egypt asks for clarification after ethiopia announces it started filling a controversial dam on the blue nile. you're watching al-jazeera live from our world headquarters in doha i'm fully back to go also coming up with the rebels say a saudi in iraq yes strike has killed at least 24 people including women and children in northwest yemen ramping up the rhetoric secretary of state my comparison is the u.s. will impose visa restrictions on chinese technology firms including weiwei and world cup womanizers release a schedule for the qatar 2022 tournaments for the 1st time before matches a day in the group stages. thank you for joining us our top story egypt says it's seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to feel the reservoir of africa's largest dam on the blue nile if european state television reported early on wednesday at the filling of the grand renaissance dam had begun the $5000000000.00 project is a centerpiece of ethiopia's bid to become africa's biggest power exporter age of 10 so don fear reduced water supplies downstream and didn't want the river dow

of water to egypt. y balancedre man factors at play here. have someoneyou who wants to secure power and be reelected in ethiopia. in egypt you have president sisi with an economy that had been struggling, but also he needs to ensure he has the continued backing of the military establishment, which has an important role in that economy. june, ethiopia rejected a un security council meeting requested by egypt saying the council should not be involved at all. ethiopia's u.n. ambassadors had a dispute should be solved at the regional level. africa union talks ousted by south africa failed to forge agreements that month. in february, the u.s. and the world bank mediated what it hoped would be a roadmap on how to proceed with final technical and legal issues, which concerned egypt in particular. ethiopia did not sign the final document. ethiopia always said it would have preferred agreements before it begins to fill the reservoir. but if that was not possible, it would go ahead anyway. it has potential huge s

you know when you think nile you think egypt of course. there's some real fears about all these 3 countries but actually egypt and these you hope you're going to do war over this is not a possibility i mean it's a possibility because neither country is actually completely ruled out the possibility of arc armed conflict but i will say that it is a unlikely possibility it's seen as a last resort by egypt and ethiopia but you know egypt has made it very clear that the issue of the nile is an issue of existence it has taken it as far as the security council which completely rejected and did not want to said this this president but you know egypt is also currently finding itself at a crossroads because there's potential for military conflict with libya so for now it's unlikely but neither leadership of the 2 countries has ruled it out completely ok thanks so much for your reporting and for coming in today. baseball now baseball fans in south korea have finally been allowed back into the stadiums there almost 3 months after the season began but

begins filling the reservoirs of its controversial mega dam on the blue nile ignoring concerns raised by egypt and sudan. on our intake of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up yemen's hooty rebels say dozens of civilians including children have been killed in saudi led airstrikes in the north of the country. u.s. intensifies its pressure on beijing announcing the visa restrictions on chinese technology companies including huawei. are on the streets but can returns to the border where it begins to forge a truce between azerbaijan and armenia. egypt has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile if you can 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 nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reached. if here is the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile up through egypt at full capacity the dam which is the size of lon

egypt is your p.r. and so diane have agreed to resume talks over the disputed hydroelectric dam that is feeling on the river nile negotiations over the grand bernays on stam have gone on for almost a decade so why is it so difficult to settle this dispute over the waters of the 9 years mall. this is the ethiopian ground renee sounds down or good for short. erected on the river niles mean tributary the blue nile it took almost a decade to build and it's meant to be part of ethiopia's transformation. roughly 65 percent of the country is not connected to the power grid energy from the dam could more than double ethiopia's current output fulfilling its needs and making it an exporter but the dems also highly controversial due to its location. denial its main source the blue nile starts in ethiopia at lake tania the river flows toward sudan and joins the rivers other tributary that's a dense capital hard to him before heading downstream to egypt good is being built here on the border with sudan near the blue

