader family, all of them affected by this incident. Thank you very much. Turkey says greece must abandon any preconditions before two countries can start negotiations over mediterranean resources. Ankara and athens have agreed to a peaceful resolution with turkey calling on the eu to mediate. Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean have been rising with both countries announcing naval exercises near the island of crete. If you take a close look at the alliance, itnomic accords a percentage of the aegean sea to turkey. This is how turkey redraws the same map, claiming much of greeces waters as its own. This is where turkey has started looking for oil within its own self defined waters. That infringes on greeces Maritime Territory according to the eu and the u. N. Turkeys foreign minister has been meeting with his german counterpart in ankara and says turkey is ready to renegotiate the distribution of the disputed waters. To talk with all countries, but nobody should set preconditions for turkey. This cannot happen with the preconditions set by greece. Abandon its to approach. When they abandon the approach, everything i said will happen within this negotiation process. To belarus, where protesters resumed in the capital of minsk despite a crackdown. Two members of the Opposition Coalition council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. Others have been summoned for questioning. A peaceful revolution is said to be underway in the country. Teachers and actors are among those who joined the demonstration in minsk. A rally was held outside the ministry of education after lukashenko threatened to fire teachers who dont share his views. Reporter solidarity for those punished protesting lukashenko. Gathered at the theater every day. Ministerr culture faces a criminal investigation. Since his dismissal he has been one of the key members of the opposition counsel. Performances are canceled and actors have resigned in support. Including one popular performer. There are a lot of resignation letters. We are lucky we are united and stick together. The authorities dont know what to do. We dont know what will happen to us next. Actors display the opposition flag after the police took it down. It is impossible to work under such a regime. Our salary is miserable. Under this regime, our profession makes no sense. Reporter the actors joined a rally. Teachers joined to protest the disputed reelection this month. He has announced all teachers who do not share his ideology will be sacked. I have been working at the school for 35 years. I have come here to declare teachers do not agree. They are brave people because it is scary. There are plans to establish private schools so they can teach children and still earn money. While hundreds of teachers stage a peaceful rally, Police Vehicles arrived. Are protesters shouted we not scared. These protesters say they will continue taking to the streets. Streets,taking to the it seems lukashenko is increasingly alienating professionals, who become more and more united against him and his 26 years in power. You are watching al jazeera live from london. Still ahead, the u. S. Accused of leveraging as a sponsor of terror. Now under lockdown, restrictions imposed in gaza after authorities find Community Transmission of the coronavirus. The winter cold has gone away. Things are much quieter in australia. The next storm is not really in sight. 21 degrees, a gentle breeze. It is not far off in melbourne. The whole of the continent looking sunny at the moment. Which for a change is probably enjoyed. In new south wales, and of course, snow in victoria. Perth enjoying the sunshine. 26 degrees. , althoughe whether quite compact. It is a vicious thing. 200 commenters per hour. Luckily it is over water, but it is throwing a swell to japan, south korea, the chinese coast. The rain is starting to be felt. It will be felt in the southern korea mainland and the western side of japan. Its power, it will make landfall as a very nasty storm going to north korea. China is much quieter. Welcome back. The World Health Organization has declared africa free of naturally occurring polio. The announcement is a major step in the campaign to eradicate the disease worldwide. An unarmed black man shot by police in wisconsin on sunday has urged protesters against further violence, saying it does not reflect her son or her family. Hasb lake jacob blake been paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by police seven times. Antigovernment protests have resumed in the belarus and capital minsk despite a crackdown on opposition politicians and activists. Two members of the Opposition Coalition council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. Saysher stories, russia german doctors treating Alexei Navalny must identify the substance that caused his illness before they can investigate. The eu has urged the kremlin to launch an independent probe after german doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body. Moscow insists the berlin hospital diagnosis of poisoning is not conclusive. Supporters say a cup of tea at the airport was laced with poison. Reimposept to sanctions on iran is facing a pushback of the united nations. The Security Council president says 13 members are against three imposing sanctions and will take no further action. The u. S. Has been pushing for sanctions to be restored for alleged violations of a nuclear deal. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Said iran continues to be a threat to peace in the middle east. Meanwhile, sudans Transitional Government has told the u. S. Secretary of state it does not have the mandate to establish diplomatic ties with israel. Pompeo has been holding talks. There are concerns washington may be trying to use sudans designation as a state sponsor of terror as leverage. Reporter mike pompeo became the first top u. S. Diplomat to set capital when he arrived. Join the uae in joining normalizing relations with israel. Following discussions on u. S. Support for the Transitional Government and the ongoing peace process, sudans government said they could not be moved. The government is a Transitional Government. It consists of a broad coalition. T unites it is complete the transitional period to focus on the issue of Transitional Justice and to prepare for elections. We are not in a position to discuss the issue of normalizing ties with israel. That will be left for the elected government. We dont have a mandate to do so. Reporter the visit was crucial for sudan, which after years on the state sponsors of terrorism list is hoping to turn a new page. Since the years of u. S. Sanctions s crippled the trade relations and diplomatic dealings between sudan and other countries, talks between the two sides to have sudan from the list have been ongoing since the current leadership came to power a year ago. Congress members say, look, they dont want to go forward to normalize the relation. About they are stuck history of sudan, we would look to israel as an enemy or something. Another Prime Minister landed in the capital. Border security and trade were among the topics discussed, but the most important topic was the filling of a hydroelectric dam. Talks have been going on for five years between ethiopia and sudan and egypt. With each country heavily reliant on the nile is a water source. Discussions over how fast and how much water the dam is filled with have stalled repeatedly. Month itannounced last had begun filling the dam. The full discussion was on economic integration between if you up you and sudan. Peace, also aon each issueution in we might have to distance between the countries. Governmentudans sees measures by the u. S. And ethiopia as a sign of improving relations on the international stage. Young people have been feeling the spread of covid19 in the americas according to the Pan American Health organizations director. Cases are highest among those under the age of 60, but 70 of people who die are 70 or older. The number of deaths in the region has doubled in the past week. Cases have reached at least 12 million. The Organization Says the recent spread of the disease has been especially severe in the bahamas. The country only saw a handful of cases before july. Gaza is under a 48 hour lockdown after authorities discovered the first cases of Community Transmission of the coronavirus. Until now infections have been linked to residents returning from abroad. Reporter gaza has managed to dodge this moment, but it is here. Empty streets. Instructions to stay home for personal safety after four cases of covid19 were detected in the same family. The first cases at large in the general population. For a blockaded territory, underequipped, overstretched health system, this is a frightening time. We have started to implement a plan. Police are imposing a curfew. People are complete leak committed to it. We will take more preventative procedures pending on new evaluations. A combination of the israeli and egyptian blockade and very strict quarantine measures had kept the coronavirus out. Gazas cases had all been in quarantine centers. These new Community Cases were after an israeli permit to jerusalem for treatment. The World Health Organization says such a moment was always likely to come. Since we discovered the cases in the gaza refugee camp, the medical teams have been following up with more people who could have been in contact with the infected people who halted plan surgeries and prepared Health Facilities to receive possible infected people. Reporter gaza has 100 intilators, and another 100 private clinics. The who says the territory can deal with hundreds of cases, but not thousands. Hamas is calling for new international aid. The covid threat compounds anxieties for gazas people already struggling with as little as four hours electricity per day after israel banned diesel imports to the only power station. It is part of a recent escalation between hamas and israel with incendiary balloons and rockets launched from gaza and nightly airstrikes from israel. The biggest fear for now is that the power of this pandemic and what it could do to a place like gaza. The hope is it can be contained in time. Reporter south korea has reported new coronavirus cases as it