adrian it was late in the afternoon it was just past 6 pm and there was the spot. in the background which sounded like an explosion i looked in the sky and i saw smoke orange smoke and then there was this force that pushed us to the ground and then glass everywhere shattered glass everywhere it was so powerful people were screaming people were on the ground security i was close to the american university hospital so there was a lot of security there they were instructing people to leave the buildings because nobody knew what it was people were concerned that further explosions will follow but i saw some patients being evacuated. from the from the hospital people had no idea what exactly happened what rocked the capital and. a lot of. people immediately speculated that it was some sort of an attack because like i mentioned this country has seen. political assassinations killings bombings car bombings over the years but it has been quiet for some time now. we have been speculating as well in the past 2 hours but 10 minutes ago the head of general security saying that

hello i'm adrian forget and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a damning revelation reports that lebanon's prime minister and president warned in july about explosive material stored in beirut pools. russia says a coronavirus vaccine has been successfully developed with production due to start in september. auckland goes into corona virus locks out new zealand reports its 1st cases of community transmission in more than $100.00 days. and the roosters leading opposition candidate leaves the country of a violent protests over the election results. and in sports the los angeles like leave it late and a 3 game losing streak. going again whenever the same the n.b.a.'s western called. lebanon's prime minister and president warned just last month about the explosive material stored in beirut port that caused last week's blast security documents seen by the reuters news agency say that leaders were told the 202750 tons of ammonium nitrate posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded. it comes as lebanon's parliament decides on a new prime minister of th

yet adrian it was a very dramatic statement i thought not. basically period she told all her supporters that she made a fairly fairly difficult decision to leave the country she said i hope you're never going to be in the situation that i am right now and she hopes people will understand that she said people will also hate me and condemn me for this decision but you set no lives are worth this situation at all so she sets a call to know people to stay safe because she's very worried i actually spoke to her at length before the election and she already looks very very scared and also said she is really not up to it it's a very difficult situation of course in baton rouge there's a lot of pressure on her from the author of peace she's been scared to her she was being threatened her children were threatened to be taken away from her she took her children already out of the country before the election and thousands of chosen for my children and i've joined them now in lithuania so it's a very dramatic turn of events here because of course the tho

kennedy welcome adrian now we saw alex save it on her way there to her appointment with this investigative committee do you know what happened there was she didn't spend much time at the investigative committees headquarters she left quite quickly saying that she had invoked her rights not to testify against herself not to answer questions and reiterating that the council's only goal was to unite society now other members of this coordination council that's really seeking dialogue have also been targeted have they not that's right former culture minister. was questioned by investigators on choose day he was forced out of his job as director of the state young. fear after calling for new elections and complaining about the brutal suppression of the demonstrations he's one of the highest profile civil servants to come out publicly against the regime and many actors at the theatre he ran have resigned in solidarity it's striking and perhaps also encouraging that literary voices are actually being heard in this debacle d.w. has also spoken to the young novelistic to martin you know that who is

adrian: absolutely. a lot of ai these days is traditional methods like neural networks, deep learning, which has their place. it is great for things like teaching your sulfone to know when it sees your face, or teaching your computer to play chess. but the question becomes, what happens if the rules of chess change? you need a system that can adapt. when we created this algorithm, we knew it had to be transparent, able to explain to us and the client why it is making every single decision it is making. it is no good if the decisions are good but it is a black box. we have to have transparency and we have to have something that is truly differentiated. there is no point getting into the same crowded trades and strategies that others are trying to do. instead, the system developed its ai strategies from the bottom up, instead of top down. we didn't design with a strategy was. we gave the system limits. on its own, it determined what the proper signal to noise ratio was, a one-week outlook, what types of in

