bbc--2020-08-04--Coronavirus economy: 'I'm just looking for whatever I can get'

Young people are disproportionately affected by the economic impacts of coronavirus , several reports have found .
The UN has cautioned that the high rate of unemployment among young adults could mean `` a lot of young people are going to be left behind '' .
In the US , about a quarter of people between 16-25 were unemployed in May - which was about double the unemployment rate of other age groups .
It 's a myth that all young adults are supported by their parents , or only work part time .
According to Statistics Canada , of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 15-24 who lost their jobs in April , about half were working full-time .
Young women and minorities are particularly vulnerable , according to a report by the Brookings Institution .
The BBC spoke with four young adults who are looking for work - this is what they say it 's like to be in your 20s and unemployed during the pandemic .
What are you doing now ?
I 've started babysitting .
I go over in the morning four times a week .
I 'm trying to keep up with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rent a keyboard so I could practise in the house .
I 'm just trying to enjoy the summer .
With music there 's probably nothing that will make money until January , and I just have to accept that .
How are you getting by ?
Before the pandemic , I was making at least twice as much money a month but my income varied .
Now I know exactly how much money I 'm going to have a month because I receive the government coronavirus stipend , and I can budget @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though , when my student loans will start up again ( they were paused because of coronavirus ) .
How 's the job search going ?
There 's no guarantee of any work next year at the Canadian Opera Company ( COC ) .
And they cancelled the fall - two out of six shows that season - with the possibility of the whole next season not happening .
I 'm kind of nervous to go back to restaurants right now because I think I 'm not going to be able to find @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then it 's working inside with lots of exposure to people .
What are your fears for the future ?
My main goal is music .
So the restaurant , while I 'm sad I 've lost out of that income stream , I 'm not overly concerned .
But with music , that industry could be permanently affected .
My biggest fear is probably arts organisations shutting down permanently .
I just worry that culture in Canada is going to be not supported .
I literally just graduated from my master @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting jobs - I got the chorus job ( at the COC ) and I spent last summer in Italy singing .
Now I 'm doing nothing .
How does your age affect your situation ?
There 's so much less job security , but because I 've basically grown up in that I 'm not surprised .
I 'm used to having to look for odd jobs like babysitting , or going to paint somebody 's wall .
It does n't feel totally crazy .
I 've never had a full time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Previous occupation : Recent graduate from McGill University with a BA in Psychology What were you planning to do this summer ?
This summer my plan was to stay in Montreal and research for a bit , because I was working for a behavioural neuroscience lab and we were working on a paper that was supposed to be sent for publishing in the next few months .
McGill shut down on 13 March and the labs have n't really opened since .
How are you getting by ?
I have been receiving the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since May .
It is only given for 16 weeks so my final month would be August .
How have your plans changed ?
My lease was going to finish so I could n't really stay in Montreal anymore .
My family is in Pakistan so I 'm staying with my friend in Toronto in her family home .
I 've switched over to look for more jobs in the business sector , under project management or market research .
Academic research was n't really an option , in the subject I was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really essential .
• Young people 'most likely to lose work ' in lockdown How is your job search going ?
I would n't say it 's going well .
The roles I 'm looking for are entry level , there are n't many roles available and even when I do apply to applications they usually just say 'thanks for applying , but we 're not going to proceed any further ' .
I 've been trying to fill my time with learning some hard skills .
I 've been taking a course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a construction company in project management , but it 's part time .
How has it been emotionally ?
I had to get used to the uncertainty .
Any short-term goal or long-term goal just went out the window .
So there was a lot of anxiety and stress there .
There was a whole new world I did n't even understand that I was going into , and nobody else even understood it .
I had to get used to the fact that I should n't have expectations anymore .
When I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became easier .
I tried making the most of the small things I was doing and recognising that I am doing a lot .
It 's not comparable to the pace I was doing before , but I ca n't really compare because it 's not the same world .
At the same time that you 're dealing with a lot of uncertainty , you 're still receiving news about a lot of loss .
People are dying , there 's so much grief .
Previous occupation : Stationary engineer , specialising in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , at a large hotel What are you doing now ?
I 'm still currently employed but we got notice that the hotel may close as of 24 August .
We were told when this whole thing started , we would be cut down to 32 hours .
Then we were told the hotel would be closing down , and there would be a skeleton crew running the hotel .
I was fortunate enough to be a part of that skeleton crew .
But in June , we were told the hotel is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new jobs .
Now I do n't know whether I should be looking for another job or not .
How was it getting that news ?
I 've been in that job for five years .
It 's the kind of job everyone puts their heart and soul into .
Everyone felt like family there .
It just kind of hurts getting a notice saying you do n't have a job anymore .
When I did trade school , I did an apprenticeship at that hotel .
It was a four-year apprenticeship where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you learn on the job .
That was really where I cut my teeth and learned the trade , which made it especially hard to leave it .
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How 's your job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ definitely not great .
The hotel chain has a hiring freeze so it 's hard finding a job moving from one hotel to the next , which means I lose all my benefits .
I 've applied to at least 30 jobs .
I 've probably had about six interviews , and I have n't heard back from many of them .
It 's been pretty tough .
Before I was trying to apply for something that looked like a better job to go to , but now I 'm just looking for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of health insurance in a pandemic is not what you want to do .
I am in a union - the union has really great insurance , but you have to find a job within the same union .
But even the union gave is the advice of just take whatever you can get right now .
How does your age affect your situation ?
It 's good in some ways because in the blue-collar trades there 's not a lot of young people .
But in another sense , it 's hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years my senior with a lot more experience than me .
Or managers who a lot of times look down on younger years , thinking if you do n't have 30 years in the trade you do n't know anything .
Previous occupation : Recent graduate from McGill University with a BS in Microbiology and Immunology How 's your job search going ?
I got an internship in Montreal just before the pandemic hit in global health , but it 's just for this summer .
For the long-term , I 'm mostly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where I 'm from , and Canada , where I went to school .
I 've applied to about 120-150 jobs online .
About seven jobs postings were cancelled , which means they 're no longer hiring , and I 've gotten two interviews so far .
The rest have just not gotten back to me .
San Francisco is a hub of a lot of jobs and opportunities .
You 're used to people telling you to `` come to San Francisco , there 's all these tech and bio-tech companies '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this time , you can really feel the change in the economy .
What does that feel like ?
It 's frustrating .
Once you start to go through months without hearing responses , you kind of feel like you 're just not good enough .
Even after all the efforts you 've done , like getting internships and going through the four years of gruelling academic work , you just kind of feel like it 's a waste .
You have to tell yourself that it 's not really you , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it can really get to you .
How are you getting by ?
I 'm getting by with the money that my parents generously gave me to get through my last year of university and the summer while I do my internship in Montreal .
I did get grant money for my summer research project which would be barely enough to pay for my rent and living expenses .
Being honest , if my parents would n't have helped me out financially , I would probably be more stressed about my finances and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job .
How has the pandemic changed your goals ?
The pandemic reminded me of the importance of public health .
It was something I had considered briefly , but after the pandemic happened , I realised it 's something really important and something I would want to get into .
How does your age affect your situation ?
I never looked for a job before a pandemic , so it 's hard for me to compare .
In a way it is an advantage because young people are more sought out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a bit of experience then it 's probably more of an advantage , as opposed to a young person that has just graduated and needs to be trained , which is something companies are not always willing to do .

What are you doing now? I'm still currently employed but we got notice that the hotel may close as of 24 August. We were told when this whole thing started, we would be cut down to 32 hours. Then we were told the hotel would be closing down, and there would be a skeleton crew running the hotel. I was fortunate enough to be a part of that skeleton crew. But in June, we were told the hotel is closing and we all had to find new jobs. Now I don't know whether I should be looking for another job or not.


bbc--2020-08-04--China Uighurs: A model's video gives a rare glimpse inside internment

