laundromat sonia geiger london. it is really quite damning and very critical over the lax and complacent way that the government's excessive government's going going back a few years now have dealt with this issue of russian influence through social means as well as economic means as well and the cottage industry of lawyers and estate agents and and accountants that welcomed high profile russians into the country and dedicated themselves to their services as was put there as a kind of functioning as a kind of laundromat as well and also there's a very serious question mark being put over certain members of the house of lords the upper house in the palace of westminster and in parliament over their ties to russian businesses and russian financial institutions as well the british government has already said that retrospective assessment of the of the vote is not necessary as there was no attempt of any successful interference well that we cannot know at all considering that there was all the micro-targeting and the fo

i know nor and taylor this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up. we will not be on the way you cannot set foot in this country i will seize your block bridgeville gotten grades if you try britain target saudis over the death of . as it puts human rights abuses in the crosshairs of its 1st unilateral sanctions after breaks it. india now has the world's 3rd highest number of coronavirus infections the confirmed total nears 700000 but the real number could be far higher . the tensions between the u.k. and china rise as the ambassador in london vent his anger at gross interference in hong kong plus. the oscar winning composer ennio morricone best known for his spaghetti western scores die is aged 91. and there are many weddings with the sports news as president trump launches the twitterers are called nuts calls on new black driver he asks bubble wallace to apologize for what he calls the hardbacks of a new spin from the news dollar and slams nascar all for banning the confederate flag. and of the united kingdom has set its sights on those involved in

to what we see in london and a real spike in numbers. that's right kamal you were just mentioning. the easing of that national lockdown which was very severe but spain is now seen to be doing rather better than some other countries around europe and that's perhaps why there's been this move to shut down this region as you were saying it's a rule region based around a town called leiria sorry later and it's home to 200000 people approximately it is a place where there are a large number of fruit picking properties fruit picking businesses and there have been links to some of the outbreaks to those and surprises but also to care homes on friday the health of ortiz in that area said they were going to impose a lockdown but they did open up a temporary field hospital will now they have told people that from saturday afternoon they can't enter or leave the entire area really keen to get these figures under control because they saw up to friday a rise in covered cases from 167-2325 this isn't a touristic area but it is in catalonia in the nort

person in america in 2006 in london boris berezovsky horse the may not want him to put him. out i mean the main seeing now it is of that london at this moment is not so much a corrective. for russian. businessman for russian oligarchs because. it is a big if you are that there is not more checking go. of the property . of. how do you use it at certain etc i mean anyway london is still very important from the financial point of view. of course there is some money laundering. a while longer and stronger rational but it's no child with the russian economy today well thank you so much for talking to us and taking the time to give us your views on this andrea fedorov is a former deputy foreign minister of russia joining us there from skype we apologize for the poor connection maritime sankey so much for your time now the coronavirus crisis send us president donald trump us we did a photo of himself in a mask calling it patriotic as far as months of mixed messages on whether he believed they were an essential tool to prevent the spread of call the 1900 as bring in kimberly hark at

al-jazeera london. that's why there's so in matthew goodwin who's a professor of politics and international relations at the university of kent just on the issue of the intelligence and security committee said about the government failing to protect the referendum and the government has already said that it won't investigate it now so what do you think the impact of these conclusions from this committee will be. well i think the question of russia's involvement in the 2016 referendum will now remain as a riddle that will never be solved many people looking for a definitive view on that question and have not got that view the report is very clear in saying that firstly the intelligence services do not want to be dragged into what they see as a political dispute but also because now i heard later on today that the government is not planning to pursue the inquiry any further and so i think we're going to be left where we are which is not really knowing what happened and it was. on the broader issues i mean