isco well i've got a hong kong of the series adrian brown as adrian scion when has been speaking within the last hour what more did she have to say well when you are leader of taiwan you have to do what you can to raise your international profile because of course there are just 15 countries that recognize taiwan was dying when on wednesday was addressing the hudson institute that's a conservative think tank in washington and she had many themes to her through her addressed but i think the central one were her comments about hong kong she said that the world had been saddened to see that the beacon of freedom of being extinguished in hong kong she said that the ties between hong kong and taiwan go back many years and she also said and this was her only real reference to china without naming china she said that while some countries while the world has been distracted by covert 19 other countries have been targeting democracies around the world now why does all this matter well you know at the moment taiwan is a country which is basically regarded by china as a breakaway province to be ta

yes adrian we are not able to enter the ports we are. right outside the port there's a security course at the lebanese army a very heavy presence of the army at the eternal security forces there opening the road test fire talks continue to arrive ambulances that's it it's arrived at the city that don't want to see you know. what the timing is really what exactly happened at least from where i found it. will tell you though that it was a fuel that pole a fire work to tell with some people that say that could be weapons it's very hard to say at this point in time what exactly happened. first pay off as you can imagine people trying to call their loved one time to find out whether or not they were hurt and the last of the closed down this is you know well it's a kilometer isn't kilometer so they look cool or it's just because you might be up there with horses really at the heart of the lebanese capital just 2 kilometers from downtown they were then told they will where the parliament is where the government is if you remember a few months a

adrian on what caused this explosion. it's clear that they will be multiple injuries after something like this. the city's emergency services working. tirelessly has been. given this is happening in the middle of a pandemic will the will the hospitals in the city be able to cope. this is a very good question because the health care system is already collapsing this is a country at the and deep economic crisis financial crisis a currency crisis the private hospitals are owned billions of dollars by the lebanese government a government that is crap and bankrupt so private hospitals have begun to turn away patients for some time 0. and public hospitals are underfunded and they have been raising alarms that they could * cope with sea. coronavirus cases so there are many many crises and nothing on at this point in time a bombing a political assassination will definitely not bode well for the ability but as we have to press time and time again we still do not know the cause of this massive blast we are still trying to confirm a

well difficult to say at this point adriane the u. is not in the position to do that for obvious reasons is not an objective partner. and the u.s. is simply not interested what we have seen when we had in other is kelly's the most recent one at the end of july it was i'm going to marry killed doing that on the phone calls to bring back some common sense here but that is why overall i think here are the least of an outright confrontation remains low but certainly a solution of the matter remains a funny way because france sending a frigate's and helicopters to the area of course france and turkey both members of nato you say that the chance of a full scale escalation into some sort of military conflict is low why do you think that. because at the end of the day none of the accomplice involved has got an interest in going died that action. he's already destroyed in syria and libya that to his cat and see is a fairly shaking these days because he said her votes count both greece and turkey and they are trying to make their mark the what

hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. you ever hear the expression he wants to make the post office critiquing donald trump defends his postmaster general despite allegations that he's trying to sabotage mail in vote in ahead of november's election. demonstrators back outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is residents demanding that he resign over corruption allegations and the response to covert 90. plus the japanese ship that spilled tons of oil off malicious has broken apart. the president of better roosts has sought help from russia as protest group calling for him to step down alexander lukashenko says his russian counterpart vladimir putin has agreed to help ensure the security of the country if needed this for the 7th day of mass protests against his rule with members of the state media joining the ranks of 0 step fasting reports from minsk. euphoria instead of fear on the streets of means to secure. stayed away from large rallies which right around the capitol in the past 2 days where the. 2 former mil

hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the. protests against the u.s. postmaster general amid warnings that millions of ballots make it to late. demonstrators are back outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is residents to modding that he resign over corruption allegations and the response to covert 90. plus the japanese ship that sport spilled tons of oil causing an ecological disaster in militias has broken apart. the president of the roofs has sought help from russia as protests a group calling for him to step down alexander lukashenko says that his russian counterpart vladimir putin has agreed to help to ensure the security of the country if needed there's been a 7th day of mass protests against his rule with members of the state media now joining the ranks of his era step passing reports from minsk. euphoria instead of fear on the streets of minsk after security forces stayed away from large rallies which crowd around the capital in the past 2 days where the. 2 former military man came out to denounce the violen