Merdan Ghappar was used to posing for the camera .
As a model for the massive Chinese online retailer Taobao , the 31-year-old was well paid to flaunt his good looks in slick promotional videos for clothing brands .
But one video of Mr Ghappar is different .
Instead of a glitzy studio or fashionable city street , the backdrop is a bare room with grubby walls and steel mesh on the window .
And in place of the posing , Mr Ghappar sits silently with an anxious expression on his face .
Holding the camera with his right hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his swollen ankles , and a set of handcuffs fixing his left wrist to the metal frame of the bed - the only piece of furniture in the room .
The video of Mr Ghappar , along with a number of accompanying text messages also passed to the BBC , together provide a chilling and extremely rare first-hand account of China 's highly secure and secretive detention system - sent directly from the inside .
The material adds to the body of evidence documenting the impact of China 's fight against what it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of separatism , terrorism , and extremism in the country 's far western region of Xinjiang .
Over the past few years , credible estimates suggest , more than one million Uighurs and other minorities have been forced into a network of highly secure camps in Xinjiang that China has insisted are voluntary schools for anti-extremism training .
Thousands of children have been separated from their parents and , recent research shows , women have been forcibly subjected to methods of birth control .
In addition to the clear allegations of torture and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to provide evidence that , despite China 's insistence that most re-education camps have been closed , Uighurs are still being detained in significant numbers and held without charge .
It also contains new details about the huge psychological pressure placed on Uighur communities , including a document he photographed which calls on children as young as 13 to `` repent and surrender '' .
And with Xinjiang currently experiencing a spike in the number of coronavirus infections , the dirty and crowded conditions he describes highlight the serious risk of contagion posed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a global pandemic .
The BBC sent detailed requests for comment to the Chinese Foreign Ministry and Xinjiang authorities but neither responded .
Mr Ghappar 's family , who have not heard from him since the messages stopped five months ago , are aware that the release of the four minute , thirty-eight second video of him in his cell might increase the pressure and punishment he faces .
But they say it is their last hope , both to highlight his case and the plight of the Uighurs in general .
His @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives in the Netherlands , believes the video could galvanise public opinion in the same way that footage of the police treatment of George Floyd became a powerful symbol of racial discrimination in the US .
`` They have both faced brutality for their race , '' he says .
`` But while in America people are raising their voices , in our case there is silence . ''
In 2009 , Merdan Ghappar - like many Uighurs at that time - left Xinjiang to seek opportunity in China 's wealthier cities in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xinjiang Arts University , he found work first as a dancer and then , a few years later , as a model in the southern Chinese city of Foshan .
Friends say Mr Ghappar could earn up to 10,000 Rmb ( £1,000 ) per day .
His story reads like an advert for the country 's dynamic , booming economy and President Xi Jinping 's `` China Dream '' .
But the Uighurs , with their Turkic language , Islamic faith and ethnic ties to the peoples and cultures of central Asia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of suspicion by Chinese rulers and faced discrimination in wider society .
Mr Ghappar 's relatives say that Mr Ghappar was told it would be best for his modelling career to downplay his Uighur identity and refer to his facial features as `` half-European '' .
And although he had earned enough money to buy a sizeable apartment , they say he was unable to register it in his own name , instead having to use the name of a Han Chinese friend .
But those injustices now seem mild by comparison with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two brutal attacks targeting pedestrians and commuters in Beijing in 2013 and the city of Kunming in 2014 - blamed by China on Uighur separatists - the state has begun to view Uighur culture as not only suspicious but seditious .
By 2018 , when the state had come up with its answer - the sprawling system of camps and jails built rapidly and extensively across Xinjiang - Mr Ghappar was still living in Foshan , where his life was about to take an abrupt turn for the worse .
In August that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 16 months in prison for selling cannabis , a charge his friends insist was trumped up .
Whether truly guilty or not , there was little chance of an acquittal , with statistics showing that more than 99 % of defendants brought before Chinese criminal courts are convicted .
But , upon his release in November 2019 , any relief he felt at having served his time was short lived .
Little more than a month later , police knocked on his door , telling him he needed to return to Xinjiang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The BBC has seen evidence that appears to show he was not suspected of any further offence , with authorities simply stating that `` he may need to do a few days of education at his local community '' - a euphemism for the camps .
On 15 January this year , his friends and family were allowed to bring warm clothes and his phone to the airport , before he was put on a flight from Foshan and escorted by two officers back to his home city of Kucha in Xinjiang .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced to return home , either from elsewhere in China or from abroad , and Mr Ghappar 's family were convinced that he had disappeared into the re-education camps .
But more than a month later they received some extraordinary news .
Somehow , he had managed to get access to his phone and was using it to communicate with the outside world .
Merdan Ghappar 's text messages , said to have been sent from the same room as his self-shot video , paint an even more terrifying picture of his experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese social media app WeChat , he explains that he was first kept in a police jail in Kucha .
`` I saw 50 to 60 people detained in a small room no bigger than 50 square meters , men on the right , women on the left , '' he writes .
`` Everyone was wearing a so-called 'four-piece-suit ' , a black head sack , handcuffs , leg shackles and an iron chain connecting the cuffs to the shackles . ''
China 's use of these combined hand and leg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by human rights groups .
Mr Ghappar was made to wear the device and , joining his fellow inmates in a caged-off area covering around two-thirds of the cell , he found there was no room to lie down and sleep .
`` I lifted the sack on my head and told the police officer that the handcuffs were so tight they hurt my wrists , '' he writes in one of the text messages .
`` He shouted fiercely at me , saying 'If you remove your hood again , I will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after that I dared not to talk , '' he adds .
`` Dying here is the last thing I want . ''
He writes about the constant sound of screaming , coming from elsewhere in the jail .
`` Interrogation rooms , '' he suggested .
And he describes squalid and unsanitary conditions - inmates suffering from lice while sharing just a handful of plastic bowls and spoons between them all .
`` Before eating , the police would ask people with infectious diseases to put their hands up and they 'd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he writes .
`` But if you want to eat earlier , you can remain silent .
It 's a moral issue , do you understand ? ''
Then , on the 22 January , with China at the height of its coronavirus crisis , news of the massive , nationwide attempt to control the epidemic reached the prisoners .
Mr Ghappar 's account suggests the enforcement of quarantine rules were much stricter in Xinjiang than elsewhere .
At one point , four young men were brought into the cell aged between 16 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ period they were found outside playing a kind of game like baseball , '' he writes .
`` They were brought to the police station and beaten until they screamed like babies , the skin on their buttocks split open and they could n't sit down . ''
The policemen began making all the prisoners wear masks , although they still had to remain hooded in the stuffy , over-crowded cell .
`` A hood and a mask - there was even less air , '' he writes .
When the officers later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Mr Ghappar , registered higher than the normal body temperature of 37C ( 98.6F ) .
Still wearing his `` four-piece suit '' , he was moved upstairs to another room where the guards kept the windows open at night , making the air was so cold that he could not sleep .
There , he said , the sounds of torture were much clearer .
`` One time I heard a man screaming from morning until evening , '' he says .
A few days later , the prisoners were loaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unknown location .
Mr Ghappar , who was suffering from a cold and with his nose running , was separated from the rest and taken to the facility seen in the video he sent - a place he described as an `` epidemic control centre '' .
Once there , he was handcuffed to the bed .
`` My whole body is covered in lice .
Every day I catch them and pick them off from my body - it 's so itchy , '' he writes .
`` Of course , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ station with all those people .
Here I live alone , but there are two people guarding me . ''
It was the slightly more relaxed regime that gave him , he says , the opportunity he needed to get word out .
His phone appears to have remained unnoticed by the authorities among his personal belongings , some of which he was given access to in his new place of imprisonment .
After 18 days inside the police jail , he was suddenly and secretly in touch with the outside world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiences .
Then , suddenly , the messages stopped .
Nothing has been heard from Mr Ghappar since .
The authorities have provided no formal notification of his whereabouts , nor any reason for his continued detention .
It is impossible to independently verify the authenticity of the text messages .
But experts say that the video footage appears to be genuine , in particular because of the propaganda messages that can be heard in the background .
`` Xinjiang has never been an 'East Turkistan ' '' , says an announcement in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outside his window .
`` Separatist forces at home and abroad have politicised this geographical term and called for those who speak Turkic languages and believe in Islam to unite , '' the announcement says .
James Millward , a professor of history at Georgetown University and an expert on China 's policies in Xinjiang , translated and analysed Mr Ghappar 's text messages for the BBC .
He says they are consistent with other well documented cases , from his transportation back to Xinjiang and the initial processing in crowded , unsanitary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police holding cell is very , very vivid , '' Professor Millward says .
`` He writes in very good Chinese and gives , frankly , a lot of horrific detail about the way these people are treated .
So , it 's quite a rare source . ''
Dr Adrian Zenz , a senior fellow in China studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation , and another leading Xinjiang scholar , suggests that the video 's real value is what it says about the Chinese government claim that the camp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is extremely significant , '' Dr Zenz says .
`` This testimony shows that the whole system of detaining people , sorting them and then feeding them into extra judicial internment… that this is very much ongoing . ''
Another layer of credibility is provided by a photograph of a document that sources say Mr Ghappar sent after finding it on the floor of one of the epidemic control centre toilets .
The document refers to a speech made by the Communist Party Secretary of Aksu Prefecture , and the date and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been circulating in official circles in the city of Kucha around the time of Mr Ghappar 's detention .
The document 's call for children as young as 13 to be encouraged to `` repent for their mistakes and voluntarily surrender '' appears to be new evidence of the extent of China 's monitoring and control of the thoughts and behaviours of the Uighurs and other minorities .
`` I think this is the first time I 've seen an official notice of minors being held responsible for their religious activity , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the University of Colorado , Boulder who has researched and written extensively about the Uighurs .
Despite the risk that the publication of Merdan Ghappar 's video and text messages will put him at risk of longer or harsher punishment , those close to him say they no longer have any choice .
`` Staying silent will not help him either , '' says his uncle , Abdulhakim Ghappar , from his home in Amsterdam .
Abdulhakim says he kept in regular touch with his nephew before he was taken into detention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been well documented in other cases - that this overseas connection is one of the reasons Mr Ghappar was detained .
`` Yes , I am 100 % sure about it , '' he said .
`` He was detained just because I am abroad and I take part in protests against Chinese human rights abuses . ''
Abdulhakim 's activism , which began in 2009 in Xinjiang when he helped hand out flyers ahead of a large-scale protest in the city of Urumqi , was the reason he fled to the Netherlands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Urumqi later spilled into a series of violent riots which , Chinese authorities say , claimed nearly 200 lives and are seen as another one of the major turning points towards its tightening control over the region .
Told that the Chinese authorities were seeking his arrest , Abdulhakim got himself a passport and left .
He has never been back .
The list of questions sent by the BBC to the Chinese authorities asked them to confirm whether Merdan Ghappar or his uncle are suspected of any crime in China .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ shackled to a bed , and for a response from the authorities to his other allegations of mistreatment and torture .
None of the questions was answered .
Wherever Merdan Ghappar is now , one thing is clear .
Whether his earlier conviction for a drugs offence was just or not , his current detention is proof that even well-educated and relatively successful Uighurs can become a target of the internment system .
`` This young man , as a fashion model , has a successful career already , '' said Professor Millward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writes very well and uses fancy phrases , so clearly this is not someone who needs education for a vocational purpose . ''
Dr Adrian Zenz argues that this is the point of the system .
`` It does n't actually matter so much what the background of the person is , '' he says .
`` What matters is that their loyalty has been tested by the system .
At some point almost everybody is going to experience some form of internment or re-education , everybody is going to going to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese government denies that it is persecuting the Uighur population .
After heavy criticism over the issue recently from the US , a spokesman for China 's Foreign Ministry , Hua Chunying , invoked the death of George Floyd , saying that Uighurs in Xinjiang were free in comparison to African Americans in the US .
But for Merdan Ghappar 's family , haunted by the image of him chained to a bed in an unknown location , there is a connection between the two cases .
`` When I saw the George @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nephew 's own video , '' says Merdan 's uncle Abdulhakim .
`` The entire Uighur people are just like George Floyd now , '' he says .
`` We ca n't breathe . ''