the chinese embassy in london he'll give us the latest reaction out of the u.k. in a moment but 1st let's cross over to pollen in the whole colon divya really the 1st arrests in hong kong using the national security law online communication of course online communications that sort of tells us more tell us more about the group that's being held or was arrested. but 1st we need to point out that these are 4 very young people that were arrested overnight police went into their homes without a warrant which is now a provision under that national security law they confiscated documents their computers and devices saying that they are investigating them for advocating home console dependence the group of 4 are between the ages of $16.21 their leaders said to be a 19 year old who formed a word or was called a student look what they call the student localism a group or organization advocating for hong kong secession from the rest of china but they said they shut down their organization on june the 30th just hours before that national security law was due to come into pl

alone learned taylor this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. russia denies accusations from britain the u.s. and canada but it's trying to steal information from researchers working on a covert 19 vaccine. the f.b.i. says it's investigating how hackers hijacked the twitter accounts of high profile people like barack obama bill gates and musk. and as the number of corona virus infections in the u.s. passes 3 and a half 1000000 state and stores take the lead in requiring people to wear masks. in sport ramadan have just won the spanish league title for a record 34th time a victory over the l'oreal seldom secure the championship with a game to spare. russian cyber spies have been accused of trying to steal research on a possible coronavirus vaccine the u.k. u.s. and canada say hackers who are part of russian intelligence services are attacking research institutions trying to develop a vaccine the british government also says it has evidence of russia interfering in its $29000.00 general election the kremlin has denied the allegations charlie angela

i think that charlie adler there live for us in london. france is temporarily pulling out of a nato operation in the mediterranean amid tensions with turkey france said it asked nato for a response on how fellow member state turkey is handling the un arms embargo to libya the official said unless it to nato that france had made for demands to clarify turkey's role in french defense official said the withdrawal this temporary . recovery operations are underway in turkey hunter boat capsized in a lake in the south at least 6 bodies have been recovered it's believed around 60 refugee migrants were on board as it was crossing lake van a correspondent in kosovo is in istanbul and says police have spoken to a witness to the incident. the rescue teams are still trying to reach the boat and the rest of the bodies that are believed to be. that who have who are who are who are believed to have droned on the night of such a day this is this is not the 1st incident on lake one because a van is a border border city with iran and from afghanistan bangla

television is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up as corona virus cases rise in 40 out of the 50 us states president trump celebrates the news that unemployment fell as businesses reopened in june. the british socialite accused of procuring underage girls for the late geoffrey epstein is arrested and charged in the u.s. . tensions still high in ethiopia as a popular singer his murder triggered deadly protests is laid to rest. and why experts are baffled by the deaths of hundreds of elephants in botswana. and i'm santa how much now have all the sport including the french open organizes a concert and fans will be allowed to attend this year's delayed tournament which starts in september. curran of our space is an hour rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the u.s. as the country's outbreak threatens to spiral out of control florida alone has reported more than 10000 cases in the last 24 hours and the texas governor has just made it mandatory to wear masks in public this a day after more than 50700 infections were confirmed nationwide a new daily high despite that president

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thank you for that go live for us there in london. a trial has begun for sudan's ousted president omar bashir over a military coup that brought him to power 30 years ago bashir is accused of plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of prime minister. in 1989 a number of former top officials us standing trial and longside him a 76 year old is currently serving time in prison for corruption he was forced from power during an uprising last year. miley's opposition has called for a pause in protests ahead of the upcoming eades festival they're demanding that president evo steps down international mediators are heading back to bamako later this week to try to find a solution the opposition has already rejected a proposal from regional bloc calling for a unity government in guinea protesters have returned to the streets of the capital after 3 months of relative calm because of the coronavirus restrictions they fought with police in conakry on monday they're angry about a potential reelection bid by 82 year old president.

