embassy in central london evolving situation as we go through the day here. let's go back to hong kong to tell us the chinese government is using the american protests to criticize american leaders just take us through what they've been. well chinese state media has been giving blanket coverage to the events unfolding in the united states telling its viewers that this is what democracy looks like the global times seen as a mouthpiece for the communist government it prints in both english and in chinese and is a major source of news within the country and outside the country has been publishing some very pointed at a tory also attacking the politicians which had supported the hong kong protests now a lot of the articles have also been drawing parallels between what's happening in the united states and the hong kong pro-democracy protests which unfolded last year where there were many scenes of violent confrontations between the police and protesters and the editorials are asking the u.s. politicians like my from nancy pelosi and even donald trump whether they

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 britain's prime minister is moved into intensive care as this covert 19 symptoms worsen the coronavirus test told passes 50000 in europe but the number of fatalities across the continent seems to be falling. empty streets and closed shops the kind that make forces that them a classic republic of congo to shut down its main commercial hub in the capital kinshasa. the. staying connected in chile we look at some of the creative ways that people are socializing and keeping in shape under lock that. where we begin here in london with the british prime minister boris johnson has been moved to intensive care inside a london hospital after his covert 19 symptoms worse and johnson was admitted to hospital on sunday night and had been facing tests after suffering persistent symptoms for more than 10 days earlier on monday the government had said boris johnson was in good spirits and still in charge but that way street now says that the foreign secretary dominic robb ha

from outside the royal london hospital. wednesday had some good news didn't it with the announcement the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is being cleared for use in the u.k. and it will be rolled out from january the 4th thursday there was a case of do you want the bad news or the worst news 20000000 more people in england started the day here for they join 24000000 people already living under the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions now that is 3 quarters of the english population hospitals in london and the southeast the saying that there i see use intensive care units operating at more than 100 percent capacity this one is the royal london hospital in recent days it's been in the eye of the storm with ambulances of patients queuing up outside the emergency wards it begs the question why aunts the nightingale hospitals being used properly now these were the emergency field hospital set up all around the country at the peak of the 1st wave by and large they have stood empty now the government says they're being ready rea

are and tell you this is our jazeera live from london also coming up. this is not a time for fear this is a time for taking action countries around the world battle to stop coronavirus spreading further with iran taking drastic measures as more of its senior official .

watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes stay at home or does come into force in the u.k. travel to some european countries is banned as scientists study a new variant of the corona virus. ready to roll mcdonough's vaccine is shipped to hospitals across the united states while in washington of both could happen soon on the massive economic relief package in our all the headlines the stories of the kidnapped school boys from katsina state and how it's exposing the wider problem of lawlessness and insecurity in northern nigeria. and a test for democracy thailand holds its 1st local elections after months of protests against the government on the monarchy. with the sport as ac milan's call the fastest goal in a tally in league history mexican boxes so cannot alvarez easily beats callum smith in its 1st fight of every year. and. hello welcome to the news our top story fears of a new fast moving strain of the coronavirus have led to calls for action from the world health organization it says europe needs to step measures to prevent the spread of the virus seve

flying low above london to mark the 35 years since the end of the 2nd world war in europe. many profiling to remember one of the world's worst complex us. 45 or repute because. we most value to the generation who won the 2nd world war. today we celebrate their achievement we remember their sacrifice. unit going. on maybe 8 in 1945 britain's wartime prime minister winston churchill addressed the nation nazi germany he told them that surrender to the allied forces had crushed naziism and fascism. after years of wartime restrictions people kicked back celebrating for hours and crowding the streets. how different it looks now with public gatherings and commemorations canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. and burthen cities towns and villages marking the day inside gardens for nearly 7 weeks people have lived in looked down on these parties our way of coming together safely staying apart a way of showing you know just like communities did 75 years ago. across europe where tens of millions of people lost their lives in world war 2 there were more pared down commemorations