A few days later, the prisoners were loaded onto minibuses and sent away to an unknown location. Mr Ghappar, who was suffering from a cold and with his nose running, was separated from the rest and taken to the facility seen in the video he sent - a place he described as an "epidemic control centre". Once there, he was handcuffed to the bed.


bbc--2020-08-04--Spain puzzles over ex-King Juan Carlos's whereabouts

There is intense speculation in the Spanish media about the whereabouts of embattled ex-King Juan Carlos , after his shock announcement on Monday that he was leaving the country .
The 82-year-old , who is the subject of a corruption probe , announced the move in a letter on the royal website .
It gave no details about his destination , but some reports suggest he has gone to the Dominican Republic .
However , officials there said they had no information that he was coming .
A spokeswoman for the Caribbean nation 's immigration service said he had not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he had arrived on Tuesday .
But she said he had been there for a few days from late February to early March .
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he does not know where the former king is .
In his letter , Juan Carlos said he would be available if prosecutors needed to speak to him .
In June , Spain 's Supreme Court opened an investigation into his alleged involvement in a high-speed rail contract in Saudi Arabia .
BBC Europe correspondent Nick Beake says it is a humiliating exit for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go down in history as the leader who skilfully guided Spain to democracy after the death of General Franco in 1975 .
In 2014 , Juan Carlos abdicated and handed over to his son Felipe .
What do Spanish media say ?
Newspapers give various accounts about the former king 's travels .
La Vanguardia says he went to Portugal early on Monday , and was planning to fly to the Dominican Republic to stay with friends .
ABC , another daily , said he was already in the Dominican Republic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Portugal , France or Italy .
El Pais meanwhile has so far refrained from speculating about Juan Carlos 's whereabouts .
In Portugal , media said he was in the resort towns of Estoril or Cascais .
There are no reports from the Dominican Republic that he is in the Caribbean country .
What did the letter say ?
In the letter , the former monarch wrote that he was leaving `` in the face of the public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating '' and in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carry out his functions as king with `` tranquillity '' .
The statement from the Zarzuela palace said that King Felipe VI had conveyed `` his heartfelt respect and gratitude '' to his father for this decision .
In March , King Felipe VI renounced the inheritance of his father .
The royal palace also said at the time that Juan Carlos would stop receiving an annual grant of €194,000 ( $ 228,000 ; £174,520 ) .
What have leading politicians been saying ?
Prime Minister Sanchez addressed the media after a cabinet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absolute respect '' for Juan Carlos 's decision to relocate abroad .
In Spain it was necessary to judge people , not institutions , he said .
The country always needed `` stability and robust institutions '' which came with `` transparency and regeneration '' .
But the move has caused tension with the prime minister 's left-wing coalition partner , Podemos .
Irene Montero , Spain 's equality minister , said Podemos had not been aware of any negotiations between the royal household and the government .
She said the departure of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a `` very compromised and delicate position '' and that the people of Spain `` would not accept more corruption or more impunity '' .
What is the corruption investigation about ?
Spain 's Supreme Court has said it aims to establish Juan Carlos 's connection with the Saudi Arabia contract after his abdication .
Spanish anti-corruption officials suspect that the former king kept some undeclared funds in Switzerland , and a Swiss investigation is under way .
The Spanish government has said that `` justice is equal for all '' and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the inquiry .
• Ascends the throne on 22 November 1975 , two days after the death of fascist dictator Gen Francisco Franco • Juan Carlos was widely admired for steering Spain to democracy during a difficult period • But towards the end of his 39-year reign he drew growing criticism • Abdicates on 18 June 2014 in favour of his son Felipe

In the letter, the former monarch wrote that he was leaving "in the face of the public repercussions that certain past events in my private life are generating" and in the hope of allowing his son to carry out his functions as king with "tranquillity".


bbc--2020-08-04--SpaceX: Nasa crew describe rumbles and jolts of return to Earth

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have described the rumbles , heat and jolts of returning from space in the Crew Dragon spacecraft on Sunday .
Behnken vividly described the clouds rushing by the window and jolts that were like being `` hit in the back of the chair with a baseball bat '' .
But Hurley and Behnken said the spacecraft performed just as expected .
They splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico , ending the first commercial crewed mission to the space station .
`` As we descended through the atmosphere , I personally was surprised at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It seemed like just a couple of minutes later , after the [ de-orbit ] burns were complete , we could look out the windows and see the clouds rushing by , '' he said at a news conference broadcast from Nasa 's Johnson Space Center in Houston .
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• Why Nasa is working with SpaceX '' Once we descended a little bit into the atmosphere , Dragon really came alive .
It started to fire thrusters and keep us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ atmosphere starts to make noise - you can hear that rumble outside the vehicle .
And as the vehicle tries to control , you feel a little bit of that shimmy in your body .
`` We could feel those small rolls and pitches and yaws - all those little motions were things we picked up on inside the vehicle . ''
As the spacecraft - named Endeavour by its crew - descended through the atmosphere , the rumbles increased in magnitude and the thrusters began to fire continuously .
`` I did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sound like a machine , it sounds like an animal , '' said Behnken .
During the return from the International Space Station ( ISS ) , the crew module has to separate from a section called the trunk , which has solar panels and heat-removal radiators .
`` All the separation events , from the trunk separation through the parachute firings , were very much like getting hit in the back of the chair with a baseball bat , '' said Bob Behnken .
`` Pretty light for the trunk separation but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant jolt . ''
Behnken also described feeling some `` warming '' inside the capsule .
He praised the engineers who worked on the Crew Dragon spacecraft : `` I ca n't say enough about how well the SpaceX team trained us , '' he said .
Upon splashdown on Sunday , a flotilla of private boats approached the bobbing Dragon , which came down in the sea off Pensacola , Florida .
They were asked to leave amid concern over hazardous chemicals venting from the capsule 's propulsion system .
`` We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the event , but there are some safety aspects that - as the administrator [ Nasa chief Jim Bridenstine ] said - we 'll have to take a look at , because it ca n't happen like it did before . ''
Hurley said they were not aware of the boats while they were sitting in the capsule because of the scorch marks over the windows .
`` You see it was daylight outside but very little else , '' he said .
But reflecting on the historic nature of the mission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the true honours of my entire life , but certainly my professional career '' .
Nasa is handing over the transport of astronauts to and from the ISS to private companies , namely SpaceX and Boeing .
Since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011 , the United States has had no vehicle with which to launch astronauts from its soil .
In the intervening years , it has paid Russia tens of millions of dollars per seat to launch US crew members on the Soyuz vehicle .
During the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2011 , the crew left a US flag on the space station with the intention that the next crew to launch on a US vehicle return it to Earth .
Nine years later , Hurley and Behnken have brought back the symbolic item , which also flew on the first shuttle mission in 1981 .