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in london thanks very much for the update. turkey and russia have agreed to work together towards a lasting cease fire in libya turkey supports the u.n. recognize government in tripoli well russia backs its rival warlord khalifa haftar who is based in the east delegations from turkey and russia met an anchor with more talks planned in moscow they say dialogue remains the only solution to the conflict jonathan winer is a former united states senior diplomat and former special envoy to libya joins me now via skype from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program i mean the fact that the 2 main supporters of the 2 main factions are speaking in agree to a framework to move forward is encouraging but they're only talking about sort of a sustainable ceasefire not a long term way out of this bloody conflict. well they both have got in thousands of mercenaries into libya to fight the war and if turkey and russia decide to stop the fighting and have their mercenaries no other fight or withdraw from the church or leave the c

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tennessee near london. they want a captain in london better to save it for the venezuelan people for a time when there's there are what they regard as the legitimate 'd government and invents. there better be soon obviously but that they have no intention of touching the dome of the now the on the other hand 'd by directly it's very puzzling yeah exactly so what does it mean how much of a setback is it for murder and his government and how these years you can see it but association the people of venezuela well it's a very serious role for government because they are there they have just got out of furniture change. the leaves fall ill which is the usual estell sort of. a chance to run israel or their production is now down to less than a 10th of what it was a few years ago before the jury came into office. and that it's just collapsed and so there are of course the price and international price of oil is very low at the moment so international revenue has. got right down and gold which is reduced in certain

hello i'm barbara sarah this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes the coronavirus pandemic continues to weigh heavily in the u.s. more than 1000000 more people out of work as the rate of transmission continues to grow. a question of numbers in south africa coronavirus deaths are rising but i think being reported accurately as unrest continues in mali west african leaders try to broker a deal between the president and the opposition. and the race to the red planet gathers momentum china becomes the latest nation to launch a mission to mars only willing to dispose news of what would have been the the needs of the tokyo lympics that's been put forward a year but this one is turning but the court might tyson is coming out of retirement for an exhibition fight against. the staggering impact of covert 19 on the united states shows no sign of easing new numbers released on thursday highlight the twin tragedies of the corona virus infections across the u.s. have now topped 4000000 on average that's 2600 people testing positive ever

by china's ambassador in london on thursday i think they called my remarks. as. china want to be you france. china want to be. if you do not want to be. and our friends want to treat china as a hostile and. you'll call a price there simply is very clear that means you are laws your laws about or to in china as often it is at the front in recent weeks the u.k. government has taken several steps against perceived chinese threats and transgressions. because of beijing's new security law for hong kong the u.k. has suspended an extradition treaty with its former territory it's also offered $3000000.00 hong kong as a path to u.k. citizenship tech security concerns have prompted prime minister boris johnson to promise her war way will be a victim from britain's 5 g. networks by 2027 china is mulling how to respond so this analyst i think what the chinese community tries to do is to found ways that will be hurtful to the u.k. that were harmed. not hung china is sell the sins the most important part of the u.k. china relationship is economic it is very difficult for the c

you're watching the news hour live from london i'm gerri you know coming up in the next 60 minutes from the beaches of spain to the streets of florida and india coronavirus infection spread at an alarming rate. argentina's police search use the fusing the coronavirus as a cover for abuses. u.s. civil rights pioneer john lewis makes his final journey across the bridge in selma alabama which became a landmark in the fight for racial justice. this after a day of tense anti-racism brownlee's fueled by clashes in portland between protesters and federal agents deployed by president trump. and in sports events are ahead in the game that could feed down when the italian title picture on all those gold has put you say why no law against some doria. welcome to the news hour from the beaches of spain to the streets of melbourne coronavirus cases are surging on almost every continent the global death toll is racing toward 650000 with more than a 3rd of fatalities in just 2 countries the united states and brazil or they and india account for nearly half of all confirmed infections in the world and t

well let's now speak to andre perry he's a music writer and he joins us now on skype from london and your music can be such a powerful tool when it comes to storytelling tell us about how it can change a film and how marconi changed the art of filmmaking itself well the thing about shelby say was that it was always really days just like your emotions through the story and. you know you didn't really notice it that was important and what morricone soundtrack kind of. mid sixty's on words. to get you famous to get us to a soundtrack is that a thank you combustible problem to grow. they were almost pop music certainly years as a kid i remember. you don't have a. way to get crystal around in the playground it's good or bad you know it was. just what film film music for very different place he was also incredibly prolific not just in terms of the number of movies that he was on but also the real diversity of genres how would you describe his approach to score i saying. well the thing is initially. he was kind of guided by budgets. the whole pack sort of joke about could you actually get a

hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thanks for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes 3 european nations threatened sanctions against foreign governments over repeated violations of a u.n. arms embargo in libya. 25000000 people infected millions more at risk iran's president warns this country's fight with coronavirus is far from over imo they should show strength drug cartel fighters flex their muscles as the mexican president hits town and the u.s. congress loses a man described as its conscience john lewis the civil rights hero who shared a dream with martin luther king dies aged 18. and for italy with hamilton clinches pole position for the hung garion grand prix and defending for realign world champion will start at the front of the grid for the 90th time in his career. france germany and italy have threatened to use sanctions against countries that continue to violate a united nations arms embargo on libya the embargo came into effect in february but has been routinely flouted by both sides of the conflict meanwhile investigators from th

rocker is in london with more details of the plan. you need to get 70 points in order to get a base number of points to be need to be able to have decent enough english language skills you need to have a job offer from a recognised company you need to be earning above a certain salary threshold of around $33000.00 if you're a doctor or a nurse much needed a course in britain's national health service the shown during the recent pandemic you can apply via a parallel scheme and if you're a graduate from a british university you're allowed to stay here for up to 2 years after graduating concerns from the opposition labor party that given the recent pandemic there simply just hasn't been the amount of time necessary to scrutinise all of these issues concerns to form many businesses from different senses of the building sector from hospitality from growers from the high street as well that all of a sudden i work forces will be significantly dented shaken up at a time in which months after lockdown of course these sectors of desperately try

teller and taylor this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up hundreds of protesters arrested in hong kong the 1st to be taken into custody under a contentious new security law. partial results indicate russian voters have backed changes to the constitution including a possible extension about him a putin's reign to 2036. more than 80 people confirmed dead in ethiopia by anger over the murder of a popular singer continues to grow. and the growing list of companies boycotting facebook pressure on the social media giant to do more to block racism and hate speech. on the how much now have all the sporting clearing pakistan's cricket tour of england receives a major boost 6 players who had tested positive for corona virus have now been cleared and are set to join up with the squad in the u.k. . the u.k. and u.s. have joined a chorus of criticism directed at china. impose a sweeping new national security law on hong kong the 1st arrests were made under the station earlier on wednesday when thousands of people took to the streets to mark 23 years since the territory was con

mary university of london and he was also the head of policy planning in 10 downing street under both tony blair and gordon brown he joins us now on skype from london and mr diamond i want to pick up where paul just left off there there are multiple allegations of russian interference on multiple fronts so starting with this report that we're expecting soon it's been kicking around for some time now but we haven't yet seen it officially published you have a sense of just how damning its contents are. no it's difficult i think to know in advance of the publication exactly how damning the revelations in the report will be but clearly the implications for british politics british democracy is very serious as you were just saying in the report this sense. i repeat series of votes in britain 201-620-1729 c. ruled by potential interference by russian actors i think as explosive implications really for british politics and democracy is conducted i understand that it's not just about exactly what activities russia pursued but also potentially about the way that they've gone about things on so

in the meantime some analysis from london with julian horowitz is the managing director of the think tank vocal europe julian thanks for your time the q. part of me thinks that during a pandemic during such a serious time which is going to have such serious repercussions for such a long time this would be the time when people would be able to find compromise and work for the greater good why can't they do that in europe well i'm sure actually everybody in europe would agree of you and specifically everybody at the special european council meeting the problem is that the politics of rule everybody has their own opinion of what's best for how to deal with these crises and look at 19 crisis is no different i guess it highlights that well we've gotten used to having a european union but it is still such an ambitious sort of idea isn't it the idea that 27 countries could come to some sort of agreement when they say you know they go from rich to poor to north to south it's it's a very diverse area. it is and of course these all have different cultures and different ways of perceiving the p