egypt asks for clarification after ethiopia announces it started to fill a controversial day on the blue nile. develops a whole rama you want your visitor alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up a family celebration shattered by an airstrike in yemen who the rebels say at least 25 civilians killed in the attack by the saudi led coalition. and a major hack of twitter fake messages appear on some of the most followed accounts including bill gates' bracco barber and illness. and why the global population is expected to shrink by hundreds of millions in the coming decades. welcome to the program egypt is seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to fill the reservoir of africa's largest dam of the blue nile ethiopian state television reported on wednesday that the filling of the ground renee sonce time had begun a $5000000000.00 project is the centerpiece of ethiopia's bid to become africa's biggest power exporter egypt and sudan fear reduced water supplies downstream and didn't want the river downed until they reached agreement with ethiopia last month eg

didn't want the river dammed until they reach an agreement with ethiopia last month egypt's told the u.n. that it faces an existential threat from the projects so don stands to benefit from the project still through access to cheap electricity and reduce flooding but it also has raised fears over the dams operation if you o.p.'s says more than 60 percent of the country's dry land with no sustaining water resources and that is best for needs says that stratford lays out the politics behind the dam. it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you hope is flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but a grand ethiopian renaissance on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start beekeeping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country which has a population of around 108000000 the country plans to expose christie across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. but egypt says there are a number of outstandi

begun filling its controversial blue nile as the government continues to negotiate with its neighbors egypt and sudan. the movie earthlings 2005 everyone should watch and the bizarre endorsement from ukraine's president that helped to end the hostage situation. dozens of israelis have been protesting in west jerusalem calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu to step down 34 people have been arrested outside parliament netanyahu has come under growing criticism for staying in office while facing trial on corruption charges is also being accused of mismanaging the pandemic and a deepening economic crisis and a force that has more from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu is where the protest be. so-called black flag activists have waged a years long campaign against what they call his anti democratic rule but in the last 2 weeks the protests have changed and grown as israelis buckling under a 2nd wave of coronavirus turn their anger on the government. netanyahu has admitted to reopening the economy too quickly allowing gatherings of too many people others point to the government's failure to expa

hello nor taken under the top stories on al-jazeera egypt has demanded urgent clarification from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile a controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and the final deal still hasn't been reached john stratford has more it's taken 10 years to build and cost close to $5000000000.00 if you hope is flagship infrastructure project is a great source of national pride. but the grand ethiopian renaissance dam on the blue nile has caused tension with downstream countries sudan and egypt from the start be coping government says the hydroelectric dam is vital for the development of this immense landlocked country just a population of around 108000000 the country plans to expulsion kristie across the region and says the dam will stop seasonal flooding in neighboring sudan. but egypt says there are a number of outstanding legal issues that need resolving and filling the reservoir too quickly could reduce its water supply and may pose an existe

of the river runs through each 3 different territory and what we have has had in egypt is a situation where they have a significant gap between the amount of what they produce and the amount of water they can shoot. and with a rapidly growing population of over 100000000. to this problem only getting worse ethiopia also has strong claims because it's the source of the blue nile the largest of the river gnarls tribute shoes if you appeal was never included in a colonial era agreement between egypt and sudan the gives the lion's share of water to egypt there are many finely balanced calculations including internal political ones that reply you know if you don't really need the other big you have i'd be outmanned haven't come into power in 2018 he wants to secure his position and you know be reelected in future elections in europe yeah in egypt you have president sisi with you know an economy that has had been struggling but also he needs to ensure that he has the continued backing of the military establishment country which of course has an important role in the. economy. in late june e

egypt asks for clarification after ethiopia announces it started filling a controversial dam on the blue nile. aren't telling us is our jazeera live from london also coming up yemen's hoofy 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 and outsing reason restrictions on chinese technology companies including huawei. and the us trial that's pushed it confidence that a coronavirus vaccine could be developed by the end of the year. egypt has demanded urgent tariff occasion from ethiopia over whether it started filling a mega dam on the river nile if european state media has reported that the reservoirs are finally being filled a controversial project will transform the lives of millions but control over its waters has led to nearly a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reached if he appears the source of the blue nile which flows through sudan and merges with the white nile up through egypt at full capacity the dam which is the size of lond