west end in november is also president of the society of london theatre he joins us now from london via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera no 6 the musical which is actually about the 6 wives of henry v 8 c. is actually going to be the 1st i believe the work to reopen in london's west end in november so how will things be different what if you put in place that will allow you to reopen safely. well good evening barbara and thanks for having me on 6 is quite unique as from the title 66 to 6 actresses on stage and 4 in the band so it's a small to medium scale musical and that's what rian abel's us to get this show on because we have low risks and lower costs working very closely with the theater chain imax which is owned by the c.e.o. . we're putting a bunch of plans into place we're looking at obviously audience seated forward and wearing face coverings we do box office algorithms which mean that when people buy the tickets they went they won't be enabled 'd to sit next to the next grouping the always be one seat in between to be a contactless ticket system

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

parliaments as head back to our london studios that all but in this time poll says all going through as planned how we set for january. generally the 1st will there will be big differences the prime minister admits that but he says that it's necessary and that the the benefits outweigh the any downside that the critics might might throw up in the benefits from sovereignty from freedom to do trade around the world the critics point out and it was pointed li question to the prime minister well the irony of a free trade agreement which essentially increases the barriers to trade based on compared to what we have at the moment but that said the battle frankly is lost that argument is done and dusted the bricks it raging has finished and we're now just into the actual bureaucratic ticking the boxes dotting the i's and crossing the ts as you say the signing ceremonies took place the smalling with 1st in brussels live on the land and michelle signing the agreements a series of agreements which were then sent by plane to london boris johnson signed them in downing street and then he went to

an early morning raid in south east london. in the middle of a pandemic when all manatee has been suspended criminal gangs have found ways of operating food stamps. a streets empty to several police forces across britain cooperated in an attempt to break up the drug trade rings. for profit. so-called county lines that trafficked from the cities to towns and the countryside often recruiting vulnerable children into their network drug dealers they are manipulative and they will use anyone to enable them to get their drugs around the country and to sell their drugs and be a girl or a boy. who might be vulnerable they will use anyone they may mean because they were unscrupulous or more they're doing. london the worst affected place in the country has seen knife and gang related crime surge in the last 10 years the police have said that drug dealing has been at the crux of that rise with the creation of the forces new violent suppression units more police are being put on patrol in high risk areas and to visit known offenders to enc

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

will begin here in london where the u.k. has become the 1st western country to grant emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine europe's worst affected country will start rolling out the doses developed by pfizer a biotech as early as next week while a pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people's lives and the world's economy. first in line will be those most at risk including care home residents health care workers and those over the age of 80 the u.k. has ordered 40000000 doses that's enough for 20000000 people just under a 3rd of the national population as they'll need to receive a shot twice it will also be difficult to rollout the vaccine was 95 percent effective in trials but needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees celsius close to temperatures in antarctica the world health organization is reviewing the vaccine for a possible emergency listing which is a benchmark for other countries to authorize national use for brennan begins our coverage from london. the approval of a vaccine almost exactly a year since coded 901s

bodies as and when required and is one of a number of sites in london part of a sort of localized london resilience and elsewhere in the country other places also experiencing spikes in faction and death rates at the moment birmingham is one up in the west midlands and enormous more has been built there by the government at birmingham airport with a capacity for 12000 bodies as and when required of course everyone will hope that these facilities aren't required to give you an idea of the size of the epidemic some new research has come in today which is quite interesting from scientists and researchers at imperial college london who took london's current infection numbers roughly 10000 they then projected onto those numbers the extraordinary gap in testing that's existed here since the beginning which the government is now trying to close also the large numbers expected of people suffering very mild symptoms who perhaps never present to the hospital and hadn't become part of the statistics and on top of that those expected to be asymptomatic carriers of the corona virus and they concluded

london. last month ethiopia's military launched an offensive against the to agree and people's liberation front in the northern region of the great the prime minister ahmed called it a law enforcement operation but it spiraled into an internet ethnic conflict possibly killing thousands as one of several areas of tension in the country al jazeera melcombe web takes a look now at recent events and where ethiopia stands today. where the hero paean government troops took control of the to grain regional capital of mackay last month prime minister abi ahmed said the law enforcement operation against the to grain people's liberation front. was over others said the conflict had only just begun. he said no civilians are being killed by government troops both sides have been accused of rights abuses we've seen targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure with heavy artillery fire we have seen widespread looting of private property in many towns in western g.k. we've seen extrajudicial executions