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the transition period of bricks it sonia thanks very much indeed that sonia gago talking to us from london i want to bring in bill law he's a gold finalist and the editor of the to digest is joining us on skype from london good to have you with us bill the 1st thing i want to ask you was the inclusion of saudi arabia in this the relationship between the u.k. and saudi arabia particularly in for example the sales of technology and armaments and so on is well known is it a surprise to find saudi arabia on that list. well in some ways it is because as you say saudi arabia is a big customer an important trading partner you know those areas and then some particular security agreements lots and lots of reasons why the saudis. would want to keep good relations with the saudis so in that sense it's it is a bit of a surprise however if you are going to have dominick rob says go out to the people with blood in their ands and as part of your global britain policy stand up for human rights across the world it will be hard to ignore saudi arabia which has an atrocious human rights record so a bit of a

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and canada has been targeted as well let's go to paul brennan his life for us in london paul what more do we know about this. well a couple reports in front of me here it is it's an advisory that's been issued by the british cyber security national cybersecurity center and what it effectively says is that apt 29 a group or hacker group also known as the jukes or perhaps more familiarly known as cozy bear and regarded generally as a kind of agent of the russian. intelligence services throughout 2020 it says after 29 various organizations involved in covert 900 vaccine developments. in canada the united states and the united kingdom highly likely with the intention of stealing information on intellectual property relating to the development and testing of covert 19 vaccines that are very serious charge indeed this advisory includes computer code and advice on how companies and states can counteract the tense by at 29 to steal any data the advisory also says that so far there's no evidence that any attempts to steal data have been successful it says there's been no impact yet but no impac

there were rumors she was hiding out in paris or maybe her home in london and alleged sighting of her in los angeles in the in the lane maxwell was living in this raleigh and secluded home in new hampshire there is no cell phone service along the one kilometer long wooden road that leads to the home authorities said she paid cash for it under an assumed name to hide her whereabouts we've been discreetly keeping tabs on maxwells whereabouts as we work this investigation and more recently we learned should slithered away to a gorgeous property in new hampshire continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims live with the trauma inflicted upon them years ago neighbors in the town of bradford population 1500 say they were shocked when believe. of all places were in the middle of nowhere assuming maxwell fights these charges and the case goes to a trial it would happen here at this federal courthouse in manhattan the big question then would become how many of her alleged victims would be willing to testify for years doesn't this of alleged victims of jeffrey epstein the now deceas

hello i maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes as the world health organization was the effects of the coronavirus could be around for decades some hope from america's leading experts. we feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this year and as we go into 2021. meanwhile the spread of covert 19 has weighed heavily on the eurozone economy causing a wreck or contraction. and zimbabwe's military and police in force a ban on antigovernment protests opposition figures say dozens have been detained. and army welling's with the sports news as yet another major league baseball team is hit by coronavirus. people returns with social justice hala on its agenda to hear from the born giants i see this hour. the corona virus has already had a profound impact on the global economy changing the way we live work and travel now the world health organization says this will reverberate for generations at a meeting of the w h o's emergency committee the director general ted ross gabrielle sauce said the pandemic was a once in a c

you're watching the news our ally from london i'm sorry coming up. the u.s. sees an upturn in coronavirus deaths driven by the worsening situation in states in the south and west doctors in panama beg the government for a nationwide lockdown after an explosion uncovered $1000.00 cases these hospitals overwhelmed us. 25 years since the massacre some 8000 muslim men and boys in. the far east of russia thousands march over the arrest of their popular regional governor for involvement in multiple murders. and i'm santa how much now have all the sporting puting f one reigning world champion lewis hamilton topped the time she thing called fine and will start in port sunday's at concrete in austria. welcome to the news hour the u.s. is now seeing an upturn in corona virus deaths as the number of infections continues to surge around the country the number of deaths had been falling for months but a new daily high of almost $69000.00 covered $1000.00 cases were reported on friday and fatalities are also on the rise it's even affecting americans abroad dozens of marine