the egypt president says the nile is a question of life, a matterf o existence for egypt, to which this is thely r >> the nile is as important to japan as it is -- sudan, the source of livelihood. >> no one doubts the wealth in the water, it is how you divvy it up. work began in 2011. these pictures were from 2018. eforthiopians, this is personal. they pay for the dam through hedonations and loans and goal is to give electricity to more than 65 million of them who do not have it. this is a grand ambition. in the words of the manager, to cowreck -- to eradicate on enemy. it cannot? done without creating poverty somewhere else. the dam is on the blue nile. it joins the white nile in sudan and flow nth to the nile in egypt. whose present intertwined with the river. from farmers to the foreign minister, issue actions argue if the river changes, everyt ng >> there is no w egypthout water. we either have water or there is no future for us. decreasing the water share will kill us slowly. >>roct could endanger the survivabili very of the entire nation. >> britain recognized egypt's historical r

and i have a lot of hype egypt's president of the c.c. has long been a supporter of leaving warlord khalifa haftar who has failed to take control of the capital tripoli after a 14 month military campaign with egyptian support his forces have had to retreat back towards their eastern stronghold shortly after that happen in june sisi announced a so-called cairo declaration of political initiative for talks between libya's warring sides but it filled to get international traction he is now reportedly considering military intervention. on monday egypt's parliament unanimously approved sending military forces on combat missions abroad. but people in the northwestern libyan city of misrata say they don't want more foreign fighters in libya. we refused to libya to become a stage for regional and international proxy wars the libyan fight was internal in the end we are brothers and brothers can fight and then make up but if egypt is intervene they will eventually regret adding to the fire and egypt cousins what did we do to them we love the people

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 needy a decade of contentious negotiations and a final deal still hasn't been reach ethiopia is the so

the site fully egypt is in front of a very historic moment. and it's particularly crucial and particularly important for president. in many assessments no other president since the egyptian revolution in 1902 has faced this situation this is not a war this is not like a war with israel this is the survival of egypt or posed to the prosperity of the choppier so you can see the danger and the historicity of this moment for the 2 countries egypt can survive and. you can prosperity and there and the dispute is over one river that they share and it is a moment when they really either have to to agree on. something or it's going to be you know it's going to be dangerous for the whole region so that in between or so is concerned bitter because it is afraid that this is going to affect its water share or they are also afraid technically of any any any problem in the dam itself that any flooding that is not controlled can destroy cities in the sudan so the 2 countries have. very serious concerns about the dam if it goes on if the feeling goes on withou

egypt the kingdom of saudi arabia and the united. the court also ruled that the international civil aviation organization the kerio has jurisdiction in the case filed a complaint at the council in 2017 saying saudi arabia bahrain egypt and the u.a.e. violated in 1944 cheap cargo convention dealing with free passage of passenger planes to foreign airspace reporters now have to go back to the council now that the council decision has been affirmed the go back to the council and continue the case and that's when we get to the real heart of the matter the real issues about. the air services been interrupted. not only did the 4 countries impose an air blockade on katha 3 years ago but they also stopped all traffic over sea and over land this left qatari aircraft having to make detours to fly in and out of the last year the i.c.j. also ruled in favor of kata saying the us. racial discrimination by expelling qatari citizens and separating families there are certain sanctions that the council me grant the state of qatar for example not allow

that could leave egypt farmers unable to irrigate their lands causing major food losses. and all this as the effects of a worm and climate have already strained egyptian agriculture. to meet. the effects for sudan seem mixed one fear here is that the gerd could jeopardize the operations of sudan's own dams on the nile however sudan also sees an opportunity to get cheap energy from ethiopia thanks to gird and it could regulate water flows but it sometimes cost flooding these competing interests are among the reasons why negotiations over the dems operations have been difficult no comprehensive final deal has been reached but even with an agreement cooperation between egypt and sudan will be needed for the years to come. there are more projects planned along the nile and the effects of climate change and growing populations mean water could be an increasingly scarce resource. for more let's bring in william davidson he's a senior analyst for if you're here with the international crisis group he joins us now from disobey mr timson what is the mean the sticking point at the m