continues to tackle the surge in infection. Government efforts to contain the virus have been entangled in conflict with religious groups. Caseser hundreds of new are being linked to the controversial right wing church in seoul. Deeply opposed to the liberal government, it continued to pack in worshipers, promoting the Conspiracy Theory that the virus is a terror attack by north korea against its members. A member of our church said Hand Sanitizer was delivered with more chemicals than alcohol. Now i see so many infections. Reporter flouting social distancing rules, Church Members led by their pastor, who has since tested positive for the virus, took part in this antigovernment protest in midaugust. It resulted in clusters of new cases including Eastern Mediterranean<\/a>. And antigovernment protesters in appealedusian capital to the eu to support a peaceful revolution. It is a disease that once paralyzed 75,000 children per year across africa. After decades of effort, the World Health Organization<\/a> has declared the continent free of the naturally occurring poliovirus. The final push focused on northern nigeria, where Health Workers<\/a> put their lives at risk to vaccinate children in a region filled with insecurity and violence. The virus is highly infectious and mainly infects children under the age of five. Fever, pain, and vomiting are the initial symptoms, but it can lead to irreversible paralysis. There has been a 99 fall in the number of infections since 1988. Only two countries have yet to eradicate the disease. Afghanistan and pakistan. Hascoronavirus Pandemic Disrupted International<\/a> vaccination campaigns so there are fears of a resurgence. 16 african countries are currently experiencing an outbreak of the vaccinederived virus, a different form of it. A rare mutated form of the virus which is contained in the polio vaccine. We must continue to protect african children against all forms of polio and other childhood diseases, ensuring they are protected by immunization. We must take the Lessons Learned<\/a> and best practices from eradicating the poliovirus to achieve africas Public Health<\/a> goals and improve health care for all africans. More now from nigerias capital. Reporter the announcement has come too late for tens of thousands of polio victims. With paralyzed limbs, life gets but for country parents of future generations, a source of worry is lifted. Becausewas delayed vaccination was stopped for years in parts of northern nigeria. Boko haram attacks are a major obstacle for the immunization campaign. The challenges were inaccessibility, how to deliver the vaccine in hardtoreach areas. How you gain the trust of those who need the vaccine. Reporter global intervention by unicef and the bill and Melinda Gates<\/a> foundation was critical in achieving success. When immunization was restarted. What the challenge is, when all of humanity comes ,ogether with one dedicated putting all our resources to whatever challenge we face, we can be triumphant. Triumphan example of against a disease that is ancient. Reporter some parents still resist immunizing their children. There is a danger of a false sense of security. Officials want to take their experience further by using similar resources in defeating the ebola virus. The same lessons, the same resources, the same technology, as what we are using to address covid19 in nigeria. Reporter the World Health Organization<\/a> prays to nigerias success as a victory for africa. But one that regular vaccinations are required to defeat polio once and for all. The mother of an unarmed black man who was shot by police in wisconsin has urged protesters against further violence, saying it does not reflect her son or her family. Riot Police Clashed<\/a> with hundreds of demonstrators in kenosha while arsonists set fire to buildings and torched much of the business district. The city has become the latest flashpoint in ongoing racial unrest after police were filmed shooting jacob lake on sunday blake on sunday. The 29yearold has been paralyzed from the waist down. His mother called on americans to put aside regional divisions. God has placed each and everyone of us in the country because he wanted us. To be here. Clearly by now you can see i have beautiful brown skin, but look at your hands and whatever shade it is, it is beautiful as well. Amen. Are . W dare we hate what we we are humans. Make one type of or grasslower or fish or rock. Make oneyou ask him to type of human that looks just like you . I am not talking to just caucasian people. I am talking to everyone. Kenosha, withom tensions and emotions running cleari suppose it is not whether further unrest can be pleaed as a result of this from julia jackson. That is right. Driving through this town and seeing all of the damage, firefighters say they responded to 37 separate fires overnight, whole blocks have been leveled, dozens of businesses vanished overnight. One of two nights. She said driving here to hold this conference, she was struck by the fact that jacob lake jacob blake would have been displeased. This would not have been what he wanted to be remembered for. A number of