thank you so much for that update there rory talons of live from a central london. united states arranged by father worst hit nation but donald trump made little mention of it during a speech at the foot of a john monument what's on his presidents of the past and his wasn't born reports he dug deeper into his country's divisions. donald trump kicked off the long independence day weekend with a trip to mount rushmore but instead of making a claim for national unity at a monument honoring for us president trump attacked protesters who want to take down monuments honoring slave traders and confederate general. angry mobs are trying to tear down statues of our founders to face our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities many of these people have no idea why they're doing this but some know exactly what they are doing they think the american people are weak and soft and submissive. but know the american people are strong and proud trumps tone was angry he accused the racism protesters of engaging in quote far left fascism and he vowed to n

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run from london who is an international economist and former economic advisor to the president of the european commission the group figures all over the world. especially the united states how much do we hung on to the fact they were not quite as bones expected. but obviously these are catastrophic figures both at the u.s. and germany and indeed elsewhere but we knew that going to be catastrophic and frankly even whether it's and subject to a huge margin of error especially at this time so whether they're slightly better or worse than expectations i think is pretty much here of their what what really matters is what's happening now and what's likely to happen in the future in the future and in that respect i think that the the jobless figures from the u.s. somewhat troubling because unemployment have been falling it's now rising again and that suggests that the recovery has slowed or indeed stalled and you can see that from also from credit card spent new figures indeed from consumer confidence and you could just see that you know from the t.v. pictures where you know the likes of flo

thank you that update troy chalons there live from london. well time now for the weather has everton was in gaza looking over your well still disappointingly cold and cloud across the northwest of europe came but it will improve as we go on through the weekend so we can get as far as kirk is concerned down in south and you see a fair amount of cloud across northern parts there through the u.k. pushing over towards central parts of europe and this shot line of clout that we have just up towards moscow that made its way through over the last 2448 hours or so position some very heavy rain led to a dam bursting washing away a number of houses just to the west of moscow we are looking at things improving though as we go on through the next couple of days brought the skies coming back in behind big still see a fair amount of cloud just around the baltic states pushing right back towards the northwest this area of low pressure that will be the dominant feature as we go on through the next couple of days to the north of that it is cool cloudy with a

hello i'm barbara sara this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes accusations and denials conflicting reports of a confrontation on the israel lebanon border. threats of a return to tough restrictions if spain cannot reverse its coronavirus spike driver is stopped and questioned but zimbabwe's leaders deny claims the lockdown is to prevent anti-government protests and on nearing a civil rights leader john lewis lies in state in the u.s. capital. and in sport cats are has officially expressed an interest in staging a future olympic games the 2022 world cup hosts hope to bring the olympics to the middle east for the 1st time. we begin the news hour in israel where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned it is quote playing with fire he's accuse the lebanese armed group of launching an infiltration attempt in the border region of shane bauer farms has denies its fighters tried to penetrate the border or engaged in any confrontation the united nations is urging both sides to show restraint harry full set has more. smoke pl

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eleanor and taylor this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up. egypt asks for clarification not ethiopia announces it started filling a controversial dam on the blue nile. yemen's who 3 rebels say dozens of civilians including children have been killed in saudi led airstrikes in the north of the country. the u.s. intensifies its pressure on beijing announcing visa restrictions on chinese technology companies including huawei. and the u.s. trial that's posted confidence that a coronavirus vaccine could be developed by the end of the year. and only well into the sports news as world cup organizers release the show jewels of the 2022 title tournament for the 1st time they'll be 4 matches a day in the group stages of all the details coming up later this hour. egypt has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile ethiopian state media has reported that the reservoirs are finally being filled the controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to