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

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

to 0 in london the. whole joins us live now from lambeth bridge in london and that was definitely times where it felt as though it might never happen now comes a formal end to what has been a difficult relationship over the years between the u.k. and the what is the feeling where you are tonight. well just across the bridge to the river behind me there in parliament square there are celebrations going on is not a lot happening here but over there celebrations of pro briggs its supporters waving union jacks their numbers and the substantial now they'll grow of course in the next couple of hours leading to $2300.00 g.m.t. 11 pm this evening when the u.k. will officially cease to be a member of the european union after 47 years as rory was pointing out there though officially the celebrations are quite muted they're talking about a light show outside downing street and government offices in whitehall the prime minster boris johnson will release a pre recorded address to the nation at about 10 pm he'll talk

hello i'm watching the news hour live from london coming up. europe has now become a piece of the pond and the. world health organization warns that not taking tough measures against the coronavirus would be a deadly mistake that's a spain prepares to enter a state of emergency the prime minister warns of more than $10000.00 coronavirus cases. and iran is saying it will clear the streets within 24 hours in a bid to calm one of the world's worst outbreaks. and in school the english premier league is suspended a may not be finished due to coronavirus none of the stuff we see for club officials have met in london or goings or off until at least the start of a. deadly mistake that's the warning from the world health organization to any country not moving to take tough measures against coronavirus it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the continent already imposing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain today declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and to evacuate bu

from a london broadcast center. on al-jazeera. 0. hello i maryam namazie are watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes by water cannon but still defiant a 3rd day of protests in bangkok demonstrators want the prime minister gone and reforms to the monarchy. the u.k. prime minister again dangles the prospect of a no deal breck's it has spokes person claims talks with the e.u. are over french police opened a terror investigation after a teacher is killed in a knife attack in a suburb north of paris. arrested on drug charges mexico's former defense minister is taken into custody at los angeles airport and 10 scenes outside a south african court where 2 black men are accused of killing a white comma. hello welcome to the news hour we begin in thailand where police and anti-government protest as a force in the center of the capital water cannon was used to break through a barricade set up by demonstrators in bangkok for a 3rd day in a row now thousands of people defied a government ban on gatherings that cal

in london we'll have the top story from europe for you the e.u. on the rails its 1st climate law aimed at making europe the 1st carbon neutral continent by 2050 but activists saying it fails to address the urgency of the climate crisis. and in sport olympic organizers insist the cancellation of joyce tokyo games isn't even being considered the torch relay through also set to start this month despite the corona virus outbreak. we begin with the latest on the diplomatic tensions involving turkey's intervention in syria's war the european union foreign policy chief has met turkey's president and foreign minister and. says he told them the situation on the border with greece is unacceptable. increased pressure for the european union turkey border and unilateral actions. not bringing any budget eventually end up being in benefits to anyone. like a country can only create problems and made the situation worse and they want who is who will pay the price. people to syrian refugees from migrants. turkey and greece a trading accusations about the growing cr

or the i'm home i had seen and this is the al-jazeera news our life from london coming up. here as governor is stronger action to get the state supply of ventilators where they need to be. the i.m.f. warns that be coronavirus will have a bigger impact on the world economy and the 2008 financial crisis. along the exhibition center opens its doors as the country's latest hospital. and the scramble for face musts worldwide shortage of essential medical equipment triggers a 1000000000 more. people are going to die in the near term due to a lack of ventilators that was the warning from the governor of new york in the us his states is the worst hates in the country with the number of cases breaking the 100000 threshold in the past 24 hours meanwhile it's been revealed a massive hospital ship berthed in new york city to take a ferry is a non-corporate patients so far treated only 20 well in london the 1st patients can now use a new 4000 bed facility set up in a convention center the nightingale hospital was created in just. 9 days was comes as the u.k. is nice in more than 3 sizes