of repeatedly dragging its feet over the issue of filling the reservoir something it says egypt knew would be inevitable one day charles stratford officer. don correspondent even morgan who's alive from a northern state in sudan. has there been any reaction or any confirmation from sudanese authorities to this news that ethiopia has indeed started filling the dam . yes indeed fully now we heard we we had a statement from sudan's ministry of irrigation and water is there are sources just hours just an hour after if you're to give the 1st confirmation that is indeed has started pulling its reservoir now sudan's minister were released a statement saying that it has been measuring the what's a level at the border at the sudan if you be a border and has realized that the. of 19000000 cubic meters which means that for its interpretation that the dams that the gates of the ground if you can run is on them as indeed have indeed been closed and that there is a war is now being filled so it has accused of taking unilateral moves let's not forget that for the past 2 weeks the 3 countries have b

egypt asks for clarification after ethiopian answers it's starting to feel like controversial down on the blue nile. hello i'm so rami watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a family celebration shattered by an air strike in yemen the rebels say at least 25 civilians killed in an attack by the saudi led coalition. a major pack of twitter fake messages appear on some of the most followed accounts including bill gates barack obama and a lot musk. and the shuttle for the 2022 world cup encounter is around sun for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages. but into the program egypt is seeking urgent clarification from ethiopia about whether it started to fill the reservoir of africa's largest dam on the blue nile ethiopians state television reported on wednesday that the filling of the ground renee salts dam had begun the $5000000000.00 project is the centerpiece of ethiopia's dared to become africa's biggest power exporter egypt and sudan the fear reduced water supplies downstream one didn't want the river down and until they reach an a

of repeatedly dragging its feet over the issue of filling the reservoir something it says egypt knew would be inevitable one day charles stratford. some bobbies president has announced at dusk till dawn curfew in an effort to contain the spread of covert 19 m.s.n. money says it all began on wednesday and it'll be enforced by security forces critics say the measures aimed at stopping anti-government protests planned for next week as in bobby an investigative journalist and an opposition politician were both arrested in hot a on monday for inciting violence has more from zimbabwe's capital. well the 2 men are in the court right now are they going to apply for bail they are now waiting for that price the stock the state does not want them to get bail because they say that they feel that it be too manner what's going to stop them from going back on social media and trying to encourage people to participate in this demonstration of july against corruption and economy they also say they have no guarantee that one also try to leave the country so that's what they're trying to call for right

and over a vote for egypt's new said it is slated for next month 6 years after it was dissolved. and the palestinians being forced out to make way for a new high tech hub in occupied east jerusalem. and their horses and dusty throughout much of the middle east but further to the south across areas of on and yemen we have seen quite a bit of cloud even some scattered showers and thunderstorms plenty of 1000 across into santa and then also as and this is why it's a dramatic images as the sun was setting all that shocked how the coals up in the sky more showers like years ago through sunday and we could just see the odd a shower just really playing with coastal areas of oman now the temperatures are very high at the moment 48 in by. 14 on kuwait the winds a strong coming through the interior and as we go into monday in kuwait actually up to 50 degrees celsius which is 122 degrees fahrenheit and remember all these temperatures are actually for the shade so feeling hot of course in the sun winds a little bit lies on monday but another warm day and with a high of 45 degrees how much is