you're watching the news hour live from london i'm terry you navigate that coming up in the next 60 minutes 2 and a half 1000000 infections and rising coronavirus cases of latin america overtake here a. lockdown again hundreds of thousands of catalonians have their freedoms restricted because of a surge in corona virus infection. crowds returned to england a little sign of social distancing as the bars reopened and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem say they're being. transforming an industrial neighborhood and to walk high tech. i mean well into the sports news is. the opening qualifying of the formula one season. for the austrian gameplay on sunday the best of the action is coming. welcome to the news hour we begin in latin america which has now overtaken the europe in the number of coronavirus cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 infections a new cases are rapidly rising it's being driven up by brazil which has reported over one and a half 1000000 infections and almost 62000 people have died despite this president has vetoed parts of a law that requires people to wear

with rory chalons in london at 1st glance rory this does not look like good news for boris johnson's government again. well this report is looking into a fairly broad parts of the government's coronavirus pandemic response it's being put out by the public accounts committee which is a cross party body which looks at effectiveness and spending in government this report is more about effectiveness than spending. it looks at various different things the this issue of the people being discharged just discharged from hospitals into care homes is one of the things that this report is most critical of let let's rewind back to kind of late march early april as the government was was getting the n.h.s. ready for what was assumed to be a huge lot of coronavirus patients it was building new emergency hospitals and it was trying to free up as many beds as possible in the hospitals that already exist and what it did was order hospitals to basically discharge anyone who they considered medically fit some 25000 of these people were discharged straight from the hospital back into retirement homes ca

hello i'm lauren taylor this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up an important step in the fight against the coronavirus trials of a vaccine in the u.k. find it triggers an immune response in health volunteers. a 4th day of talks in brussels on the pandemic recovery plan leaders consider a new proposal will it be enough to break the deadlock. and to government protesters once again descend on the mali and capitol determined to remove the president from power. and the u.k. suspends its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to china's controversial new security law. says the cricket to 20 world cup was postponed until next year because of. picks were due to japan faces allegations that are abuse of course 50 sports have full details. there's been a breakthrough in the urgent search for a coronavirus vaccine here in the u.k. a candidate treatment developed at unprecedented speed by a team at the university of oxford has shown promising early results scientists say it's safe for humans and triggered the critical immune response which could stop the virus in its t

we leave it with you in hong kong we're going to cross over to london now the chinese ambassador to the united kingdom is speaking let's just listen in to what he has to really policies and interfere in china's internal affairs by reading all human rights is to jump. on the market like truly the insurgents have a seriously poison the atmosphere of china your great relationship. 2nd china's commitment to the path of peace for development as not chance pursuing peace for development is and where you were being strategic choice and solemn pledge of china china has never invaded other countries or sought expansion china as a number and will not export its system or model or china 60 apartment because we want a better life for our people we do not want to threaten challenge or replace any work history has proved and war can tinubu proof that china is always a defender of world peace a contributor to global development and hoda of international law a stronger china will make the world a more peaceful stable and prosperous place i ever some british politicians cling to the cold war mentality a

al-jazeera london. white house correspondent kelly holcomb's is joining us now from washington d.c. of course this is happening at a time when relations between the u.s. and china are already very strained how's the trumpet ministration going to be reacting to this news. well there's no question that there is an effort to get u.s. allies on its side in its war against wall way the concerns being in the united states that this push to broaden the 5 g. network globally is really just an effort to conduct backdoor espionage something that the united states has accused china of doing for some time in various means and we've seen this sort of latest push an embrace of the ban that has taken place in the u.k. as being embraced by the trumpet ministration seen this as a positive sign now the u.s. president has just called a press conference for 21 g.m.t. topic unknown it's unclear if he will be discussing some of the actions that he has been considering with regard to china but it's something that has been discussed by the national security advisor robert o'brian and we have seen a number