hello i'm adrian for again this is the news our live from coming up in the next 60 minutes after another night of violent protests and bella reuss e.u. foreign ministers at a hold of emergency meeting to consider possible sanctions. and i'm stuck fast reporting from a detention center where angry relatives are demanding to know what's happened to this in left once. thousands of homes and habitable dozens of schools destroyed one week on from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal the extent of the damage. growing concern over russia's coronavirus vaccine germany says the product must be safely tested before being made public. at reports of a social media posts considered offensive to islam sponsored violent protests in southern india. and in sports the european champions league returns to action with an all new 4 much 8 same dream portugal for knock out so one of them that will decide this season is once. we begin this news with the latest fallout from sunday's disputed presidential election in baylor reuss state media is reporting that several protest organizers have been to rest is in

hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up multiple bombs target a prison in eastern afghanistan at least one person is killed dozens injured in. an attempt to trample on democracy israel's prime minister hits out against massive protests demanding his resignation. refugees connect red artifacts with the postal stories of one of america's most popular musicals. people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions that as the number of infections grows rapidly and governments struggle to contain the spread of the virus globally the number of confirmed cases is edging closer to 18000000 many countries once thought to have been in control of the outbreak is seeing a surge in infections in hong kong hospitals are reaching their capacity as it battles a so-called 3rd wave now health workers from mainland china have been sent in to help but as to vehicle pollen reports their arrival is also causing concern. hundreds of beds ready for patients a hole next to the international airport once used for exhibitions and co

company in adrian kennedy here to speak to me we heard briefly in the report that this project is supporting women women's charities in mexico just tell us who will be benefiting from this production and not just women's charities project or raise money for save the children and for a foundation which helps women who are victims of male violence in mexico the situation of course for women and children has not been improved by the coronavirus knock down one direct beneficiary is the coax women philharmonic orchestra which supports the artistic development of indigenous women their main source of income performing live has been cut off by pandemic restrictions case so it's great to hear that they're getting some support from this now obviously with the plethora of covert videos that we've seen in the past couple of months many of them were very tricky to put together but this one of course really stands out it's visually striking what can you tell us about the making of power i wanted to get away from this. farai aesthetic that we know from lock down videos from artists she wanted to make it m

hello i'm adrian for get this is our 0 live from doha also coming out of the call to keep up the pressure better russa's opposition leader urges protesters to remain on the streets. the e.u. president weighs in over concerns for russian opposition leader alexina violet talked to still refused to relocate him to a different hospital. draft dodgers and inspiration for a nation why south korean pop stars are causing controversy over compulsory military service. we begin with breaking news out of libya where rival factions of called for a cease fire both the u.n. recognized government in tripoli and the 2 broke parliament allied with warlord khalifa haftar of called on their forces to stop fighting they said the move was aimed at ending foreign interference in libya after his campaign to take the capital tripoli was pushed back by government forces with support from turkey russian mercenaries have been fighting on have to side something happened is editor in chief of the international interest a current affairs not assist magazine with a particular focus on the middle east he joins us now via

the line is open so much that neither can you hear me it's adrian. yes feel very very faint like and just about hey you. know hang on i will try and stablished the line again and we'll come back to you just a moment honestly a scene is with us again on the line he was some distance away nasa when this this blast happened what you have been a good one how far away from it were you. like 202530 kilometers away and you felt it was an eagle not a far away you felt the blast absolutely absolutely. it sounded like a bomb and in a nearby heavy i mean not not in not a powerful one of course but it sounded like a bomb took place in a nearby area in the moment and that's 20 5 'd kilometers from may do so you can imagine the the the hallmarks of this and in beirut i've been getting get messages i'm talking to. it's of a radius of 5 kilometers and beirut the homes and offices. of. certain sure. damaged areas just around the area of one or 2 kilometers it looks like really like like an earthquake or a room zone unfortunately that looks very very bad. from the rec