"Once we descended a little bit into the atmosphere, Dragon really came alive. It started to fire thrusters and keep us pointed in the appropriate direction. The atmosphere starts to make noise - you can hear that rumble outside the vehicle. And as the vehicle tries to control, you feel a little bit of that shimmy in your body.


bbc--2020-08-04--US Open 2020: Rafael Nadal will not play at Grand Slam in New York

Last updated on .From the section Tennis Defending champion Rafael Nadal has decided not to play the US Open later this month because the coronavirus pandemic is `` not under control '' .
`` The health situation is very complicated around the world with cases increasing and flare-ups , '' said Nadal .
Serbia 's Novak Djokovic leads the men 's entry list , while American great Serena Williams has indicated she will play .
Nadal added : `` This is a decision I never wanted to take but I have decided to follow my heart this time and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
The United States Tennis Association ( USTA ) is hosting a double tournament at Flushing Meadows , having moved the Cincinnati Masters to New York .
The event will staged at the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre from 22 August , with the US Open taking place immediately afterwards .
Both tournaments will be held without fans and players will have to follow strict measures .
The USTA measures within the safety bubble include regular testing , mitigation measures and increased sanitisation .
The organisation said on Friday it was confident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the tournaments remained `` on track '' .
While the WTA Tour resumed in Palermo this week , the Cincinnati-US Open double header will be the first ATP events since March .
`` We know that the reduced tennis calendar is barbaric this year after four months stopped with no play , '' added Nadal , who will miss a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon in 2016 .
No Nadal or Federer - who is playing ?
Nadal 's great rival Roger Federer will also be absent from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovering from knee surgery .
Australian Ashleigh Barty , the women 's world number one , said last week she did not want to play , meaning Romania 's world number two Simona Halep leads the entry list .
The entry list is not a guarantee that those on it will play the Grand Slam tournament , with many players likely to make a final decision over the next few weeks .
Britain 's three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray does plan to play at Flushing Meadows , although the world number 129 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not promoted from the alternate list .
British number ones Johanna Konta and Dan Evans have entered the tournament through their rankings , as have compatriots Heather Watson , Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie .
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Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title at last year's US Open, leaving him one behind Roger Federer's all-time men's record
Defending champion Rafael Nadal has decided not to play the US Open later this month because the coronavirus pandemic is "not under control".
Spanish world number two Nadal, 34, has not entered the tournament, which takes place in New York from 31 August.
"The health situation is very complicated around the world with cases increasing and flare-ups," said Nadal.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic leads the men's entry list, while American great Serena Williams has indicated she will play.
Nadal added: "This is a decision I never wanted to take but I have decided to follow my heart this time and for the time being I rather not travel."
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is hosting a double tournament at Flushing Meadows, having moved the Cincinnati Masters to New York.
The event will staged at the Billie Jean King Tennis Centre from 22 August, with the US Open taking place immediately afterwards.
Both tournaments will be held without fans and players will have to follow strict measures.
The USTA measures within the safety bubble include regular testing, mitigation measures and increased sanitisation. The organisation said on Friday it was confident the health and safety of everyone involved in the tournaments remained "on track".
While the WTA Tour resumed in Palermo this week, the Cincinnati-US Open double header will be the first ATP events since March.
"We know that the reduced tennis calendar is barbaric this year after four months stopped with no play," added Nadal, who will miss a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon in 2016.
No Nadal or Federer - who is playing?
Nadal's great rival Roger Federer will also be absent from the US Open, with the 38-year-old Swiss recovering from knee surgery.
Australian Ashleigh Barty, the women's world number one, said last week she did not want to play, meaning Romania's world number two Simona Halep leads the entry list.
Defending women's champion Bianca Andreescu has also entered.
The entry list is not a guarantee that those on it will play the Grand Slam tournament, with many players likely to make a final decision over the next few weeks.
Britain's three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray does plan to play at Flushing Meadows, although the world number 129 will need a wildcard if he is not promoted from the alternate list.
British number ones Johanna Konta and Dan Evans have entered the tournament through their rankings, as have compatriots Heather Watson, Kyle Edmund and Cameron Norrie.


bbc--2020-08-04--TikTok founder defends potential Microsoft sale

The Chinese head of TikTok has defended plans to sell its US operations , describing a deal as the only way to prevent the app from being banned in the US .
In a letter to Chinese staff , Zhang Yiming said the critics do not see the `` full context '' .
The letter comes as US President Donald Trump has threatened to bar the social media company .
Chinese state media have said such pressure amounts to `` theft '' .
On social media , Zhang Yiming , founder of TikTok 's Chinese parent company ByteDance , has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
In the letter to staff , which was shared by the company , he acknowledged the criticism , but said `` many people misunderstand the current , complex situation '' .
He reminded staff of the firm 's global ambitions and noted a rise in anti-Chinese sentiment around the world , including in the US and India .
`` As a company , we have to abide by the laws of the markets where we operate , '' he said .
`` It feels like the goal was not necessarily a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ macro situation , a ban or even more . ''
• Beyond TikTok : Who else might Trump ban ?
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The Trump administration has threatened to ban TikTok , saying the data it collects from its users - including an estimated 100 million in the US - is at risk of exploitation by the Chinese government .
Beijing and TikTok deny those claims , which the US has made against other Chinese tech firms .
But a sale to a US company is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerns .
On Sunday , Microsoft confirmed it was in discussions with ByteDance over buying TikTok 's operations in the US , Canada , Australia , and New Zealand - countries that make up four of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance .
On Tuesday , it was reported that Apple is also interested .
When reports of talks between ByteDance - which has received backing from US investors - and Microsoft surfaced on Friday , Mr Trump said he opposed the deal .
But he later appeared to okay a potential sale , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any takeover by a US company for national security risks - should receive a `` substantial '' cut of any purchase price .
Mr Trump has threatened to ban the app on 15 September if there is no deal .
`` The United States should get a very large percentage of that price , because we 're making it possible , '' Mr Trump said .
Nicholas Klein , a lawyer at DLA Piper , said generally `` the government does n't have the authority to take a cut of a private deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the United States , which is the inter-agency committee that reviews some foreign investments in the US .
Charlotte Jee , a reporter at MIT Technology Review , a magazine owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology , said Mr Trump 's comments were `` pretty astonishing '' .
Speaking to the BBC 's Today programme , she said : `` I hate to say this but it is kind of almost Mafia-like behaviour - threatening a ban which pushes down the price then saying 'oh we should get a cut of that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what we 've done there ' .
`` It is extraordinary behaviour as well because last week we had lawmakers in the US trying to look at whether tech companies are too big and now we 've got Trump trying to make one of them even bigger so it is a really , really bizarre situation to be in . ''
Former FBI director James Comey once said that dealing with Donald Trump gave him `` flashbacks to my earlier career as a prosecutor against the Mob '' .
The US president has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't refuse .
If the video app does n't break away from its Chinese owner , ByteDance , and sell its US operation to Microsoft , Mr Trump will simply ban it - putting TikTok 's access to its 80 million active American users in jeopardy .
Mr Trump has already flexed his muscles against other Chinese firms , such as Huawei .
But what makes the situation with TikTok unprecedented is the demand for a cut of the sale price .
The US Treasury has not explained how this extraordinary demand for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work .
Mr Trump reckons the government should get a big slice of the pie because `` we 're making it possible '' .
However , the deal would n't be happening in the first place but for his administration 's claim that the likes of TikTok are feeding users ' data directly to the Chinese Communist Party .
Beneath the president 's bombast , perhaps this is simply payback for the US and its companies , some of whom claim China has stolen intellectual property from them .
Perhaps Mr Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been doing for years .
But one thing is certain , Mr Trump 's demand for payment has muddied the waters in an already fraught situation .

"It is extraordinary behaviour as well because last week we had lawmakers in the US trying to look at whether tech companies are too big and now we've got Trump trying to make one of them even bigger so it is a really, really bizarre situation to be in."


bbc--2020-08-05--Climate change: Satellites find new colonies of Emperor penguins

Satellite observations have found a raft of new Emperor penguin breeding sites in the Antarctic .
The locations were identified from the way the birds ' poo , or guano , had stained large patches of sea-ice .
The discovery lifts the global Emperor population by 5-10 % , to perhaps as many as 278,500 breeding pairs .
It 's a welcome development given that this iconic species is likely to come under severe pressure this century as the White Continent warms .
The Emperors ' whole life cycle is centred around the availability of sea-ice , and if this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the climate models project - then the animals ' numbers will be hit hard .
One forecast suggested the global population could crash by a half or more under certain conditions come 2100 .
• Europe and US line up to measure Antarctic sea-ice The British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) used the EU 's Sentinel-2 spacecraft to scour the edge of the continent for previously unrecognised Emperor activity .
The satellites ' infrared imagery threw up eight such breeding sites and confirmed the existence of three others that had been mooted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The new identifications take the number of known active breeding sites from 50 to 61 .
Two of the new locations are in the Antarctic Peninsula region , three are in the West of the continent and six in the East .
They are all in gaps between existing colonies .
Emperor groups , it seems , like to keep at least 100km between themselves .
The new sites maintain this distancing discipline .
It 's impossible to count individual penguins from orbit but the BAS researchers can estimate numbers in colonies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ huddles .
`` It 's good news because there are now more penguins than we thought , '' said BAS remote-sensing specialist Dr Peter Fretwell .
`` But this story comes with a strong caveat because the newly discovered sites are not in what we call the refugia - areas with stable sea-ice , such as in the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea .
They are all in more northerly , vulnerable locations that will likely lose their sea-ice , '' he told BBC News .
Breeding success for Emperors rests upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
This is the sea-ice that sticks to the edge of the continent or to icebergs .
It 's low and flat , and an ideal surface on which to lay an egg , incubate it and then raise the subsequent chick in its first year of life .
But this seasonal ice needs to be long-lived , to stay intact for at least eight or nine months to be useful .
If it forms too late or breaks up too early , the young birds will be forced into the sea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 've lost their down and grown water-proof feathers .
Likewise for the adults .
They undergo a dramatic moult in the summer months of January and February .
They too risk drowning if the fast ice melts away and they do n't have the right plumage to resume swimming .
Antarctic sea-ice trends in recent decades have been pretty stable , albeit with some big regional shifts .
But the climate models foresee significant losses this century .
Even under the Paris Agreement 's best-case scenario with a global temperature increase of no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the population is likely to decrease by at least a third over the next three generations , the experts say .
It 's this troubling outlook that led researchers last year to call for the conservation status of Emperors to be upgraded .
At the moment , they are classified as `` Near Threatened '' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) , the organisation that keeps the lists of Earth 's endangered animals .
A proposal has now been submitted to put Emperors into the more urgent `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sentinel search for Emperors is reported in the journal Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET @ bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter : @ BBCAmos