family members spoke here. The father said police shot his son seven times like he did not matter, but his son did matter. As one of the lawyers was talking about the psychological damage suffered by the three boys inside that car as he was climbing in and shot in the back, says kids will have psychological damage for the rest of their lives. The father broke down and had to be walked out. His sisters said she has not cried about this incident because she has cried about so many before. She said i dont want pity. I want change. Those are the messages we heard from the family of jacob blake in this first appearance with the whole family and the attorneys talking about what happened. They gave us a little news about his condition. As of an hour or so ago, while that conference was going on, they said he was undergoing surgery. His spinal cord had been severed. They had to take out his and much of his small intestine because of the damage. He had multiple wounds in his stomach and his arms. He will require extensive operations in the future and even with that, he will probably suffer lasting damage. That includes paralysis from the waist down. They are very concerned about him for his future. They are glad he survived. They said his life will be forever changed. Speaking, rather, lawyers for the family also said they want the arrest of the officer that shot jacob blake and others on the scene who were also involved. What are their Legal Options<\/a> . They can file a civil suit, they can seek criminal charges. They want the officers to be charged with a crime. They want them not just temporarily removed from their jobs. They want them to suffer criminal consequences. They can also seek legal damages as well. Their lawyer Benjamin Crump<\/a> talked about what he calls deliberate indifference of the shooting. That is a legal term i expect we will be hearing in court. The lawyers talked about how young he was. That is likely to be part of the financial damages the court will be seeking. They are going to be asking for more money because he had a long life ahead of him. We are likely to see criminal charges. We are likely to see a pursuit of criminal charges against the family. Whether prosecutors take that up, we dont know. They gave us some highlights of the reason. One of them would be the young age of jacob blake and the fact he had three young sons in the carpet would be traumatized and a broader family, all of them affected by this incident. Thank you very much. Turkey says greece must abandon any preconditions before two countries can start negotiations over mediterranean resources. Ankara and athens have agreed to a peaceful resolution with turkey calling on the eu to mediate. Tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean<\/a> have been rising with both countries announcing naval exercises near the island of crete. If you take a close look at the alliance, itnomic accords a percentage of the aegean sea to turkey. This is how turkey redraws the same map, claiming much of greeces waters as its own. This is where turkey has started looking for oil within its own self defined waters. That infringes on greeces Maritime Territory<\/a> according to the eu and the u. N. Turkeys foreign minister has been meeting with his german counterpart in ankara and says turkey is ready to renegotiate the distribution of the disputed waters. To talk with all countries, but nobody should set preconditions for turkey. This cannot happen with the preconditions set by greece. Abandon its to approach. When they abandon the approach, everything i said will happen within this negotiation process. To belarus, where protesters resumed in the capital of minsk despite a crackdown. Two members of the Opposition Coalition<\/a> council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. Others have been summoned for questioning. A peaceful revolution is said to be underway in the country. Teachers and actors are among those who joined the demonstration in minsk. A rally was held outside the ministry of education after lukashenko threatened to fire teachers who dont share his views. Reporter solidarity for those punished protesting lukashenko. Gathered at the theater every day. Ministerr culture faces a criminal investigation. Since his dismissal he has been one of the key members of the opposition counsel. Performances are canceled and actors have resigned in support. Including one popular performer. There are a lot of resignation letters. We are lucky we are united and stick together. The authorities dont know what to do. We dont know what will happen to us next. Actors display the opposition flag after the police took it down. It is impossible to work under such a regime. Our salary is miserable. Under this regime, our profession makes no sense. Reporter the actors joined a rally. Teachers joined to protest the disputed reelection this month. He has announced all teachers who do not share his ideology will be sacked. I have been working at the school for 35 years. I have come here to declare teachers do not agree. They are brave people because it is scary. There are plans to establish private schools so they can teach children and still earn money. While hundreds of teachers stage a peaceful rally, Police Vehicles<\/a> arrived. Are protesters shouted we not scared. These protesters say they will continue taking to the streets. Streets,taking to the it seems lukashenko is increasingly alienating professionals, who become more and more united against him and his 26 years in power. You are watching al jazeera live from london. Still ahead, the u. S. Accused of leveraging as a sponsor of terror. Now under lockdown, restrictions imposed in gaza after authorities find Community Transmission<\/a> of the coronavirus. The winter cold has gone away. Things are much quieter in australia. The next storm is not really in sight. 