capital because london's bridges are falling down. some news now at least 4 people have been killed and more than 20 others injured in another explosion in beirut a blast and fuel tank fire happened in one of the most densely populated districts of the capital the immediate cause of the blast is not known several fires have broken out at beirut's port since that devastating explosion in august which killed over $200.00 people and injured more than $6000.00 now hundreds of people across nigeria have been protesting against police violence police fired tear gas to break up dozens of protesters in the capital abuja demonstrations broke out after a video video circulated last week alleging to show members of the special anti robbery squad known as saws shooting a man dead but he's pledged to reform the unit including banning soft agents from carrying out routine patrols and requiring them to wear uniforms when on tutti but protest is of call for the unit to be abolished the swiss government says one of its citizens who is held hostage in

now has the latest from london. back in brussels for another go at striking a trade deal with his european union counterparts are going to be working very hard to try and get a deal we're going to see what happens to negotiate the day and that will we will be looking forward to meeting oh you're being released later on thanks very much to resume talks between david frost and the e.u. michel barnier came after an hour long phone call between the lion president of the european commission and british prime minister boris johnson their joint statement on saturday mention progress over the last week but said the 2 sides still didn't see eye to eye on 3 critical issues firstly there's fishing rights in other words what access e.u. fishing fleets have to u.k. waters and how quickly any changes happen then there's a more fundamental question of the level playing field that's measures to ensure businesses on one side don't have an unfair advantage brussels wants the u.k. to stick closely to its rules on things like workers'

hello i'm watching the news hour live from london coming up on the program growing a virus cases overwhelm california's hospitals millions of people ordered to stay at home. or not it is to deter a good call i was really excited to go to go do opportunity. the equal rights campaign has become one of the 1st in the world to receive a coronavirus vaccine. the french president hosts his egyptian counterpart in paris but is accused of turning a blind eye to egypt's human rights record. and lives torn apart by war poverty and the pandemic and the urgent appeal for funds to help millions of children in the middle east and africa. and i'm santa how much with the sport as europe holds its qualifying draw for the 2022 world cup in qatar details coming up this hour. welcome to the news our hope of imminent vaccination programs is doing the thrill to reduce the devastating global impact of the coronavirus record numbers of people are being admitted into hospital in the us tough restrictions are also coming into force in different parts of the world on monday more than 33000000 people in southern cali

or i still ahead on this news from london a horrific culmination of failures the u.s. congress report slams boeing and regulators for 2 deadly crashes. families in pakistan call for an end to the kidnapping of under-age girls who are being forced to marry and convert to islam. and as for south america's biggest club football tournament returns despite the coronavirus contest make. now the head of libya's internationally recognized governments has confirmed he is stepping down prime minister made the announcement in an address on national television peace talks on due to stalls in geneva this week so rogers tripoli based government will negotiate with iran. ministration in the east of the country which is led by the warlord khalifa haftar there are says he will stay on until the end of october while a new leadership is chosen or mahmoud mahmoud can join us live now from the capital tripoli and mahmoud tell us why the prime minister has decided now is the moment to announce his resignation. well felicity that that's what everybody expected from the prime minister today b

back there live in central london and thank you. well much of europe is facing a 2nd wave of corona virus with infections and deaths on the rise across the continents poland as recording a record death toll of 132 people in its latest daily tally there are concerns that the health services could be overwhelmed russia has reported more than 15000 new cases another record high it's been more than 1300000 infections there since the pandemic began nearly 24000 deaths germany has also seen an unprecedented rise with more than 7000 new cases there the government says tightened restrictions on masks and gatherings in the feds to curb the outbreak well as many countries tighten coronavirus restrictions some are relaxing their s u zealanders arriving at a stray aliya for the 1st time in months without rates having to quarantine it's the 1st step in a so-called travel bubble scheme to reconnect the neighbors. local leaders in the eastern chinese city of qingdao say in less than a week they finish tests in the city's 11000000 people for corona