"But this story comes with a strong caveat because the newly discovered sites are not in what we call the refugia - areas with stable sea-ice, such as in the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea. They are all in more northerly, vulnerable locations that will likely lose their sea-ice," he told BBC News.


bbc--2020-08-04--Belarus ruler Lukashenko says Russia lying over 'mercenaries'

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has accused Russia of lying about a `` mercenary '' group arrested in Belarus last week and says another such group has infiltrated his country .
`` Today we heard of another unit sent into the south , '' he said in an address to the nation .
`` We 'll catch them all . ''
Russia has denied that the 33 Russians held were plotting terrorism and were linked to anti-Lukashenko activists .
Anti-Lukashenko protests have grown , as he seeks re-election on 9 August .
Russia has said the 33 - claimed to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ - were only transiting via Belarus en route to Istanbul .
And Russia insists they had no mission to interfere in the Belarus presidential election .
`` All this about Istanbul , Venezuela , Africa and Libya - it 's a lie .
These people - they have already given testimony - were sent into Belarus on purpose .
The order was to wait , '' Mr Lukashenko said , in his televised annual address .
He said the Russians could have flown directly to an overseas destination - there was no need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so .
`` So far there is no open warfare , no shooting , the trigger has not yet been pulled , but an attempt to organise a massacre in the centre of Minsk is already obvious , '' he alleged .
Russia has urged Belarus to release the men , who have been named by Belarusian officials , though the Wagner connection has not been independently confirmed .
The Wagner group is reported to have played a significant role in eastern Ukraine , helping the pro-Russian rebels there , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conflict zones .
The Belarusian authorities have been cracking down on opposition figures and peaceful protests in the run-up to Sunday 's poll .
BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports that Mr Lukashenko seemed agitated and his long , fiery speech was full of warnings of plots and threats against Belarus .
He called his big rival in this election - Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - a `` poor little girl '' , manipulated by foreign `` puppet masters '' .
This suggests a man nervous ahead of a vote seen as the biggest challenge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mass opposition rallies reveal the increasing frustration of many voters , our correspondent adds .
Early voting began on Tuesday .
Western governments and human rights groups have long complained that Mr Lukashenko harasses opponents , controls the media and marginalises independent voices .
Political novice Svetlana Tikhanovskaya stepped into the election race after her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky , a popular YouTube blogger , was barred from standing and jailed .
The authorities allege that the arrested Russians were collaborating with Mr Tikhanovsky ; his wife dismissed that `` very scary '' claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been taken abroad for their own safety .
Mr Lukashenko , in power since 1994 , has been criticised over his handling of the economy and the coronavirus pandemic .
He has urged Belarusians to carry on as normal , scorning the lockdowns imposed by the rest of Europe to curb the virus .

"All this about Istanbul, Venezuela, Africa and Libya - it's a lie. These people - they have already given testimony - were sent into Belarus on purpose. The order was to wait," Mr Lukashenko said, in his televised annual address.


bbc--2020-08-04--Vogue editor: Focusing on activism a 'no-brainer'

British Vogue editor Edward Enninful has said the September issue 's focus on activism was a `` no-brainer '' decision .
The magazine , described by Enninful to the BBC as a `` rallying cry for the future '' , includes 40 activists he called `` the faces of hope '' .
Footballer Marcus Rashford , a child poverty campaigner , and model/activist Adwoa Aboah are the cover stars .
Enninful said working with an all-black team `` brought an authenticity to the cover… a feeling of togetherness '' .
The September issue is traditionally the fashion bible 's most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Sussex guest edited the issue 12 months ago .
Manchester United star Rashford was praised earlier this year for leading a campaign against child poverty while Aboah is a mental health campaigner .
Aboah was also the first cover star for Vogue when Enninful became editor .
They were photographed by Misan Harriman , the first black male photographer to shoot a British Vogue cover in its 104-year history .
Enninful chose Harriman to photograph the cover after seeing his black-and-white images of the Black Lives Matter protests in London at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis .
Misan said he was `` honoured and empowered '' at being asked to do the Vogue cover shoot .
He said the brief was to `` capture the essence of these two extraordinary young people '' , adding : `` It shows hope , solidarity and empathy . ''
Enninful became editor-in-chief of British Vogue more than two years ago , making him the first black person to take the helm of the magazine .
He told BBC News that having an all-black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was n't a first for him `` but for younger members , it was magical , they felt empowered , like the world was changing .
`` For me it was great to watch as an elder statesman .
This could n't be just a one-off .
The industry has to change . ''
`` I 've always wanted to effect change in the world . ''
Among the activists to feature in the September issue are Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo , racial justice campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence , model Joan Smalls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and writer Janet Mock .
`` Women were leading the charge this year , '' explained Enninful .
`` It just shows the strength of women , even in hard times , women prevail and lead the way . ''
He added : `` My mother was a strong woman . ''
Author Eddo-Lodge 's book , Why I 'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race , topped the paperback non-fiction chart , following the Black Lives Matter protests .
The achievement made her the first black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bestseller list since the official book chart began .
Her book explores the links between gender , class and race in the UK and around the world .
She said she had n't done any interviews around the time of the protests because `` I 'm often looked at as a spokesperson… I wanted that initial space to be given to the protestors '' .
Speaking about Enninful and culture 's influence on effecting change , she said : `` I feel like culture is being more progressive than our politics . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and raised in west London , is one of a few people of colour in the fashion press to hold the role of editor-in-chief .
Others include Lindsay Peoples Wagner who runs Teen Vogue and Samira Nasr , the first woman of colour at the head of Harper 's Bazaar .
Talking about whether it was lonely being a black man in the industry when he first started out , Enninful said : `` I never wanted to be the only one so I brought my friends up with me… so we could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
The September issue follows on from Enninful 's July initiative , which saw him feature key workers , from nurses to railway workers , on a selection of three Vogue covers .
`` With Covid-19 , I realised the role of the magazine had to change , I wanted to create a document for the times , '' Enninful explained .
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Talking about whether it was lonely being a black man in the industry when he first started out, Enninful said: "I never wanted to be the only one so I brought my friends up with me… so we could grow together and change the world together."


bbc--2020-08-04--Sony's Spider-Man exclusive sparks backlash

The upcoming Marvel Avengers game has sparked a backlash after it was revealed that Spider-Man will only be in the PlayStation version .
Its developer said the web-slinger will be available as downloadable content ( DLC ) next year on one platform only .
The game will be released on 4 September across several platforms including PS4 , Xbox One and PC .
Fans have suggested the move will see many players missing out on the game 's full experience .
Sony has owned the movie rights to Spider-Man since 1999 , and a video game headlined by the web-slinger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018 .
However , the superhero has appeared in other games on multiple consoles and PC over the years , including titles based on The Amazing Spider-Man film and its 2014 sequel .
• Why Hollywood needs computer games more than ever Numerous fans shared their outrage on social media following the surprise announcement on Monday .
`` As a PS and PC player , I 'll just be skipping Avengers altogether now .
This is a such a dumb thing to do , '' complained one gamer .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I still get a bit sad and mad when something like Spider-Man or stuff gets locked to only on PS .
Xbox players really should be able to have fun too , '' said another .
Spider-Man will be made available to PlayStation players at no additional cost , and an in-game event will mark the release .
Ludo Medina , co-founder of gaming platform The N-Erd Council , told the BBC that the move would force many gamers to `` pick sides '' .
`` Exclusives are nothing new when it comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ specific consoles ?
This is a whole new territory .
`` It is incredibly unfair on them and leaves PC and Xbox hanging out to dry .
Gamers are saying it is forcing them to unnecessarily choose between one or the other . ''
Crystal Dynamics also confirmed the game 's first post-launch character addition would be superhero Hawkeye , and would be available across all platforms .

"I'm a PlayStation person and I still get a bit sad and mad when something like Spider-Man or stuff gets locked to only on PS. Xbox players really should be able to have fun too," said another.


bbc--2020-08-04--Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Carolinas

Tropical Storms are lining up in the Atlantic .
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bbc--2020-08-04--What is the 'sovereign citizen' movement?