and adrian kennedy is here to discuss book with me mask off a bit of an unfortunate title now in corona times when of course we're expected to keep our masks on but toxic masculinity a very timely topic as ever yes this is a book about the crisis of masculinity as seen for example in grandstanding politics trumps twitter outbursts in the rise of women hating. media and perhaps most states really in gang violence but also in other less obvious places in interpersonal relationships in the workplace in competitive sport . this narrow view of masculinity affects all areas of society it's bad for men and for women and for those who don't fit comfortably into category it's become a bit of a. it's a toxic masculinity this is a book that dissects that old deep angst myths and is a call to change and how great that we're getting from male voices actually making that call for change they said a practical book we heard that jay-jay bola proposes some strategies to counteract this traditional kind of socialization what he's suggesting exactly. well as a social worker one thing he does is try to get

and will certainly continue to follow that story thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that adrian kennedy thank you. well the end of this month will mark 5 years since chancellor angela merkel made her famous assertion via shuffled us we can do this a statement that made was made at the height of the migration crisis that saw germany take an unprecedented 1100000 immigrants in 2015 while many of those refugees had fled the civil war in syria and the air how much was one of them. because songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also of hope 5 years ago pianist fled syria specifically the young refugee camp for palestinians. back there he played music to counter the nightmare scene of bomb craters and ruined buildings and created beauty to fight despair. it was hungry or so and i don't can't feed my family but i was keeping playing piano we die anyway we will die from hunger in 56 days when i don't die play piano at least it's held me i don't think music it's feed people or helped people really it's helped the mentality to see at least some of the why it's quite a place in the in

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian for they get the surprise resignation of japan's prime minister shinzo sent shock waves through the country's political establishment the 65 year old quits citing health reasons related to all sorts of collide a chronic bowel disease that he's lived with since he was a teenager i'll be apologised to the japanese people and said that he didn't want his illness to get into the way of decision making of serious priyanka gupta takes a look now back at the korea of japan's longest serving leader a chronic illness that cut short his 1st of an office 13 years ago has come back to force. japan's longest serving prime minister to step down is then thawing out and . i would like to sincerely apologize to the people of japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of office and amid the coronavirus was well various policies are still in the process of being implemented. oh the foremost of the century should so abi has told me to japan's politics he comes from an influential political dynasty his grandfather was prime minister and his father foreign

kennedy welcome adrian now we saw alex david on her way there to her appointment with this investigative committee do we know what happened there was she didn't spend much time at the investigative committees headquarters she left quite quickly saying that she had invoked her right not to testify against the south not to answer questions and reiterating that the council's only goal was to unite society now other members of this coordination council that's really seeking dialogue have also been targeted have they not that's right former culture minister pavel left. was questioned by investigators on choose day he was forced out of his job as director of the state young. fear after calling for new elections and complaining about the brutal suppression of the demonstrations he's one of the highest profile civil servants to come out publicly against the regime and many actors at the theatre he ran have resigned in solidarity it's striking and perhaps also encouraging that literary voices are actually being heard in this debacle d.w. has also spoken to the young novelist martino that who's a

. >> thank you very much, adrian. admiral fowler, first as adrian said. admiral, thank you so much for your service and for being with us here today. admiral, a couple of questions for you. first off, in april south com launched an enhanced counter narcotics operation in the caribbean with drugs flowing from regime partnerships with critical groups in venezuela being a focus of those efforts. of course, those are major security challenge to the united states, but let's start out by asking you, why in particular are the elicit flows coming out of venezuela such a great threat to the united states interest. >> thank you adrian for the warm introduction and your friendship and jason, thanks for moderating this conversation and what the atlantic council does to have-- facilitate these important conversations about policies that affects the security of the united states, the region and the world. and when we look at this region, there is so much promise and so much potential to look at it as a beacon of freedom, the numbers of democracies and what we all share