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

from us and as our from london still had. the korean champion show just why vera though turned to beats baseball action coming up after the break. june 19th 676 days that redrew the map of the middle east record of victory. in that war was the greatest tragedy in the history of islam 50 years later al-jazeera expose the events leading to the war and its consequences which is still felt today we tried everything we went to the united nations we tried to make. contacts through different countries and it was clear that all this was to do all of the rule in june. the latest news as it breaks the early warning and evacuation seem to have prevented many deaths and now people face the struggle to rebuild their lives with detailed coverage on confines it's so cold in the middle of a deep cold cool between china and the united states from around the world where the government close to bankruptcy many say such initiatives will not be enough to deal with what prime minister has found yet warns could be a major food crisis. all the. time

al-jazeera london. a bomb has ripped through a crowd of worshipers at a mosque in kabal at least 5 people are dead including the in mom who was leading friday prayers filial contre 40 reports in the afghan capital. fischer's sussudio mosque was packed with worshippers for friday prayers when an explosion ripped through it killing several people according to the afghan ministry of interior the explosives were placed inside the mosque some witnesses say they tried to help the injured president of the myself i was doing my. job with them as when i entered the mosque i saw all the injured people the man was killed on the spot we started to carry the dead bodies as well as the injured and then they didn't allow us to go inside a mosque. the taliban has denied responsibility for the attack explosion comes days after another mosque in kabul was targeted a mom was killed and i still claimed responsibility the government and afghans alike have condemned the attacks on these places oh boy shaped. by the. general

in london thank you. so cross over to the u.s. now where new york governor andrew cuomo says a divisive stance of christopher columbus' should not be removed because of its importance to italian americans his comments come against a backdrop of global anti racism protests in response to george floyd's killing statues of columbus and other european explorers have been attacked because of the harm they cause to native americans and africans. the curse of the columbus statue represents. in some ways the italian american legacy in this country and the italian american contribution in this country i understand the feelings about christopher columbus and some of his acts which nobody would support but the statue was has come to represent and signified. appreciation for the italian american contribution to new york so one night for that reason i supported. and demonstrators in seattle have blocked streets and set up tents to protest against police brutality that govern a what's being called an autonomous zone it's free of police under an

are intended this is al jazeera live from london also coming up.

you're watching the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes resilience say they feel abandoned by their government amid warnings the country's death toll could climb 5 fold by august venezuelans who fled their country's economic crisis say the pandemic has left them so desperate they want to return home. unveils an $8800000000.00 plan to revive the french auto industry by making it europe's top clean car producer. and for minneapolis police officers are fired over the death of a black man after video emerges of a white police man dealing on his there. hello thanks for joining us concern is growing at the potential scale of the corona virus outbreak in latin america the continent is nearing 150000 deaths and the world health organization says the spread is still accelerating in brazil peru and chile brazil is a fit to kill or concern as it now has the 2nd highest number of infections in the world and the u.s. study is warning its total number of deaths could multiply 5 fold by early august terrorism begins our c

i'm not in london with the top stories from europe including we will make straight away our sovereignty ready to walk away britain gives just 4 months to avoid no deal as it sets out its breaks it redlines. scarred for life victims of delhi's worst communal riots in decades trying to rebuild their lives. and in support of a joke which is just going through to the semifinals of the 3 point championships world number 6 the final sits a pass is also into the last. trade routes have been carved global supply chains are disrupted and stock markets a falling economies worldwide is starting to feel the pressure as the corona virus spreads all street stocks down again and are on track to record their worst a weekly losses since the global financial crisis of 2008 european shares fell on thursday to with travel stocks bearing the brunt. footsie $100.00 index fell by nearly 3.5 percent losing more than $150000000000.00 over the last 4 days shares fell in asia to japan's nikkei index lost 2 point one percent christian salumi is live for us in new york christian walk us through these stock market l