this is our desire live from doha also coming up in the program egypt asked for clarification after ethiopia announces a controversial dam on the blue nile is being filled. a family celebration shattered by an air strike in yemen who 3 rebels say at least 25 civilians have been killed in an attack by the saudi led coalition. the schedule for the 2022 world cup in qatar is out for the 1st time there will be 4 matches a day in the group stages. so then the coronavirus crisis in the united states is growing worse as the man leading the fight faces political pressure over his warnings the u.s. set another record on tuesday with $67000.00 new infections and top infectious disease expert that's dr anthony felt she is urging the white house to stop trying to discredit him and focus on tackling the pandemic in latin america brazil's president jaya bolton are says he's tested positive for a 2nd time as the country nears 2000000 cases and 75000 deaths the concern about the wider effects of the pandemic where there easing in china its economy grew 3.2 percent in the last quarter after shrinking the mos

this is at 0 for our world headquarters in doha also coming up in the program egypt asked for clarification after ethiopia and mt is a controversial dam on the blue nile is being filled. a family celebration shattered by an airstrike in yemen who 3 rebel so at least 25 civilians killed in an attack by the saudi led coalition. a major attack of twitter fake messages appear on some of the most followed accounts including bill gates barack obama and iran miles. so then the coronavirus crisis in the u.s. is growing worse as the man leading the fight faces a political pressure over his warnings the u.s. set another record on tuesday with $67000.00 new infections and top infectious disease expert dr anthony fauci is urging the white house to try to stop trying to discredit him and focus on tackling the pandemic in latin america brazil's president jaya both scenarios says he's tested positive for a 2nd time as a country nears its 2000000 cases and 75000 deaths but in china where the outbreak was 1st detected at the end of last year only one new cases been reported beijing says its economy has rebo

on monday egypt's parliament unanimously approved sending military forces on combat missions abroad. but people in the northwestern live in city of misrata say they don't want more foreign fighters in libya. we refused to libya to become a stage for regional and international proxy wars the libyan fight was in tunnel in the end we are brothers and brothers can fight and then make up but if egypt is intervene they will eventually regret adding to the fire and egypt cousins what did we do to them we love the people but they don't have a decision in this the egyptian government is wrong with this decision city officials say with more than $700.00 men killed in the conflict with hussar their fight for libya to become a democratic country. whether. mr articles for peace but we will not be relied on and faced in bani invading force we sacrificed so much to get rid of the dictator and now with the new take to have to the people of misrata will continue until libya becomes a civilian and democratic state. many here in misrata libya's 3rd largest city support the u.n. recognize government in

is intervene they will eventually regret adding to the fire and egypt. what did we do to them we love the people but they don't have a decision in this the egyptian government is wrong with this decision city officials say with more than $700.00 men killed in the conflict with hussar their fight for libya to become a democratic country. well. mr also calls for peace but we will not be faced in bani invading force we sacrificed so much to get rid of the dictator and now with the new take to have to the people of misrata will continue until libya becomes a civilian and democratic state. many here in misrata libya's 3rd largest city support the u.n. recognize government in tripoli which is backed by turkey they say they have there is a dictator attempting to take the country back to military rule. regional and international leaders are calling for negotiations and peace talks while the german foreign minister on tuesday criticize egypt's plan to do which is abroad it's not clear yet if president c.z. will intervene in libya by sending troops but many here s

has proposed 12 years instead while egypt and sudan want a final agreement to be legally binding and to refer future disputes to 3rd party arbitration ethiopia prefers to settle through negotiations amongst the 3 let's be told correspondent who's been covering the story for us extensively be monitoring this is virtual meeting that's been happening on tuesday how did today end. well so it's very clear that we are in front of 2 processes that are completely different and contradictory half negotiation process that has been going on for the better part of a decade and every single meeting ended with the same statement but we have not been able to agree or to resolve the dispute but we will continue talking the same the very same words are being spoken today after the end of this meeting the other process that has never stopped and has never been stalled is the construction of the dam and then the filling of the lakes reservoir we have seen those statements contradictory statements by each opiah over the last few days when they announced that they were feeling the result of war and then