somewhere it's not raining is london and that is where we go to rory chalons in soho rory super saturday looks very busy there behind you how's it all going. you know will in any normal piece would be exactly the fun of seeing the be seeing it this sort of time in the evening on a saturday night in central london the people drinking on the streets getting bit drunk people are eating in restaurants today people. i've been getting their hair cuts in head dresses they've been going to cinemas hotels are open but this sort of scene has been completely absent from from british life for 3 and a half months or so the government knows that this is a big risk it's a big it spectrum and and perhaps it could go wrong and we have been hearing key figures boris johnson saying that people should be acting responsibly for switchy the chief medical officer saying that people should be very disciplined when it comes to social distancing as they go out and enjoy themselves well if you can see behind me that if there's that much discipline going on with regards to mosque wearing old social distancing but t

hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes ivory coast's prime minister collapses in a cabinet meeting and this pronounced dead as the u.s. marks new record coronavirus numbers it says the world is looking to it for leadership. of course the u.s. remains the world's leading the pandemic. the united nations running on the libyan conflict foreign interference has reached unprecedented levels. eat out to help c out the u.k. offer is half price press trying to meals to kick start its economy. and i'm santa how much now have all the sporting commuting international cricket makes its return the following a coronavirus break with the 1st test between angle in the west indies behind closed doors. the prime minister of ivory coast ahmed do go no coulibaly has died at the age of 61 the president says the nation is in mourning bali was taken to hospital after he fainted during a cabinet meeting he had returned to ivory coast last week after a prolonged stay in france for a horse exam well let's speak to nicholas

this his the founder and director of the sadic institute and joins us live from skype in london thank you so much and being with us on al-jazeera the french president highly critical of turkey over the situation in libya russia we know is also involved in libya france's role is a bit murky do you think why do you think mark or hasn't condemned russia in the same way as he has with turkey what's motivating do you think his call for more sanctions. well france supports russia's role in libya and it has done you know if we kind of take a mirror image of this time last year when the governor of national accord was being attacked in tripoli around this time last year in july of 2001 seeing the new york times the government french special forces and. u.s. anti-tank missiles were with the helicopters forces in the city ability where they launched friends of russia is also working alongside kind of up those forces in a support mercenaries as you've said so i think they sit on enlarging with you know with that with russia's moves and so they don't want to criticize then russia and the u.a.e. a

of his al-jazeera live from london also coming up the u.s. retreat from a nato ally 12000 troops ordered to put out of germany and their headquarters moved . and.

coming up on this news hour from london. he was driven by basically literally about asylum seekers trapped in lockdown in dirty hotels with inedible food. the un's expert on extrajudicial killings says the u.s. drone strike that killed a top iranian commander assim sort of money was on all fours. and child amputees return to the sport they love has grown a virus restrictions and lifted in gaza is coming up in sport or at least. talk has announced it's pulling out of hong kong this is some of the world's largest social media companies review their operations in the city in light of the new security rules imposed by china zuma has joined tech giants such as facebook microsoft and google in suspending requests for user data by the city's wealth or cheese that worried the new law will let the chinese state access sensitive information because more from hong kong. a week after the introduction of the new national security law in hong kong carrie lamb was quick to respond to the international condemnation of the legislation which

let's bring and why in london he is an associate fellow in the asia pacific program at chatham house thank you for your time so the u.k. is offering a path to citizenship for some few 1000000 hong kong residents beyond that how far do you think the u.k. will really be prepared to go and its objection to this new national security lol. well i mean i think it has done the 2 things that it really added to. that is the giving new rights to the british nationals overseas in hong kong and secondly calling our calling it outdoes age clear and obvious bridget you want to correction next steps are very difficult what do you do once you as that is a breach of the go to great thing because there is no mechanism in that tree people doing that violation so it is a question of finding ways to keep our international pressure on china to express the dismay of the international community that want to have this national security law and they have done that we think that it's going to go on and in particularly on respect to the rule of law because this is being and i have fundamentally damaged by this