well police in london. to 3 people were injured in the stabbing it's mostly poles and police will be called a terrorism related incident. in the. stress of. death and stansell joins us now from london so it will details emerging on the suspect who was shot. yes well 1st of all i would just like to mention that one of the people who are injured is suffering from life threatening injuries in hospital and while police say that the incident itself is over this cordon is still in place a forensic team forensics teams are on the scene here and they're expected to be here through the night to continue their investigation now security sources are saying that this was and is famous for later the talk police confirming within an hour of the incident that this was terrorism related it was after the man was shot police had urged everyone on the streets to take shelter in the various shops here because there was a worry that the suspect an explosive device around his chest or in his. later confirmed that's the explosive

of power across the globe on al-jazeera. 0. 00 i maryam namazie welcome to the news hour live from london coming up hong kong faces a resurgence in coronavirus cases as a team from mainland china arrives to carry out widespread testing. a prison comes under attack in eastern afghanistan several people are killed and dozens more injured. a political novice versus a 5 term leader of the english teacher with plans to bring down the president of better use. as you can see on your screen grab your confirmation 1st spot. and a historic return to nasa astronaut splash down in the gulf of mexico for the 1st time in 45 year it's. the homeless with the oldest boy think looting reigning formula one the world champion lewis hamilton was the british called kleek in a dramatic style. people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions as concerns grow about new outbreaks of the disease and clusters of cases there's been a spike in infections in asia and now health workers and experts from mainland china have been deployed for the 1st time to hong kong to help

a new show it's opened in london. message in a bottle tells the story of a refugee 3 siblings clean their village after it's bombed and held by armed militia and more i've researched and gone into the more human side of the story of refugees the more i've seen that there's a way and to try and present it to provoke so to. maybe humanize the situation a bit more to try and help us approach. people have been forced to flee their homeland with a bit more kindness and bit more understanding. the music is all still familiar songs that take on new relevance putting words to grueling experiences faced by millions. the message in a bottle was 1st released 40 years ago when sting was with his band the police the songs of alienation and isolation have been repurposed to tell the story of refugees leaving their homes and all they know for an uncharted future. hip hop popping blocking breaking contemporary dance at its most dynamic the troupe of downstairs from 7 countries also can snap into a live improvisation even the warm up

color and taylor this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london coming up. paying their respects the people of george floyd's home city filed past his body ahead of his funeral. on in minneapolis the former police officer charged with his murder makes his 1st appearance in court. libya's u.n. backed government make small gains as a key figure from the rival of ministration excess surprise appearance in moscow last. anyone else quarantine confusion the u.k.'s only telling new arrivals to isolate now that infections are falling which stop the spread. and on time the hamas now have all the support including tyson fears from osa says the match against the ontario wilder could happen this year in macau. 2 weeks after 46 year old black man george freud died under the knee of a police officer sparking a global wave of protest the accused killer has faced court derek sherman has been charged with 2nd and 3rd degree murder as well as 2nd degree manslaughter is appeared by video link in a minneapolis court as the charges were read thousands of people queued to pay the

in london following us fast moving developments thank you neal. well let's now go to europe where spain has converted its exhibition center in madrid into a makeshift hospital let's go to laurin sydney he joins me now from london once it does seem that continental europe is a little further along this trajectory of spread than the u.k. what kinds of preparations are we seeing across the continent. well it's a mixed bag in all honesty and i'm just i'm trying to do a comparison between 2 countries spain and germany which just show how different the potential of the approaches to been in the outcomes as well spain as you said it's now the 28000 cases and virtually 800 deaths very shot race of rise 400 or more deaths yesterday reported and frankly it's panic stations madrid the capital is the center of the pandemic they're trying to recruit students and with science people roadside dots and so on as you say there's a big convention center in the middle of madrid that looks like a. elementary arsons of frankly now full of beds and i think increasingly