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian for the concerns are growing that there could be a conflict between turkey and greece in the eastern mediterranean for weeks now the 2 countries have been disputing maritime boundaries and offshore energy rights on tuesday they sent warships to the waters at a show of force turkey's vessel the aura greece is conducting research and greece says that it's above its continental shelf anchor disputes athens exclusive rights in the region they've both announced military exercises within a broader area between crease and cyprus but they've also signaled readiness for dialogue as germany tries to b.d.a. between the nato allies al-jazeera. reports now from istanbul. turkey and greek warships on alert tensions are high as the 2 countries have been locked in a dispute for weeks over matter tembo andries and offshore writes. germany for its part is trying to mediate a dispute between the neighbors and nato a life that's foreign minister conducting shuttle diplomacy between athens and on. when to say most wonderful passable catus for a fender region or spirits of

zain it could be heavy it's adrian. and i can hear you i'm sorry as you can imagine it's very chaotic here. yes we are outside beirut airport and you can see the lebanese army is heavy security presence here they are now leaving beirut port behind them is the entrance another fire another fire truck leaving. we've been here for almost 3 hours now watching ambulances arrive ambulances leave fire trucks arrive fire trucks leave the casualty toll lebanese security sources say at least 10 killed we're expecting that number to rise health minister says dozens hundreds have also heard this was a massive massive explosion and according to the head of the lebanese general security it appears to be caused by highly explosive material that was stored in a warehouse out of beirut port he made that statement a short while ago after he inspected the site here arrived at beirut ports left a short while ago so now according to general major general about him the blast was caused by highly explosive material out bad reports you can see

hello i'm adrian fit again this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes lebanon's parliament has approved beirut's state of emergency it gives security forces more powers over the recent anti-government protests hundreds more detained in beta russa's anger grows over sunday's disputed presidential election. in india registers another record daily rise in covert $98.00 infections the total is now approaching $2400000.00 and yet live at all to get a consultancy so far so friday taking a trip online the tourism industry looks to technology as the coronavirus pandemic limits global travel. i'm joined again with the sport as parents celebrate every turn to the champions league semifinals for the 1st time in 25 years following a stunning comeback win. we begin this news in lebanon where parliament has approved the state of emergency in beirut it gives authorities considerable power to crack down on street demonstrations that the days of protests calling for a complete political overhaul demonstrators are furious the politicians for what they see as in action at entrenched corruptio

time for sports his saddle thank you very much adrian. lossing almost 5 months so this is making its official return their open is the 1st event it to take place since the corn a biased meltdown and it isn't reports. the palermo open is normally a low key event but this year it has global significance it marks the official return of professional tennis after coronavirus forced the suspension of both the men's and women's tools in march. strict health protocols are in place one unnamed player did test positive for kobe 19 with competitors being tested regularly before and after their arrival in italy and while limited numbers of spectators all being allowed in players can have just one member of the support team with them inside the venue i mean it feels pretty safe we have a mark mask on i'm relieved or. told room i mean it's pretty safe to be in the room to take it take away some food to get some room service but also coaching will be different. but i mean it's up to the players also to figure out. thanks time to kind of just 3 figure ou

hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. for close to 4 years now he has shown no interest in putting in the work former us president barack obama breaks with tradition and slams donald trump in his support speech the democratic nominee joe biden. iran will never have a nuclear weapon trump puts pressure on the u.n. to reimpose sanctions on iran after a u.s. attempts to extend an arms embargo was defeated has. come. and opposition supporters in baton rouge say that they will press on with protests despite warnings by the president of another crackdown. we begin with that breaking news out of russia the reports that opposition politician alexina bounty is in a coma in hospital with suspected poisoning. was this was the moments when he fell ill during a flight on its way to moscow his plane made an emergency landing in. the valleys spokeswoman says the poison was mixed into his t.v. a doctor at the hospital where he's being treated though says that it's too early to say what made him sick. he is. really not sure at the moment