A growing movement of people who believe that laws do not apply to them threatens police and law enforcement around the world , experts and officials say .
So-called sovereign citizens believe they are immune from government rules and in some cases - including recently in Australia and the US - have violently confronted police .
Coronavirus mitigation measures , including mandatory social distancing and mask wearing , may also be fuelling the anti-government conspiracy and spreading its message to a global minority that view the deadly pandemic as a hoax .
The FBI has described the movement , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ domestic terrorism '' in the US and calls followers `` anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country , they are separate or 'sovereign ' from the United States '' .
The ideology hatched in the 1970s and grew out of Posse Comitatus , a US anti-government group that contained many followers who were anti-Semitic and believed governments were controlled by Jews .
It rose in prominence in the 1990s alongside the militia movement , says Mark Pitcavage , a researcher at the Anti-Defamation League who has followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the late 1990s , the ideology reached Canada through anti-tax groups , before later going to Australia and then the UK and Ireland , says Mr Pitcavage .
In Australia , police this week attributed a `` dangerous '' rise in people resisting lockdown orders - sometimes violently - to the sovereign citizen movement .
Victoria Chief Police Commissioner Shane Patton said on Tuesday that officers have been forced `` to smash the windows of cars and pull people out to provide details '' after they have refused to answer questions or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country known for adherence to rules , a viral video in May this year showed a 40-year-old woman refusing to don a face mask , telling people `` I 'm a sovereign… This is something people are not going to know what it is '' .
`` It means I have nothing to do with the police , it means I have no contract with the police .
They have no say over me , '' said the woman , who was later sent to a mental health facility .
In the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a man accused of beheading his landlord in a rent dispute last week - have claimed to be immune from prosecution as sovereign citizens .
One of the ideology 's most famous adopters was Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols , who filed endless frivolous lawsuits against the government in the years before the 1995 attack on a federal office building which killed 168 people .
• Who are Boogaloo Bois , antifa and Proud Boys ?
The sovereign citizen movement is different from the militia movement , which puts more emphasis on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say .
Sovereign citizens - which also go by many other names including constitutionalists , common law citizens , freemen , and non-resident aliens - favour legal arguments .
It also differs from the QAnon conspiracy theory which believes President Donald Trump is saving the world from evil , because sovereign citizens view all government figures , including Mr Trump , as illegitimate .
What do sovereign citizens believe ?
There are a multitude of theories that followers believe , experts say , cautioning that it is hard to determine the number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ structure .
The general ideology is based on the belief that the original government set up by the US founders , which most adherents refer to as `` common law '' , was slowly and secretly replaced by an illegitimate government sometime in the 1800s .
Followers around the world make similar claims about their own governments - or the British Royal Family as is the case with Australia , says Mr Pitcavage .
They believe there is a legal way to opt out of the current legal system that comes through filing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` contracts '' with the government , such as driving licences and other identity documents .
Adherents are told by `` redemption gurus '' that they can use phrases , which they believe to have legal meaning , to `` divorce themselves '' from the illegitimate government , says Mr Pitcavage .
They often print out and carry documents which they claim prove their status .
`` And once you do that , once you have regained your sovereignty , none of the laws , rules , taxes , court orders , anything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any more power or justification over you whatsoever . ''
Followers resist all government laws and regulations , no matter how trivial , and in the US often file lengthy legal battles against the government , which critics refer to as `` paper terrorism '' .
They sometimes film encounters with police using the phrases that they believe protect them , including `` am I being detained ? ''
They have occasionally set up `` common law courts '' and issued bogus arrest warrants for US officials .
Some have been arrested with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to themselves , or have even printed their own currency believing the dollar to be invalid .
Mr Pitcavage says it 's common to find European followers cite the US criminal code , which has no legal bearing there .
Some followers believe it possible to access a secret government-held fund once they become sovereign .
The Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) , which oversees federal tax payments in the US , says on its website that the notion of `` secret accounts assigned to each citizen is pure fantasy '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ series of complex , legal-sounding documents , the sovereign can tap into that secret Treasury account for his own purposes , '' according to the Southern Poverty Law Center , which tracks extremist groups .
Followers are often struggling financially or are people who can not tolerate government bureaucracy , says Mr Pitcavage .
`` The sovereign citizen movement , through its pseudo-legal theories and tactics , tells them who to blame - it 's the illegitimate government , it 's the illegitimate banking system , it 's this and that .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @

They have occasionally set up "common law courts" and issued bogus arrest warrants for US officials. Some have been arrested with fake car registration plates they have issued to themselves, or have even printed their own currency believing the dollar to be invalid. Mr Pitcavage says it's common to find European followers cite the US criminal code, which has no legal bearing there.


bbc--2020-08-04--British Vogue September issue: Edward Enninful showcases activists of 'hope'

Edward Enninful has made significant changes to British Vogue since taking over the editorship three years ago .
In the @ @ @ @ @ he 's dedicated the famous September issue to 40 activists , including footballer Marcus Rashford @ @ @ @ @ Also featured is Reni Eddo-Lodge , the first black British author to top the UK @ @ @ @ @ Harriman has also made history by being the first black male to snap British Vogue @ @ @ @ @ history .
The BBC 's Brenda Emmanus hears from Enninful , Eddo-Lodge and Harriman on @ @ @ @ @ , as all global editions of Vogue unite under the theme of `` hope '' @

Edward Enninful has made significant changes to British Vogue since taking over the editorship three years ago.
In the wake of recent events, he's dedicated the famous September issue to 40 activists, including footballer Marcus Rashford and model Adwoa Aboah.
Also featured is Reni Eddo-Lodge, the first black British author to top the UK bestsellers list.
Photographer Misan Harriman has also made history by being the first black male to snap British Vogue's cover in its 104-year history.
The BBC's Brenda Emmanus hears from Enninful, Eddo-Lodge and Harriman on the making of the issue, as all global editions of Vogue unite under the theme of "hope".


bbc--2020-08-04--Is noise pollution killing whales and dolphins?

Humans create a lot of noise in the ocean - from sonar and seismic exploration , to pile-driving when building @ @ @ @ @ might this affect sea life ?
Thousands of whales and dolphins die every year after @ @ @ @ @ Dr Maria Morell , from University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover , studies their ears to @ @ @ @ @ hearing damage led to their death .
She 's developed a new way of finding @ @ @ @ @ hearing was affected just hours before they beached , to support the theory that the @ @ @ @ @ and pinpoint human activities that may be having an impact .
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Humans create a lot of noise in the ocean - from sonar and seismic exploration, to pile-driving when building wind farms. But how might this affect sea life?
Thousands of whales and dolphins die every year after becoming stranded on beaches.
Dr Maria Morell, from University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, studies their ears to try and work out if hearing damage led to their death.
She's developed a new way of finding out if a cetacean's hearing was affected just hours before they beached, to support the theory that the two might be connected - and pinpoint human activities that may be having an impact.
Listen to CrowdScience: How is human sound affecting sea life?
Video by Jennifer Green, interview by Melanie Brown.


bbc--2020-08-04--‘Don’t we owe these children a duty of care?’

Thousands of children were taken from their homes by their parents to live under the Islamic State group ’ s @ @ @ @ @ those that survived are now stranded in Kurdish-run camps in Syria .
A British woman @ @ @ @ @ camps wants them to be able to leave .
Charleen Jack-Henry was sent a voice @ @ @ @ @ and says the camps are `` no place '' for children .
Listen to more @ @ @ @ @ Poonam Taneja on BBC Sounds .

Thousands of children were taken from their homes by their parents to live under the Islamic State group’s self-proclaimed caliphate.
Many of those that survived are now stranded in Kurdish-run camps in Syria.
A British woman with three grandchildren in those camps wants them to be able to leave.
Charleen Jack-Henry was sent a voice message from her grandchildren, and says the camps are "no place" for children.
Listen to more from the Asian Network's Poonam Taneja on BBC Sounds.


bbc--2020-08-05--Education suffers in Kashmir's 'endless' lockdown

Students in Indian-administered Kashmir have missed most of their school year due to the fact that the troubled region has @ @ @ @ @ .
First , a lockdown was imposed following the decision to revoke the region 's @ @ @ @ @ , the Covid-19 pandemic has shut schools again .
Slow internet speeds mean that online @ @ @ @ @ either a teaching tool or a learning one .
So some people are trying to @ @ @ @ @ for students in the open .

Students in Indian-administered Kashmir have missed most of their school year due to the fact that the troubled region has been almost in endless lockdown.
First, a lockdown was imposed following the decision to revoke the region's special status. And then, the Covid-19 pandemic has shut schools again. Slow internet speeds mean that online classes are not viable as either a teaching tool or a learning one.
So some people are trying to change that by conducting schools for students in the open.
Video by Neha Sharma and Aamir Peerzada


bbc--2020-08-04--LinkedIn co-founder reveals key secret to success

Allen Blue , who co-founded professional network LinkedIn , reveals how start-ups can achieve growth , based on his own @ @ @ @ @ tips from CEO Secrets .
You can also follow the series on the BBC News @ @ @ @ @ 'CEO Secrets ' in My News .
Follow series producer Dougal on Twitter .

Allen Blue, who co-founded professional network LinkedIn, reveals how start-ups can achieve growth, based on his own experience.
Watch more business tips from CEO Secrets. You can also follow the series on the BBC News app by adding the topic 'CEO Secrets' in My News. Follow series producer Dougal on Twitter.


bbc--2020-08-04--Coronavirus: Journey from doctor to patient

At the height of the pandemic , the BBC heard from NHS staff about what it was like working on @ @ @ @ @ of them , Dr Sarah Edwards did a video diary in April , from the @ @ @ @ @ Leicester Royal Infirmary .
Recently , she was admitted into her own hospital with Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ s well again now and sent another diary of her first shift back at work @ @ @ @ @ Catherine Burns .