21 degrees, a gentle breeze. It is not far off in melbourne. The whole of the continent looking sunny at the moment. Which for a change is probably enjoyed. In new south wales, and of course, snow in victoria. Perth enjoying the sunshine. 26 degrees. , althoughe whether quite compact. It is a vicious thing. 200 commenters per hour. Luckily it is over water, but it is throwing a swell to japan, south korea, the chinese coast. The rain is starting to be felt. It will be felt in the southern korea mainland and the western side of japan. Its power, it will make landfall as a very nasty storm going to north korea. China is much quieter. Welcome back. The World Health Organization<\/a> has declared africa free of naturally occurring polio. The announcement is a major step in the campaign to eradicate the disease worldwide. An unarmed black man shot by police in wisconsin on sunday has urged protesters against further violence, saying it does not reflect her son or her family. Hasb lake jacob blake been paralyzed from the waist down after being shot by police seven times. Antigovernment protests have resumed in the belarus and capital minsk despite a crackdown on opposition politicians and activists. Two members of the Opposition Coalition<\/a> council have been sentenced to 10 days in jail. Saysher stories, russia german doctors treating Alexei Navalny<\/a> must identify the substance that caused his illness before they can investigate. The eu has urged the kremlin to launch an independent probe after german doctors found indications of a toxic substance in his body. Moscow insists the berlin hospital diagnosis of poisoning is not conclusive. Supporters say a cup of tea at the airport was laced with poison. Reimposept to sanctions on iran is facing a pushback of the united nations. The Security Council<\/a> president says 13 members are against three imposing sanctions and will take no further action. The u. S. Has been pushing for sanctions to be restored for alleged violations of a nuclear deal. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Said iran continues to be a threat to peace in the middle east. Meanwhile, sudans Transitional Government<\/a> has told the u. S. Secretary of state it does not have the mandate to establish diplomatic ties with israel. Pompeo has been holding talks. There are concerns washington may be trying to use sudans designation as a state sponsor of terror as leverage. Reporter mike pompeo became the first top u. S. Diplomat to set capital when he arrived. Join the uae in joining normalizing relations with israel. Following discussions on u. S. Support for the Transitional Government<\/a> and the ongoing peace process, sudans government said they could not be moved. The government is a Transitional Government<\/a>. It consists of a broad coalition. T unites it is complete the transitional period to focus on the issue of Transitional Justice<\/a> and to prepare for elections. We are not in a position to discuss the issue of normalizing ties with israel. That will be left for the elected government. We dont have a mandate to do so. Reporter the visit was crucial for sudan, which after years on the state sponsors of terrorism list is hoping to turn a new page. Since the years of u. S. Sanctions s crippled the trade relations and diplomatic dealings between sudan and other countries, talks between the two sides to have sudan from the list have been ongoing since the current leadership came to power a year ago. Congress members say, look, they dont want to go forward to normalize the relation. About they are stuck history of sudan, we would look to israel as an enemy or something. Another Prime Minister<\/a> landed in the capital. Border security and trade were among the topics discussed, but the most important topic was the filling of a hydroelectric dam. Talks have been going on for five years between ethiopia and sudan and egypt. With each country heavily reliant on the nile is a water source. Discussions over how fast and how much water the dam is filled with have stalled repeatedly. Month itannounced last had begun filling the dam. The full discussion was on economic integration between if you up you and sudan. Peace, also aon each issueution in we might have to distance between the countries. Governmentudans sees measures by the u. S. And ethiopia as a sign of improving relations on the international stage. Young people have been feeling the