egypt alex asked for clarification after your announces a controversial dam on the blue nile is being filled. by major hack of twitter fake messages appear on some of the most followed accounts including bill gates barack obama and a long mass. so the coronavirus crisis in the united states is growing worse as the man leading the fight faces political pressure over his warnings the u.s. set another record on tuesday with $67000.00 new infections top infectious disease expert dr anthony is urging the white house to stop trying to discredit him and focus on tackling the pandemic in latin america brazil's president giant also are he says he's tested positive for a 2nd time as the country nears a 2000000 cases and 75000 deaths because certain about the wider effects of the pandemic are easing in china its economy grew 3.2 percent in the last quarter after shrinking the most in nearly 50 years in the 1st 3 months of the year or my kind of begins our coverage from washington d.c. with more on dr phil and she's please to end a vision over the pandemic. weeks of failed white house criticism o

egypt's parliament voted to allow president sisi to deploy troops abroad cc's threaten to support the wall orderly for have to force is if tripoli's government and its turkish allies launched an assault on the city of sirte. u.s. president donald trump has called egypt's leader to urge deescalation the area some of the control of forces and as a gateway to libya's oil rich region new cases of coronavirus in florida have soared past 10000 for the 6th day in a row california and texas are also experiencing surges and takes the nationwide total to nearly $3800000.00 with 140000 deaths president trump says he will resume white house briefings from tuesday the british government is suspending its extradition treaty with hong kong on blocking arms sales in response to beijing's new national security law foreign secretary dominic robb has described the measures as reasonable and proportionate last month china imposed sweeping new legislation outlawing what it called something. and a delegation of west african leaders are heading back to mali later this week to help mediate an end to the grow

egypt and russia all backed the war the huffed while turkey supports the un recognized government in tripoli on monday egypt's parliament approved military deployments to libya but as malik trying to reports people in the libyan city of misrata say this only make the conflict west. of motherhood egypt's president of the sisi has long been a supporter of living warlords really for after it was filled to take control of the capital tripoli after a 14 month military campaign with egyptian support his forces had to retreat back towards the eastern shore. shortly after that happened in june sisi you know it's those who called cairo declaration of political initiative for talks between libya's warring sides but it's still to get international traction. he is now reportedly considering military intervention. on monday egypt's parliament unanimously approved sending military forces on combat missions abroad but people in the northwestern libyan city of misrata say they don't want more foreign fighters in libya. are not. we refused to libya to become a stage for regional and international pro

as we know and really corruption he just tried in every aspect in life in egypt egypt's top court has upheld a 15 year sentence for one of the leading activists behind the uprising of 2011 ever duma has also been fined $370000.00 as part of his conviction he was one of 230 people who've been sentenced to life in prison following the protests do my appeal to sentence and had a retrial ordered which led to his reduced time. but 200 people have been protesting in miller a day after philippine president were to go to turkey signed a widely opposed to terror law. critics fear the legislation will be used to silence dissent and give the government a new weapon to target opponents the law which congress sent to the president for siding last month allows the detention of suspects for up to $24.00 days without charge. with the one year one against critics of the administration and against anyone who stands in the way off. yet. the philippines has imposed a 48 hour long in part of the capital to deal with new krona virus cases the most severe restrictions since measured start and easing several

could not do egypt is pushing behind this because that any negotiations about that that the job done is not pushed by who has no interest in any good negotiations they say they have their waters they have the they are constructing it they have time on their side and it is for others like this is like between the lives is for others to push for negotiations so egypt is behind this egypt resorting to african countries is very interesting because there was some criticism leveled against egypt when it did not actually show support to kenya when kenya opposed the construction of the of the of the of a dam on the omo river. flows into lake turkana inside kenya that was a few years ago so it also has lost some of its influence in africa because of china taking the lead there and other countries so it is now time for them to try to go back to africans asking for a solution the. oh that the countries by the nile basin are concerned they want to make sure to resolve this problem because otherwise it can create problems for them not just for so that each open and and egypt the problem as you sa

announcement came as abi off meds said his country had reached a major common understanding with sudan and egypt over the controversial projects the mega dam has been a source of tension between the countries for years construction of the dam and a power plant on the blue nile began and 2011 sudan and egypt are afraid that it will cut off their water supply their water supply to their countries. ethiopia is creating facts on the ground on the blue nile the mega town has been filling up for weeks unnoticed by the public but these satellite images reveal the truth on twitter prime minister akhmed announced that the historic filling of the dam aided by rainfall was now complete that some welcome news for the negotiations with sudan and egypt both countries had warned ethiopia against filling the dam without prior agreement nile expert crusie says that to them it's

of repeatedly dragging its feet over the issue of filling the reservoir something it says egypt knew would be inevitable one day charles trafford. 2 south african cabinet ministers have been admitted to hospital after testing positive focal the 19 efficient number of infections in south africa ass past 373000 it accounts for 50 percent of cases in africa and ranks 5th in the world more than 5000 people have died. scientists in india's capital say random testing indicates that more than one in 5 people in new delhi have been infected by corona virus more than 31000 new cases were confirmed across the country on tuesday india's top medical research bodies are urging states to increase testing capacity many local governments have water targeted knockdowns in high risk areas to snow new infections when i speak to dr ramadan at lakshmi narayana about this his director of the disease dynamics economics and policy joins us from new delhi thank you so much for being with us india seems to be breaking records every day when it comes to new infections why is there been such a surge in the numb

as we know and the corruption has just arrived in every aspect in life in egypt. egypt's top court has upheld a 15 year sentence for one of the leading activist behind the uprising back in 2011 . has also been fined $370000.00 as part of his conviction and he was one of $230.00 people sentenced to life in prison following the protests appealed his sentence and had a retrial order which led to his reduced time. symphony orchestra in china has given a concert to mark the end of its lockdown. around $120.00 musicians from these young symphony orchestra gathered here on one of china's 5 sacred mountains the event dubbed concert on the sea of cloud was streamed online from mount shish won in province. recapping our top story so far today latin america has overtaken europe in the number of coronavirus cases the region has more than 2 and a half 1000000 infections a new cases are rapidly rising brazil's a hotspot with almost $64000.00 deaths the us president donald trump has been hosting the annual salute to america event at the white house to mark independence day celeb

watching the whole robin here on al-jazeera in doha with our top news stories egypt says it's seeking clarification from ethiopia on whether it started to fill the reservoir of africa's largest dam on the blue nile ethiopians state television reported on wednesday that the filling of the ground renee sounds damn had begun egypt and sudan had requested it not to be filled until and agreement is reached well said on sons to gain from the project which will reduce flooding and provide access to cheap electricity but it's feared those benefits could be outweighed by the negative impact of a morgan reports not from sudan's new bia. pulling of the dam is of great concern to both sadam and egypt because the dams capacity alone is twice the size or rather the capacity of the blue nile which contributes more than 80 percent of the nile was the sudan has repeatedly expressed concern over the impact of the dam and its safety on sudanese dams and water resources it says that it's worried about the safety of the operations of the ground if you bring his own family specially because if you have yet

then we go to egypt for an exclusive interview with laila soueif, one of egypt's most outspoken and active advocates for prisoner rights in egypt. she is now fighting for the release of her son and daughter, both prominent activists, as well as other prisoners amid the coronavirus outbreak. to kes is the onl way not hundreds prisoners who will b s sick. in the thousands, actually. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to dememocracycy now, democracynow.org, the quarantine repoport. i'm amy goodman. coronavirus cases continue to surge across most of the united states with nearly 2.9 million confirmed cases and 130,000 deaths. around one quarter of the global death toll and global infections. though both numbers are believed to be significant undercounts of the true toll. on sunday, the seven-day average for new cases reached a record high in the last month. cases arare still on the rise in some of the country's most populous states, including florida, calalifornia, and texa, where gogovernor greg abbott has ordedered face coverings to be worn in public across most of texas.s. officials

instead of electricity will tell you a white these satellite images from ethiopia has outraged both egypt and sudan. and for lin's pro tennis tournament with fans in attendance could be a blueprint for global sports fever checks and face masks even a virus china disinfection tunnel. i'm kyra jets and welcome to the show it is a win for the irish government the tech giant apple and companies looking to do business in europe on wednesday a court struck down a decision by the european union that ordered apple to pay the irish government $13000000000.00 euros in unpaid taxes ireland has a long denied that its tax arrangements with all amount to a legal state aid the european commission is expected to appeal the ruling to the european court of justice member states of the ruling hundreds of big legal victory to the e.u. general court said the e.u. commission did not succeed in showing that the tech giant had received an illegal economic advantage in ireland over its low taxes. the decision is a major blow to competition commissioner mug greater vest there's efforts to crack down on low tax reg

security council meeting discussing libya this is egypt's foreign minister sami shook his speaking. and writing. so much of. the purpose of special. so that libya has been bought for almost the record an escalating crisis this conflict disclaiming calculus lives in libya and continues despite our best efforts to constitute a serious threat to stability and security throughout the region and cumber good behavior bourbons of the movie overall challenges but even permissiveness predicament which should be that more as the international community is clear i have to look at the numbers for the future of libya where an aspiration is a bridge or how many have to be experts aren't the rational community to realize our common objective i'm alone with our bishops' of a peaceful and prosperous libya egypt has been steadfast in its support of the effort i mention reach a settlement of the situation in libya from so high that the level we have been active no will go to the political process including about a summit of facts and the welsh emotions the parties unfortunately are over large swaths o

reif you'ure, egypt, and sudan have agreed to resume talks. this is the grand renaissance dam built by ethiopia. it is f seen as crucial the country's economic growth and a vital source of energy. as you can see from this map, sudan and egypt are downstream i they are worried the dam will reduce their access to water. all this has been causing diplomatic tension between the countries. previous talks mediated by the african union and u.s. came to nothing. now, after a virtual summit, we are told tocqueville resume. the adjutantresident says they will focus on developing a nding legal agreement on the rules for filling and eratin if your psa today, the first year target for filling the dam has been reached. these are radar satellite images showing the change over the last few weeks. a comparative water level when the rainy season swells the nile river. it is not quite clear if the dam was filled because ethiopia has done something to speed up the process or it is due to rainfall. media, we conducted the filling of the dam without causing harm to

egypt already battling huge water shortages relies on the nile for more than 90 percent of its water supply. ethiopia and its neighbors have for years been engaged in tense negotiations over the dam earlier this week a new round of talks ended without an agreement though some observers are still optimistic. the people in. the movie like in. ethiopia insist it's not actively filling up the dam but that the recent high water levels ah just a result of the heavy seasonal rainfall. many in the region fear that filling up the dam without an agreement could push the countries involved to the brink of military conflict. here in germany caring for the elderly is a job that's it done in large part by migrant workers from eastern europe many of them are on call around the clock providing help to hundreds of thousands of elderly people many carers say they're being seriously underpaid for their work one bulgarian care has now taken her employer to court for legit exploitation. coffee and cake in the afternoon a german tradition that reminds divina of the time she spent in berlin as a care worke

rising waters behind the renaissance dam and ethiopia threatened water shortages downstream in egypt and sudan the breakdown in talks between the 3 countries lead to world war over the night. and india's migrant workers who left their jobs in the cities to flee the coronavirus now back at home they risk slipping into crushing debt so that they can simply feed their families. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today antiproton protests in the russian capital moscow have ended with more than 100 arrests demonstrators have gathered to collect signatures against changes to the constitution passed earlier this month police moved in quickly and put an end to the gathering. dozens of arrests follow anti-government protests in the russian capital where officers in riot gear forcefully rounded up protesters people took to the streets to protest the outcome of a recent referendum on constitutional reforms that allowed president putin to govern for another 16 years. we do not accept the results of the constitutional reforms vote we believe it was all raked we are against the crackdown on