let's get more on this from ian back in london he's a professor in the european institute at the london school of economics good to have you with succumbs to back on the program i mean deadlines deadlines deadlines are sort of lost count of how many deadlines have come on god is this really the final possible day. no i think we're in a play that used to be called waiting for go to go to it never quite arrives but what we do know is that the end of this month is a hard deadline because there's a treaty in place to a droll deal between the e.u. and the u.k. which stipulates a transition period and that transition period is written into low cost finishing at the end of the month whether tonight is the deadline or tomorrow or the day after tomorrow is not that certain as to the old way of fudging it to to find a way around these announcements by the european parliament others saying this place is the final final moment but we're very close as you may have heard from our correspondent in london he talked about you know boris johnson's problems not just with cave it but also with bracks it's

i think it will be a great disappointment for people in london in the run up to christmas i think it's fair to say that decision has now been made it's certainly being widely reported that m.p.'s on a call with the health minister matt and cock a little earlier on very short while ago were told by him that the decision had been taken to put london into the highest level of restriction so-called very high alert here 3 it's currently into 2 so that means a tightening of social distancing restrictions particularly among people mixing outside the home you can't mix inside the home at all at the moment and it means the closing down of hospitality pubs bars and restaurants will have to be made. only with all the attendant risks to the economy that will bring as well we expect to hear that confirmed by mr hancock when he addresses employees informant within the hour you'll recall that just 2 almost 2 weeks ago now at the end of a month long lockdown here in england the government reintroduced this tier system strengthened it a bit narrow london narrowly at that point avoided being placed in t

thank you he with the news out life from london still ahead. remembering a day that changed the united states tributes abates the thousands who died in the 911 attacks is. desperately needed international aid begins to make its way into flood ravaged through don. and then they transport what possibly his marriage has to say about you know messy being forced to stay at the club. how i was about to feel not quite so autumnal for northern europe it may not be immediately apparent still plenty of clouds coming in from atlanta to see which means a lot more rain for tickly for scotland for norway a little bit for denmark and certain sweden that will be flooding in the west side of scotland and there are still wondering showers in the western med and i'll be wandering round trip things that east was the last 2 or 3 days so the threatened on saturday is probably still have a sardinia tunisia and maybe towards sicily as well with a few of these shows in the alps as well but between i mean look at that nice warm slowly warming up in actual fact in many p

from our london broadcast center. on al jazeera. and several european countries impose new coronavirus restrictions as global cases exceed 40000000. but i'm glad this is out 0 live from doha coming up unofficial results in bolivia suggest a win for them to read off the socialist country the from exiled from a leap that even the promises of. thousands in bangkok defy a ban on protests for a 6 day force good change of tone from the prime minister. and more than 50 u.s. lawmakers.

you're watching the news hour live from london i'm there to navigate that coming up in the next 60 minutes out of work at a rate not seen since the great depression april figures show u.s. unemployment at a record high stranded by coronavirus travel restrictions but now heading home india begins their repatriation of thousands of nationals. suspicion surrounds the deaths of 3 entities in fisherman on chinese vessels jakarta pushes beijing for answers and a white father and son are arrested over the killing of arboretum who was shot to death while out running in georgia. thanks for joining us we begin in the u.s. where new figures released on friday show unemployment has surged in april the largest rise in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs have been wiped out across the country as the coronavirus lockdown crippled the economy unemployment skyrocketed to 14.7 percent it was 4.4 percent in march and april 20 and a half 1000000 jobs were lost the worst result since the great depression which began in 1929 it's far exceeds the 2008 global recession when 8700000 jobs were wiped out our

but there with all the nations from the streets of london we'll be watching those protests christ me thanks very much indeed. now egyptian president sisi has ordered the army to be ready to carry out missions abroad including in libya as he made those comments during a tour of an air base near egypt's western border with libya he also won texas back janny forces against attacking the strategic city of sirte saying that would cross a red line and trigger a direct military intervention from egypt. but it would. you are ready to carry out any missions what i witnessed is a living proof for keeping billets yes i can see egypt's army is one of the mightiest armies in the region i am certain if we need a few sacrifices like those being carried out over the past 7 years along the borders with libya you are prepared to carry out any mission with no home soil or if required beyond our border lines and turkey is calling on warlord khalifa haftar to pull his forces from the city of sirte for a sustainable cease fire a spokesman for the turkish president also accused france of jeopardizing nato