spread of covid19 in the americas according to the Pan American Health<\/a> organizations director. Cases are highest among those under the age of 60, but 70 of people who die are 70 or older. The number of deaths in the region has doubled in the past week. Cases have reached at least 12 million. The Organization Says<\/a> the recent spread of the disease has been especially severe in the bahamas. The country only saw a handful of cases before july. Gaza is under a 48 hour lockdown after authorities discovered the first cases of Community Transmission<\/a> of the coronavirus. Until now infections have been linked to residents returning from abroad. Reporter gaza has managed to dodge this moment, but it is here. Empty streets. Instructions to stay home for personal safety after four cases of covid19 were detected in the same family. The first cases at large in the general population. For a blockaded territory, underequipped, overstretched health system, this is a frightening time. We have started to implement a plan. Police are imposing a curfew. People are complete leak committed to it. We will take more preventative procedures pending on new evaluations. A combination of the israeli and egyptian blockade and very strict quarantine measures had kept the coronavirus out. Gazas cases had all been in quarantine centers. These new Community Cases<\/a> were after an israeli permit to jerusalem for treatment. The World Health Organization<\/a> says such a moment was always likely to come. Since we discovered the cases in the gaza refugee camp, the medical teams have been following up with more people who could have been in contact with the infected people who halted plan surgeries and prepared Health Facilities<\/a> to receive possible infected people. Reporter gaza has 100 intilators, and another 100 private clinics. The who says the territory can deal with hundreds of cases, but not thousands. Hamas is calling for new international aid. The covid threat compounds anxieties for gazas people already struggling with as little as four hours electricity per day after israel banned diesel imports to the only power station. It is part of a recent escalation between hamas and israel with incendiary balloons and rockets launched from gaza and nightly airstrikes from israel. The biggest fear for now is that the power of this pandemic and what it could do to a place like gaza. The hope is it can be contained in time. Reporter south korea has reported new coronavirus cases as it continues to tackle the surge in infection. Government efforts to contain the virus have been entangled in conflict with religious groups. Caseser hundreds of new are being linked to the controversial right wing church in seoul. Deeply opposed to the liberal government, it continued to pack in worshipers, promoting the Conspiracy Theory<\/a> that the virus is a terror attack by north korea against its members. A member of our church said Hand Sanitizer<\/a> was delivered with more chemicals than alcohol. Now i see so many infections. Reporter flouting social distancing rules, Church Members<\/a> led by their pastor, who has since tested positive for the virus, took part in this antigovernment protest in midaugust. It resulted in clusters of new cases including Police Officers<\/a> sent to the rally, prompting the strong rebuke. Religious freedom or freedom of assembly can be claimed if it means a great deal of harm to people. Reporter leaders of the church have been accused of obstructing public Health Workers<\/a>, making the job of testing and tracing new cases of infection among Church Members<\/a> that much harder. That echoes the first major outbreak of the virus in february centered on another church also involved in controversy. Reporter that was in the southeastern city of daegu. The leader of that church has since been charged with obstruction. The outbreak led to Church Services<\/a> being suspended. It is sad we cannot hold a church service, but we do not want further spread of the disease. Like this areches Still Holding<\/a> online services. It is important for churches to have congregations. And having a meal together afterwards. Reporter financially it is difficult given the reduction in individual donations. There are hardships the majority of churches except. Accept. Quick the saddest thing is the friction which has led to all churches being criticized. It is wrong to fight like this. Some highlyt politicized churches seem happy to mix religion with antigovernment rhetoric to fire up their followers. I spend a lot of time in montreal. It really is, together with copenhagen and barcelona, one of my favourite places on the planet, a home away from home. But i still have a problem putting my finger on what makes this city so great. Through the centuries, montreal has found itself at a global crossroads where nations, cultures and languages have met, or were fiercely defended. Now, its as though montreal is a city that spends a lot of time wondering about itself. I wouldnt call it an identity crisis, more of an identimelange. This city faces real urban challenges. 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