At the height of the pandemic, the BBC heard from NHS staff about what it was like working on the coronavirus frontline. One of them, Dr Sarah Edwards did a video diary in April, from the Accident and Emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Recently, she was admitted into her own hospital with Covid-19 and pneumonia.
She’s well again now and sent another diary of her first shift back at work to the BBC health correspondent Catherine Burns.


bbc--2020-08-04--TikTok: The story of a social media giant

President Donald Trump has warned that he will ban TikTok unless an American firm buys its US operations .
So how did an app attract millions of users but come to be seen as a national security risk in just two years ?
Alone it stands , a red gummy bear atop a dimly lit stage , and the unmistakable voice of Adele singing .
Then , as the unseen crowd joins in with the next line , the camera pans out to reveal hundreds more gummy bears singing along to Someone Like You .
It 's silly and cute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fledgling video app TikTok , it did more in 15 seconds than marketing budgets of millions .
Posted in December 2018 , it quickly racked up millions of views on the app but - more importantly - was picked up by thousands of copycats on other social networks .
The world was alerted to the app and TikTok has since attracted a vibrant , creative and young audience of hundreds of millions .
TikTok 's origins are different to the fairytale start-up story we have heard before .
This is not an empire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a great idea in their mum 's garage .
It actually started life as three different apps .
The first was a US app called Musical.ly , which launched in 2014 and picked up a healthy following in the country .
In 2016 , Chinese tech giant ByteDance launched a similar service in China called Douyin .
It attracted 100 million users in China and Thailand in the space of a year .
ByteDance decided it was onto something and wanted to expand under a different brand - TikTok .
So , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in , and began TikTok 's global expansion .
TikTok 's secret lies in its use of music and an extraordinarily powerful algorithm , which learns what content users like to see far faster than many other apps .
Users can choose from a huge database of songs , filters and movie clips to lipsync to .
It 's inspired some huge trends like Lil Nas X 's Old Town Road or Curtis Roach 's Bored in the House .
Even the BBC News theme tune went viral as Brits made light of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spend most of the time on the For You Page .
This is where the algorithm puts content in front of users , anticipating what they will enjoy based on content they have already engaged with .
It 's also where it shows content it thinks could go viral .
The idea is that if the content is good it will travel , regardless of how many followers the creator has .
Many TikTok communities have emerged , brought together by the types of content they enjoy .
Other users , including LGBT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ platform to make informative or funny content for like-minded people .
The growth of TikTok and its sister app Douyin have been rapid .
In July last year the apps already had one billion downloads worldwide , of which 500 million were active users .
A year later they were on two billion downloads and about 800 million active users .
The app 's rapid growth has also put TikTok at the forefront of the minds of politicians .
What does it mean to have a Chinese app so quickly become a large @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accusations are vague , India and the US have concerns that TikTok is collecting sensitive data from users that could be used by the Chinese government for spying .
It has been alleged that every major Chinese enterprise has an internal `` cell '' answerable to the ruling Chinese Communist Party , with many of its agents tasked with gathering secrets .
India initially banned TikTok in April 2019 , after a court ordered its removal from app stores amid claims it was being used to spread pornography .
That decision was overturned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again , along with dozens of other Chinese owned apps in June 2020 , the Indian government said it had received complaints about apps `` stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users ' data '' .
The US government opened a national security review of the platform in late 2019 , after both a Democrat and a Republican lawmaker suggested it posed a risk .
More recently , US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed TikTok was among a number of Chinese apps `` feeding data directly to the Chinese Communist Party '' .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TikTok ?
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The UK 's Information Commissioner 's Office and Australian intelligence agencies are currently probing the app but have n't revealed what they are looking for .
It 's of course worth noting that relations between these countries are tense , with the US at odds with China over trade , Indian and Chinese forces involved in border clashes , and the UK opposing new security laws in Hong Kong .
Exactly what TikTok does with data is contested .
We know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a huge amount , including : • Which videos are watched and commented on It was also revealed that it reads the copy-and-paste clipboards of users , but so do dozens of other apps including Reddit , LinkedIn and the BBC News app , and nothing nefarious was discovered .
Most evidence points to TikTok 's data collection being comparable to other data-hungry social networks such as Facebook .
However , unlike its US-based rivals , TikTok says it is willing to offer an unprecendented level of transparency in order to ease some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and flow .
TikTok 's new CEO Kevin Mayer , an American former Disney executive , said it would allow experts to examine the code behind its algorithms .
This is hugely significant in an industry where data and code is closely guarded .
However , the concerns are n't just about what data is collected , it 's also more theoretical - could the Chinese government compel ByteDance to hand over data ?
The same concerns have been raised about Huawei .
The 2017 National Security Law in China compels any organisation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and co-operate with the state intelligence work '' .
However , like Chinese telecoms giant Huawei , bosses at TikTok have repeatedly said that if this ever happened , `` we would definitely say no to any request for data '' .
Another concern is of the possibility of censorship , or of the app being used to influence public debates .
TikTok is one of the first platforms many young people will come to to share social activism content .
In May it promoted # BlackLivesMatter as a trend .
But even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views , there were criticisms that content from black creators was being supressed and that hashtags related to the protests were being hidden .
It is not the first time TikTok 's algorithm has been criticised for the way content is chosen .
A report by The Intercept suggested that moderators had been encouraged to deprioritise content from anyone deemed too `` ugly '' , or poor .
Last year , the Guardian reported that TikTok censored material deemed to be politically sensitive , including footage of Tiananmen Square protests and Tibetan independence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post suggested moderators in China had the final say on whether videos were approved .
ByteDance said such guidelines had since been phased out and that all moderation was independent of Beijing .
Yet the discussions taking place with Microsoft about the possibility of buying TikTok 's US operations show it is one of the most significant technology products in years .
TikTok has emerged as a meeting place for under-25s , whereas apps like Twitter and Instagram are often seen as being for older users .
But for those who use TikTok @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possibility of a ban feels like a loss .
Downloads of shortform video app competitors Byte and Triller have spiked in the US as users prepare themselves for jumping ship .
But many , it seems , will hang on to TikTok until the very last moment - if that moment comes .

Although the accusations are vague, India and the US have concerns that TikTok is collecting sensitive data from users that could be used by the Chinese government for spying. It has been alleged that every major Chinese enterprise has an internal "cell" answerable to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, with many of its agents tasked with gathering secrets.


bbc--2020-08-04--Coronavirus: Three Biden claims about Trump fact-checked

Joe Biden , the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee , has made several claims about President Donald Trump 's handling of the coronavirus crisis .
Mr Biden says the president has ordered a slowdown in coronavirus testing , is failing to provide enough protective equipment for healthcare workers , and has attempted to block public-health funding .
We 've taken a look at these claims .
Claim : `` President Trump ordered his administration to slow down coronavirus testing . ''
Verdict : Trump did suggest this in a speech , but officials say they have not been instructed to restrict @ @ @ @ @ @ @ June , President Trump told the crowd : `` I said to my people , slow the testing down , please . ''
But he has since called his comments `` semi-tongue in cheek '' , and his press secretary has said the comments were made in jest .
Dr Anthony Fauci , the White House 's top infectious disease expert , said : `` To my knowledge , none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing . ''
The US conducted an average of almost 744,000 tests a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 508,000 a day in June , according to the Covid Tracking Project - so testing has increased since President Trump 's comments .
The president has called testing `` a double-edged sword '' , and says the US looks like it is experiencing a rise in cases because of increased testing .
However , although testing has increased , so has the rate of tests coming back positive - so testing alone does n't account for the rise in the rate of coronavirus cases .
Claim : `` Our healthcare workers still do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : There is evidence of shortages in some healthcare facilities .
President Trump has touted his administration 's efforts to ramp up supply of personal protective equipment ( PPE ) , which was in short supply at the start of the pandemic .
Production has increased , but Mr Biden says the efforts still fall short .
In a survey published on 27 July by National Nurses United , the US 's largest union of registered nurses , 87 % of those who work at hospitals reported reusing at least one piece of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has also said there is still a shortage of PPE .
There is concern that with cases remaining high in the US and more businesses reopening , PPE supply production and distribution may need to expand rapidly .
Mr Biden tweeted this without context or evidence - we 've approached the Biden campaign for further comment .
US lawmakers are currently negotiating a major coronavirus relief package , and there have been reports in US media that the Trump administration is lobbying to reduce funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government agency responsible for public health in the US , and it has had disagreements with the president during the pandemic over reopening guidelines and other measures .
However , the White House denies blocking CDC funding , saying : `` The claim from Biden 's team is false .
In our latest budget , the CDC saw an increase of $ 635m , an 8 % increase . ''
This is true , and the CDC has received an increase in funding during the pandemic response .
The Trump administration 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , starting in October 2020 , did initially propose cuts to the CDC - but it is now set to increase funding , including for infectious disease activities .