washington. 0. 0 i marianna my 0 watching the news hour live from london coming up a country plunged into mourning 3 people are dead after a knife attack in nice president calls it an attack on france. just hours until a one month national lockdown goes into effect france goes further than most european countries as it works to control the corona virus also coming up landslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in vietnam rescuers rice to find dozens of people still missing and native american communities face significant barriers to voting in this u.s. election could they play a key role. hello welcome to the news hour france is at its highest terror alert level and thousands of extra police have been deployed across the country after 3 people were killed in a knife attack in the riviera city of nice visiting the scene shortly after french president emanuel mark on described it as an islamist terror attack it comes just weeks after the murder of a teacher and in a time of growing anger around the world mark calls defense of secular values and his campaign to limit what he described as

sunit i have all al-jazeera london. correspondent john hall has the very latest i've been following developments has been a very slow and situation throughout the day with tense moments in certain parts of central london and that continues jonah what more do you know at the moment. when it is a biting somewhat silent as you can see the rain falling heavily now something of a gift i think to the police who have been working very hard to try and restore order on the streets of central london as they try to disperse the majority of protesters at around 5 pm that was the curfew moment of course when they told everybody to go home groups of those protesters from the right wing demonstration moved off in different directions some of them apparently intent on looking for and causing trouble and indeed met up with unfounded groups from the other side looking for the same thing it's hard to point a finger at precisely who the others were were they affiliated with black lives not a directly or no more diffuse way it's not clear b

let's cross over to lee in london with the sports is highly. thank you let's start with some important cycle news in the top of farts continues but the rice director has tested positive for corona 'd virus along with staff members of fourteen's including that of defending champion again but now christian put out and the 4 staff dropped out of the vice bubble ahead of stage 10 put on that contact with the french prime minister who is now also isolated so low side to anything with 2 or more positive tests within 7 days of each other would have to drop out of the rice before things affected well have further tests wait but only if someone shows symptoms the next main round of tests is on monday but the counter goes back to 0 and started saying would need 2 new positive tests to actually be ejected as for the 10th stage the races you get from a rest day and it was won by irish fighters sam bennett on a sprint he's won stages on the vita. and this year the talia before but this is his 1st on the talk completing the set so the news promotes muggeridg

al-jazeera london. the leaders of serbia and kosovo have held talks in brussels aimed at normalizing their relations president aleksander of which of serbia and kosovo prime minister abdullah met for the e.u. brokered negotiations seeking to resolve years of disputes and follows a weekend of talks in the u.s. to improve economic relations. has more from pristina. they say meeting in brussels is they can place just 2 days off the recourse of a prime minister and president of serbia methot the white house in washington where they brokered deal to normalize economic ties cause of war were officials consider the agreement reached in washington as a big step towards reaching a comprehensive political deal adding that only mutual recognition between the 2 countries is going to lead to a normalization of relations between kosovo and serbia now high level talks today are facility did by the european union there are several topics that are discussed missing people during the course of a war which took place some

the london based bank h.s.b.c. says it will x. or around $35000.00 jobs worldwide reducing its workforce by 15 percent after a significant fall in profits while announcing the cuts the company issued a warning about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in asia the bank reported a 33 percent fall in pretax profit for 2019 and aims to make 4 and a half $1000000000.00 worth of cost cuts in 2020 by 2022 h.s.b.c. currently operates in more than 60 countries in north america europe the middle east and asia and employs more than 40000 people in the u.k. . public transport has been brought to a standstill in the greek capital by staff striking against pension reforms around $10000.00 people marched through athens angry at reforms including encouraging employees to work for longer they say the proposal which has been submitted to parliament will drive pensioners into poverty pension reforms is a contentious issue in greece which is how the decade of international bailouts and austerity measures. ireland's coast guard house warn the publi