administration before the elections on november the everything in a sense connected to that adrian thanks very much aaron brown our correspondent there reporting live from hong kong. still to come on this program here on al-jazeera volunteers pitching in to clean up oil that's blackened the pristine waters of marissa's as salvage crews race to prevent another spill. have it still hot in most of your far above where the average would take the temperatures but it's not as hot as it was is an increasing amount of clouds there longer a capping area of high pressure now there's a leakage of humidity certain might feel hotter for places and the research the thunderstorms around not where they were down the southeast europe of virtually anywhere in act and they could be prompted by the alps and the higher ground in spain admittedly but those blues represent are the showers all thunderstorms and they're slow moving just to make the summer feel like summer now and that's something interesting happening just north of space was the thunderstorms continue elsewhere this is a proper little spinning lo

hello i'm adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up there are conflicting reports of whether russian politicians alexina was poisoned as doctors refused to release him from hospital. when the u.s. sanctions were violated we enforce u.n. sanctions are violated we're going to do everything we can to enforce them as well the u.s. formally requests all u.n. sanctions on iran be restored accusing tehran of violating the 2050 nuclear deal but major international powers i'm not on board. and south korea's most famous boy band strikes a jarring knows its members are accused of trying to dodge compulsory military service. the us presidential candidate joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination promising to overcome what he. told a season of darkness biden accused president trump of failing to lend at a failing to protect of 07 fisher reports from wilmington and by home state of delaware. i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america 32 years after the 1st run for president joe biden is no the democratic candidate the last man standing in

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brown in hong kong joining us live this half hour adrian this move on the part of the authorities in beijing what does that mean for democracy in hong kong. well it means i think that at least we know that the current parliament is going to be extended for another 12 months which is when the election's a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more china's national people's congress the standing in the of the national people's congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kong's parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kong's government you know meets a political roadblock its default position is to go to beijing and seek clarification and when karen am announced that she was you know postponing the elections for 12 months then everyone here said what's going to happen you know who's going to rule hong kong for the next 12 months what will happen you know in terms of governance so the hong kong government had to seek clari

hello i'm adrian forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up to say they can't release russian politician alexina valet from hospital despite pleas from his wife. when u.s. sanctions were violated we enforce the u.n. sanctions are violated we're going to do everything we can to enforce them as well the u.s. formally requests all the u.n. sanctions on iran be restored accusing to iran of violating the 2050 nuclear deal the major international powers are not on board. and brazil's amazon region faces more devastating fires that threaten to be worse than last year. u.s. presidential candidate joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination from a sink to overcome what he called a season of darkness by an accused president trump of failing to lead the failing to protect al-jazeera as alan fischer has more now from wilmington and biden's home state of delaware. i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america 32 years after the 1st run for president joe biden is no the democratic candidate the last man standing in what was a large field in a whil

roads linking hundreds of villages those are your headlines up next it's slavery a 21st century evil adrian has the news from 10 g. for me for the moment a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. the 300 year is the most powerful nations on a screw rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children with full simply transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever. throughout the 350 years of the transatlantic slave trade more than a 3rd of the 12000000 slaves transported from africa were shipped to brazil. 123 years ago brazil became the last country in the americas. polish slavery. 15 ye

line after heavy flooding there more than 150000 people have been displaced people in power is next adrian's here with the news hour and 30 minutes a season by. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. best known to tourists for its beautiful beaches and dramatic coastline italian island of sardinia is also a major company that makes the rest of the locals the longer these tests of the toxic effect. for years the authorities have refuted those playing reporter emma alberici went to investigate. it. because doesn't morale day is a magnet as for the rich and famous you need hosts the most beautiful beaches in the year. it's not hard to see what draws people to this place. former prime minister silvio berlusconi was one of the 1st to invest here. but i've come here to investigate the darkest side the coverups the secrets the mystery illnesses in the bloc