The CDC is the government agency responsible for public health in the US, and it has had disagreements with the president during the pandemic over reopening guidelines and other measures.


bbc--2020-08-04--The Kashmiris waiting for their loved ones to come home

India 's federal government detained thousands of people ahead of a controversial move to strip the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status on 5 August 2019 .
One year later , many of them have been charged with serious offences and are still languishing in jails across India .
BBC Hindi 's Majid Jahangir reports .
Tasleema Wani and her family were fast asleep on the night of 6 August when there was a loud banging on the door .
It was the day after the Indian government in Delhi stunned the country by revoking a constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers .
The decision split the part of the disputed region that India administers into two federal territories , and saw an unprecedented curfew and communications lockdown imposed .
`` It was a team of joint security forces from the army and police and they were screaming for us to open the door .
It was terrifying , '' Ms Wani said .
`` They sent me inside , and took both my sons outside to the lawn and questioned them for about 15 minutes .
Then they left . ''
But they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ son , 19-year-old Nadeem , to show them the way to a neighbour 's house .
That was the last time Ms Wani saw him .
He was taken to a police station , detained and eventually transferred to a jail in Uttar Pradesh state , more than 1,000km ( 620 miles ) away .
In an official dossier , which the BBC has seen , police have accused Nadeem Wani of being an `` Over Ground Worker '' .
Such `` OGWs '' are defined by security forces as non-combatant members of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistics .
He has also been charged with other offences , including putting up posters asking people not to participate in the 2014 elections - he was 15 at the time .
`` I know my son .
He is not a militant and never took part in any unlawful activity .
I appeal to the government to please release him , '' Ms Wani pleaded .
Her husband , Mohammad Ashraf Wani , has only seen Nadeem once in the entire year that he has been in jail .
Nadeem is among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a massive security operation that began in the region just before 5 August and continued for weeks after .
Politicians , businesspeople , lawyers , activists and others with alleged links to protests or militant groups were detained , imprisoned or placed under house arrest .
Three former chief ministers were among those who were detained - one of them is still under house arrest .
Despite strident criticism in India and abroad , the government insisted that the arrests were necessary to maintain law and order in the region , which has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Many , including Nadeem , have been detained under the controversial Public Safety Act ( PSA ) , which among other things , allows detention without formal charge for up to two years .
It 's unclear exactly how many Kashmiris have been detained or jailed as part of this crackdown .
On 20 November 2019 , the government told parliament that they had made 5,161 preventive arrests since 4 August that year .
But it 's unclear how many of them have been charged under the PSA and how many are still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a civil organisation made up of parents of `` disappeared '' Kashmiris show that as many as 662 petitions challenging detentions under the PSA were registered in 2019 .
The majority of those , 412 , were filed after 5 August .
The BBC asked Kashmir Inspector General of Police ( IGP ) Vijay Kumar for information on the arrests but he said he could not share `` such sensitive data '' .
Rights activists have alleged that these arrests and detentions are aimed at creating fear .
`` The arrests were to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under PSA .
Some were released .
And fear was created .
The government wanted to ensure that no-one would come out of their homes and protest against the new law , '' said Srinagar-based rights activist Parvaiz Imroz .
`` August 5th was a big event and the state knew it could trigger public resentment .
The state did n't want to hear reactionary voices , '' he said .
Meanwhile , those who have been released have spoken of the ordeal of detention .
Qamar Zaman Qazi , editor of regional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ detained days after being summoned to `` explain '' some tweets .
In the days before 5 August , the region had seen a massive military build-up .
Until then the government had given no indication of what was to come , and the entire operation had been kept a closely-guarded secret .
Mr Qazi 's tweets on 26 July - talking about additional troop movements - were noticed by local police who summoned him to the station the next day and detained him .
On 8 August , he was transferred to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capital of Indian-administered Kashmir .
`` We were stripped naked there .
Initially , we tried to resist but we could n't , '' he said .
There , Mr Qazi added , he was told he was being charged under the PSA He was transferred to Bareilly central jail in Uttar Pradesh state .
`` As they put us in the military aircraft , we started singing Urdu poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz 's anthem of resistance , Hum Dekhenge ( We shall bear witness ) . ''
With no information about where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's family visited four prisons in the state looking for him .
It took them 52 days to find him - and when they did , he was still wearing the shirt he had been wearing when he went to the police station .
At his home , after he was released following the revocation of his detention order by a district magistrate , he showed me the T-shirt , ragged and torn , with 119 holes in it .
`` The worst thing was that I was n't given a paper and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I wanted to record the agonies and pain I went through for nine months , '' he said .
Earlier this week , Mr Qazi was detained again because of a story he wrote - authorities have told his family to apply for bail after 6 August , when the curfew imposed on Monday will be lifted .
Across the state thousands of worried families are still fretting about the safety of their loved ones , particularly in the wake of the pandemic .
Among them is the mother of Waseem Ahmad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ since he presented himself at a police station on 8 August 2019 - one day after security forces came looking for him in the middle of the night .
He is accused of helping militants and throwing stones at security forces .
Waseem was also flown to a jail in faraway Uttar Pradesh , and his family has not been able to seen him since then .
His mother , Sara Begum , said she was terrified that Covid-19 would either kill him or her before they are reunited .
`` We want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen my beloved son for the last 11 months , '' she said , sobbing .
`` I appeal to the government to at least shift him to a jail in Kashmir even if they do n't want to release him . ''
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Nadeem is among thousands of Kashmiris who were detained in a massive security operation that began in the region just before 5 August and continued for weeks after. Politicians, businesspeople, lawyers, activists and others with alleged links to protests or militant groups were detained, imprisoned or placed under house arrest. Three former chief ministers were among those who were detained - one of them is still under house arrest.


bbc--2020-08-04--Letter from Africa: How African generosity dried a crying teacher's tears

In our series of letters from African journalists , Kenyan Joseph Warungu looks at the acts of generosity helping ordinary people through desperately trying times .
When Covid-19 hit Africa , the effects were devastating - but some people have been crushed more than others , by the illness but also by the measures to deal with it .
Private-school teachers , who make up a significant amount of the education workforce , have been particularly hard hit by school closures as they have no safety net and in most cases no firm return date either .
Many have turned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the meantime .
The strain has become unbearable , moving many to tears - among them Akindele Oluwasheun Oladipupo in Nigeria 's capital , Abuja .
He and other teachers were full of hope in July when the Nigerian government said it would allow schools to reopen for exams .
But when that decision was reversed , the pain was too much .
Akindele , who is married with three children under eight years , told me in a telephone interview that he just sat in shock digesting the news , before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My wife said to me , 'Do n't cry , it 's ok , we 'll manage , somehow . '
But I was thinking of the many teachers who have nothing to feed their families .
In many cases , both wife and husband are teachers .
That 's the entire family income gone - indefinitely . ''
Unable to bear his own and other teachers ' burdens , he turned to his mobile phone and poured out his sorrow .
A friend saw the video recording and urged him to post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earning him the nickname of `` the crying teacher '' .
Akindele says he filmed it in the hope of encouraging people to help other private-school teachers in need .
Nigerian journalist Lara Wise launched a Facebook campaign to find Akindele and urged him to post a second clip with his account details .
Donations poured in from around the world .
Overwhelmed by the generosity , Akindele decided to re-direct the more than 1.2m naira ( $ 3,100 ; £2,400 ) to dozens of needy teachers .
`` I said to myself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and has opened a way for the money to come in , if I should sit on that money , it means I 'm sitting on the destiny of my children .
`` That 's how we started looking for teachers who were struggling .
We reached out to more than 200 teachers and gave them enough foodstuff including rice , spaghetti .
We also put some money in envelopes and gave it them . ''
It is only when Akindele started to distribute relief packages that he realised the scale of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Nigeria sought help from him .
`` It was really difficult seeing elderly teachers who had given many years of service to the profession pleading for food . ''
Facebook was full of comments lauding the crying teacher while also castigating the government for ignoring the plight of private-school teachers .
One Nigerian said : `` Shame on the politicians who eat this country dry .
If a man who receives grace from God can do all this , all those men in agbadas ( flowing robes ) and those women hiding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should bury their faces in shame . ''
`` God bless Akindele immensely , '' wrote another .
`` May God remember and help many who are ashamed to cry out publicly ... who are dying in silence . ''
Apart from the selfless acts of frontline workers , especially health professionals who are saving lives during the pandemic , many people across the continent are coping through the generosity of ordinary Africans .
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`` Africans are great people .
That 's what I 've seen in these past three weeks , '' he says .
`` People I 've never met in my life - they do n't know me , they do n't know where I come from , they do n't know if I 'm a scammer or fraudster - but they have been sending money to my account .
I 'm very grateful to them all .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ also been praised for his spirit of giving during the pandemic .
Brought up in a poor family that could hardly afford one meal a day , he knows how hunger and poverty feels .
When he started out in life working odd jobs he kept falling behind on rent .
He told me of the incident that unexpectedly sparked ubuntu in him .
`` Early one morning my landlord waited for me to use the bathroom , which was outside the house , and quickly locked me out of his house because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with no clothes and no money , I swore to himself I would never let anyone else suffer such humiliation . ''
Today Michael is a landlord renting to nearly 30 tenants .
When their incomes shrank he gave them a payment holiday on their rent , which they have not had to pay since May .
`` It 's tough for my business but I ca n't bear the sight of homelessness .
I 've told my tenants that for now they should just focus on finding food for their families .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when the lockdown was announced , Elizabeth Yawson 's thoughts turned to the vulnerable living on the streets .
When the radio journalist launched an online campaign to help homeless people , the response was enthusiastic .
`` People responded generously and we were able to feed about 100 people for one week .
`` I later got the support of two restaurants and we reached out to 30 health workers at a hospital in Kasoa , in the central region of Ghana , giving them free lunch for a whole week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Elizabeth have shown is that although the cock belongs to one household , when it crows it is heard in the whole village .
News of their deeds and others like them have stirred many souls across the continent .
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"My wife said to me, 'Don't cry, it's ok, we'll manage, somehow.' But I was thinking of the many teachers who have nothing to feed their families. In many cases, both wife and husband are teachers. That's the entire family income gone - indefinitely."