hello i'm adrian for the good in this is that he was live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes china sends a team of health experts to hong kong as the city battles a 3rd wave of covert 19. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu hits back at anti-government protests and blames the media for inciting violence. they're on their way back to planet earth the astronauts launched by space x. are set to return home with the 1st u.s. splash down in 45 years. and remade the museum guides bringing modern experiences to learning about ancient artifacts. and in sport top level hockey returns in north america racism is everywhere. we have out and promise to stand up for justice. united against racism as the national hockey league restarts. people around the world are facing the prospect of new coronavirus lock downs and restrictions that as the number of infections grows rapidly and governments struggle to contain the spread of the virus globally the number of confirmed cases is edging closer to 18000000 many countries once thought to have been in control of the outbreak seeing a surge

kennedy welcome adrian now we saw alex david on her way there to her appointment with this investigative committee do you know what happened there was she didn't spend much time at the investigative committees headquarters she left quite quickly saying that she had invoked her rights not to testify against herself not to answer questions and reiterating that the council's only goal was to unite society now other members of this coordination council that's really seeking dialogue have also been targeted have they not that's right former culture minister pavel left trish co was questioned by investigators on choose state he was forced out of his job as director of the state young polar fears after calling for new elections and complaining about the brutal suppression of the demonstrations he's one of the highest profile civil servants to come out publicly against the regime and many actors at the theatre he ran have resigned in solidarity that it's striking and perhaps also encouraging that literary voices are actually being heard in this debacle d.w. has also spoken to the young novelist

although i'm adrian forget and this is the live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes lebanon in crisis a 4th but has to resign says the cabinet meets to discuss the elections. the highest profile arrest yet of the hong kong's controversial security law media tycoon jimmy lie is accused of colluding with foreign forces. on the streets of bella reuss after a presidential election that the opposition says was rigged. at a washington court issues a summons against saudis crown prince it follows claims that he ordered the hit squad to kill an intelligence agent in canada. and in sports call thing looks to have a new superstar in the making in only his 2nd appearance at a major championship point how much has won the u.s. p.g.a. championship. lebanon's capitals is facing rising pressure to step down as a 4th government minister resigns tensions have been boiling over in the country following the massive explosion that told through beirut on tuesday the finance minister joins the biggest us for justice the environment and information in bowing to public pressure and leaving government

. >>> with me now is adrian shropshire. and tim miller, republican strategist who worked on jeb bush's 2016 campaign, the political director of republican voters against trump. adrian, i'll begin with you, as the daughter of immigrants, first black woman and what do you think the her impact will be? >> i think we're already seeing it. the level of excitement that i'm seeing both in conversations that i'm having with people, obviously all over twitter, the text messages that i'm getting, just about not only excitement about this historic moment, and it is really important, we just came out of the week that saw the anniversary of -- the 55th anniversary of the voting rights act, we're going into the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, and then we have this amazing historic announcement with senator harris becoming the running mate. so i think people are incredibly excited. i think people see this as an opportunity to really think about and envision and imagine the multiracial democracy that people know that we can get to

hello i'm adrian for the given this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes there is no silver bullet at the moment there might never be a grim warning from the world health organization as countries across the world announce renewed restrictions to hold a surge in corona virus infections. u.s. politicians to begin another day of talks over further financial aid for millions of unemployed americans. 36 people killed and at least 300 inmates of a scaped after an isolator a high security prison in afghanistan. and world leaders paid tribute to john hughes a nobel laureate and leading figure in the open island's peace process. and i found the how much not have all the sport is an act then pro wrestling star and now an american football league oh no. the access together with an investment firm for $15000000.00. we begin this hour with a stark warning from the world health organization as the rush to find a corona virus vaccine intensifies while the w.h.o. is applauding the efforts of more than $140.00 research teams around the world it says that people should not

hello i'm adrian for get this live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes the highest profile arrest yet on the hong kong's controversial security law media tycoon jimmy lie is accused of colluding with foreign forces. a washington court issues a summons against saudi's crown prince following claims he ordered the hit squad to kill an intelligence agent in canada. a minister resigns in lebanon over last week's beirut explosion as anger grows the prime minister is considering early elections and this technology used. the worst idea to find people of color facing wrongful arrest who look at how the use of facial recognition software impacts black asian native american people in the u.s. . and in sport golf looks to have a superstar in the making and only his 2nd appearance at a major championship all the marquis power has won the u.s. p.g.a. championship. police in hong kong have made the highest profile arrest yes under a controversial national security law imposed by beijing media tycoon and activist jimmy lie is among 9 people detained on monday in an executive an executive in lies

including in mexico those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after earth rise adrian has the news from 10 g. i'll see you after that but i. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. sustainable food production is one of the greatest challenges for the future. with global demand for food set to increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050. aquaculture is one of the most polluting and ecologically damaging industries. if we want to keep food on the table without continuing to ravage our natural environments. we need to completely rethink how the industries work. and russell beard in finland where one restaurant is championing a hyper local circular economy to create a revolutionary approach to dining i'm asked for in the end it's the scientists come back thing jellyfish do this by taking them out of the sea and on top play. in developed

adrian fenty going to here in doha ahead of al-jazeera world a summary of the main news more than 6000 opposition supporters have been detained and been a ruse following sunday's disputed presidential election eve foreign ministers a holes an emergency meeting to consider possible sanctions officer a step boston reports from minsk. it's hard to imagine how full these detention centers must be at the moment what we're hearing is that normally 4 people are being detained and now tons of people inside also witnesses have told us there are things inside the detention centers there are relatives here crying out they are calling the police shame on you and also really emotional scenes here because they have no idea where their relatives are they also are shouting their names hoping that someone will will reply we spoke to a 17 year old boy who was detained. he was just sitting on a bench with a friend and then the police came started beating him had really serious bruises on his back he was taken to the force to be on his knees for 7 hours and he was only released because he was under age th

and will certainly continue to follow that story thanks very much for bringing us up to date on that adrian kennedy thank you. well the end of this month will mark 5 years since chancellor angela merkel made her famous assertion via shuffled us we can do this a statement that made was made at the height of the migration crisis that saw germany take an unprecedented 1100000 immigrants in 2015 while many of those refugees had fled the civil war in syria and the air how much was one of them. because songs tell of pain and a lost homeland but also of hope 5 years ago pianist fled syria specifically the yarmouk refugee camp for palestinians. back there he played music to counter the nightmare scene of bomb craters and ruined buildings and created beauty to fight despair. it was hungry or so and i don't kown feed my family but i was keeping playing piano we die anyway we will die from hunger in 56 days volume when i don't die play piano at least it's held me i don't think music it's feeds people or helped people really it's helped the mentality to see at least to the whites why to place in the en

way and let's hope that they can make that festival happen indeed in 2021 thanks for those insights adrian kennedy. and we'll take you now what is the bill international film festival has announced that the will no longer be gender specific best. for best actor and best actress though would be prizes for best lead performance and best supporting performance this is a move that they say is a signal for more gender sensitive awareness interesting to do it that way and let's hope that they can make that festival happen indeed in 2021 thanks for those insights adrian kennedy. and we'll take you now to weimar which is a relatively small city but a real heavyweight in terms of its cultural legacy home for many years to good to and schiller 2 leading figures of the german lightman birthplace of the bow how and so we're taking you there to see how weimar still inspires today starting with an international magnate the famous bauhaus university. well how serious they. were a well known university in our town and. when i came here just i was looking for the university where is the university. that wa

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan what's reported to be a 4 year old murder plot is putting further strain on the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states a former saudi intelligence agent is suing the saudi crown prince in the u.s. saddle jobbery says that the home had been solomon sent the same so-called hit squad that murdered jamal to kill him in canada in a rare rebuke of the kingdom the state department praised and demanded answers about the safety of his children who went missing in saudi arabia in march it's the latest test of president donald trump staunch support for been salmond al-jazeera as mike hanna reports from washington. why. he was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of sardar jobbery son and daughter in his court filing our job research his children now aged 20 and 21 were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter