the protests in lebanon over a huge explosion that killed 149 people at least as french president in my own home calls for a new political system. i'm about this and this is obviously a lie from doha also coming up a lawsuit in the u.s. against the saudi crown prince mohammed bin someone as accused of sending a hit squad to kill a former intelligence officer. the leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast of guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms in

a tobar. no more junk food for children in a mexican state tackling obesity in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. the search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanon's deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese don't blame the people running the port instead they're blaming the people running the country protests are being held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite they've been backed by french president in 91 he's been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesday's blast is now at $149.00 it's expected to go up by one and smith has more. on the streets of buried on france's president.

people many of them. french mandate front was the clonal power here before independence and it's because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanon's own political leaders mokhtar on its been able to offer practical support in the terms of the medical teams and financial assistance to beirut and he's offered a routine moral support as well but hasn't come from lebanon zobel little classes they haven't been able to do that and they've been conspicuous by their absence from the streets since the catastrophic explosion just did not i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system and so there aren't as for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customs we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sectors and insist

on these changes quickly. many beirut as most people here have been left to their own devices we spent the day walking around parts of beirut and we saw young people with brushes and dustpans and pick up axes and shovels beginning to clean up we didn't see the military we didn't see the police and it was the french president who said he wants to see a new political order here in lebanon he wants to see a dramatic change in the way that this country's got. international rescue teams are still arriving in beirut and the crisis is getting worse as in a holder has more search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief. zaineb fears she will never see her husband allie

again. about a son is a still are still i don't know where he is i haven't heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know if he's alive or dead. rescue experts from abroad have started to arrive to help a country that wasn't prepared to cope with a disaster like this all of us are. helping each other with army to find corpses there's still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find there's some somebody else. the blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops destroyed $300000.00 people displaced billions of dollars in damage investigations are focusing on possible negligence in storing tons of highly explosive material at the port officials have promised assistance and compensation to those affected by the explosions but driving around

the city the state is noticeably absent in destroyed neighborhoods like this one it is the people who are helping each other they are cleaning the streets clearing the debris and distributing food and water to those in need public anger against the political class many believe is responsible for lebanon's near economic collapse is not new decades of corruption and neglect triggered an anti-establishment movement last october we've been fortunate growing used to this day not being present for its citizens we don't have properly just city we don't have a proper garbage infrastructure we don't have proper water infrastructures and unfortunately the people have gotten used to it but it's it's it's a time for change it's we've been asking for change for quite some time and i think this last catastrophe is going to make change for the country much better the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in critical condition calls for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. myself.

i need everything. to be. so this is why i'm here i want to. leave and. some may call it resilience but for many this is about survival nearly half the population of 5000000 lebanese were below the poverty line before this disaster the situation has since got worse. beirut. the grand prince of saudi arabia is being accused of sending a group of hit men to canada to kill one of his former top intelligence officials they allege target to settle jabali has filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. the hitman said to have been sent by muhammad and solomon just days after journalist was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in october 28th seen

jabali wants damages from the crown prince for allegedly orchestrating an attempted extradition judicial killing and for violating international law green bags director at the center an international security at fordham university school of law and she's joining us live by skype from you walk thanks very much indeed for being with us why do you think this lawsuit is being filed in the united states 1st of all. a very good question i think the law as it has everything to do with shining a light on the situation of mr are great and maybe they think that bringing this lawsuit or attempting to bring this lawsuit is the best way for whites in the united states is because there are laws that even though he is not in the united states he is not a u.s. citizen and there are laws that this can be brought under at least that's what the complaint asked for and those laws are the torture victim protection at which includes. attempts to conduct or successful conducting of.

extrajudicial killing and also under the statute which means that somebody out of the country can bring but but i think it's been brought here because the lawyers think they have a chance to be able to argue a strong case and their case is made up of very many elements that have to do with the intersection of mr of story with united states the chief among them is the allegation that a covert hit squad was sent to the united states to spy on me at certain times and to play an effigy additional killing and so that's really although there are many other pieces of the plane that's the strong one this case hinges upon there are others as well and including time he spent in boston in this country including his interactions. as part of the saudi government his interactions with the

cia and many other things but the strongest one here has to do with the allegations that. was sent by mohammed bin salman after the killing of 2 to do the same with mr al and that's the essence of this complaint i've had of a brief understanding of what was. within the allegations and i understand that they do go back over quite a long period of time mr del job he himself has been in exile from saudi arabia for about 3 years why do you think he's decided to bring this particular these particular allegations in this case at this point what's been the tipping point for him i think the tipping point and it is the capture and disappearance of his 2 children ages 21 and 21 boy and one girl who were apprehended in riyadh by the saudi government and have not been seen since and i think that it's

laced with a complaint in a number of places and i think that is very much should be seen as the motivator for what this is all about. but it also claims you know it does claim as part of the complaint a tremendous amount. of emotional stress turmoil and fear but i think the essence of why this is is is is a fear perhaps of guilt but also very much about his job can breed burge we really appreciate your time thank you very much indeed for joining us on. the leaders of 2 west african nations are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms in october in ivory coast president on a son watada formally accepted the ruling party's nomination on thursday his opponents say it violates the constitution without a has governed since 2011 and said he would not run again but his preferred

successor died in july meanwhile guinea's governing party has asked president alpha condé to seek a 3rd time in office i did actions jew this year that's despite months of protests against extending the 82 year old's time in office and again a in law presidents can only serve 2 terms or condi pushed through a new constitution earlier this year that reset the term allowing him to run for office again. a little earlier i spoke to a cause you say is a professor of history and political science at delaware state university and i began by asking him what he believes is president condit's motivation in seeking a 3rd term i think it's purely a question of power he's been in power for quite a while since 2010 and so it believes that he wants to continue to enjoy the power that yes that's what's motivating you we should point out that at this moment he hasn't officially accepted the nomination of the party yet but the assumption is

that he will of course i accept that and there is a very strong system the suggestion that there are going to be more mass rallies because we've seen a mass rallies organized by the opposition in the past what do you think is going to the lead up to the election is going to be like in guinea. i think. the. people are going to let them know that they're not happy is going against their wishes i'm hoping that the leadership on the west coast as they try to do in mali would also try to into being. to prevent any possibility of violence but there's no question that president on they insists on running he changed the constitution and clearly he's going to accept the party's invitation to run. let me ask you about the situation in ivory coast at this point because. what he had said he was going to resign he nominated the prime minister as his successor

obviously the prime minister subsequently died and the situation changed was there really an option for the party other than to ask what how to run. yes there was an option for the party these are moments that call for statesmanship and because as people who are living know that they were not happy with him running for a 3rd term and he had gone ahead and said that yes he will not run and he had chosen somebody else he should have in this moment gone ahead and showed some state statesmanship and told his people in the ivory coast even though my party wants me to run i am not going to hide my 2 terms of listen to you and we're going to choose somebody else and this especially in a moment when 2 of his opponents are going to be people that you want to gain so in the past. still ahead on al-jazeera new york's attorney general goes to battle with

the national rifle association in a bid to dissolve the gun lobbying group. and a cry for help we speak to families displaced by flash floods in sudan and why they need essential aid to tackle water borne diseases. high once again welcome to another look at the international full cost fight it does stay very wets across the korean peninsula war flooding rains coming through here the my your front a stationary front the seasonal rays they're going to continue pulsing outs of eastern china through the yellow sea across the korean peninsula all tied up with this area of low pressure the remnants of tropical storm the form of that lot of cloud and rain across the sea of japan through south korea as we go through friday and more of the same as we go on into sassed ice

a 3rd floods for the mudslides certainly likely ahead of that not see bad a sticky 34 celsius there in tokyo should be lossy try halos you try to across southern parts of china chance of one or 2 showers but nothing too widespread coming in here sunshine it shows maymont across southeast asia some rather heavy ones still coming into the philippines particules northern areas of the philippines will see some wet weather just talking in here for the south is the usual heat of the day down poles but plenty of sunshine head of that the show is to extend their way across india china pushing up into myanmar more heavy downpours there just around bangladesh the northeast of india nasty little circulation just around the northwest of india through good surat southern areas of pakistan seeing some very heavy rain. but. where there is water there is life but finding it on australia's arid desert

is a skill few still possess they took us to a small wet spot in the sea in the desert and this was this is very important place they've been telling us about for the last 5 days who came in. and orders against all odds an aging population is passing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback on a. you're watching all jazeera remind us of our top stories this hour 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon's deadly explosion continues

protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move which has been backed by french president emmanuel mccall. the leaders of 2 west african nations are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms because president alassane ouattara formally accepted the wooden party's nomination meanwhile guinea's governing party has asked president of condé to seek a 3rd term in office. saudi crown prince is accused of dispatching a group of hit men in a failed attempt to kill a top former saudi intelligence official sidle job in canada a lawsuit making allegations has been filed in washington d.c. hit men were allegedly sent by muhammad someone just days after journalist from office or she was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and 28 in. york state's attorney general is suing the influential gun lobby group the national rifle association several executives are accused of siphoning off millions of

dollars to fund luxury lifestyles it only general says the organization should be dissolved all together should have a chance to reports from new york. new york's attorney general had promised to shine a light on the national rifle association when she was elected after 18 months of investigation leticia james know that just c.e.o. wayne la pierre and 3 other former and current executives use the n.r.a. as their personal piggy banks specifically mr la pierre spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of the n.r.a. his charitable assets for personal private plane trips for himself in a stamp including extended family when he was not present. he visited the bahamas by private eric's charter at least 8 times in approximate 3 year period with his family the suit claims that $64000000.00 was siphoned off over 3 years money the attorney general once paid back in addition james says there is no alternative but

to dissolve the n.r.a. as a nonprofit organization transit in new york the n.r.a. was founded 148 years ago but only began lobbying as a gun rights organization in the late seventy's since then it successfully blocked gun control legislation however its power lies not so much in its financial clout but its ability to mobilize its supporters at elections to vote for candidates who reject gun control something reflected in its response to the challenges this was a baseless premeditated attack on our organization the n.r.a. said you could have set your watch but the investigation is going to reach its crescendo as we move in to the 2020 alexion cycle the filing of the lawsuit may have an impact major donors to the n.r.a. we through all the years war and the n.r.a. has been very active. courting political candidates who would make something of a difference to various races the way normal around country and possibly. even

the presidential race whatever the implications for the n.r.a. itself the trump campaign is hoping that this lawsuit will address the n.r.a. is conservative base just as republicans have been worrying about turnout the president began campaigning on the attorney general's announcement soon after it was made just like the radical left new york is trying to destroy the n.r.a. he tweeted if biden becomes president your great 2nd amendment doesn't have a charmes your guns will be taken away immediately and without notice no police no guns and at the white house he suggested the organization should simply relocate i think the n.r.a. hit the sack. and lead a very good year to full life the n.r.a. has filed a counter suit against new york state which means this will be a very long drawn out process litigation that may take years even if the n.r.a. loses donors or is dissolved as a nonprofit in new york as the president suggests that would be the end of the gun

lobby in the united states shihab rattansi al jazeera new york. early results from sri lanka's parliamentary election suggest a big lead for the governing party the sri lanka people's front is led by the larger parts of brothers who serve as president and prime minister the party looks like going to consolidate its power but it needs a 2 thirds majority to carry or promised constitutional changes this is being south asia's 1st major votes joining the pandemic middle fernandas as this update from colombo. and that's another set of results leaving the official counting center here in the colombo district one of 4 every single result that's tabulated is being sent obviously to the election authorities the hardcopy under strict security escort now most of the work over the last 10 to 12 hours has been completed to tabulate all the votes here in the colombo district and this exercise is being replicated in the $22.00 districts throughout sri lanka so basically all the votes

come in to centralize counting centers in the district they are tabulated and then officially communicated to the election authorities who basically check them the rubber stamp them they basically officially recognizes results before the unknowns so far from the early indications in the results we've seen the s a p p the party of the raja cox's seems to have galloped ahead 70 percent almost in terms of every single area that the results have been announced so far seem to have gone strongly in support of the rajapakse says the s b j which is the breakaway faction of the united national party seems to have come 2nd but a very far 2nd polling something like one 4th of the p.p. parties total now obviously this situation will unfold over the coming hours

as the true picture of the extent almost of the rajapaksa game. becomes evident it's been a long day obviously the crowd you see behind me are basically election officials who've been manning these counting centers they've had a long day a meticulous manual counting process of each and every ballot paper of votes counted for the party votes counted for candidates which is another set of counting so they have had long days you can see a number of sort of transport buses on standby and all waiting to get home but having done the civic duty in helping the conduct of this august parliamentary election here in sri lanka but president obama says several u.s. nationals have been detained in the lead up to the country's presidential elections on sunday alexander lukashenko did not specify who was arrested or why the leaders facing his strongest challenge to his 26 year rule the run up to the votes being

marked by a crackdown on opposition figures who look at shank or accuses of plotting with foreign powers to topple him. at least 5 people have died in sudan and hundreds have been forced to leave their homes because of flash floods people are desperate for a down there are fears of water borne diseases here borgen reports from augustina in state. this is how ash may beydoun and his family have been living for the past 4 days during the day he and his family sit on any dry patch of land they can find and at night he says this leap on a road to not too far away the floods have destroyed his home and much of what was in it and there isn't enough aid distributed by the government to his village of course our love for everyone remember tony rains came on searches for floods flowed on sundays the rains continued the water is gone down the group we still don't have any drug spots most of the villages have moved to higher ground were given to the

tents distributed enough for all of us 15 families have been left out in the open some families are still trying to salvage what they can from their homes more than 1500 people have been displaced in goes out the law most have moved to the west of the village and now live in tents but the stagnant water is raising concerns amongst the villagers over water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera and the villagers also have other concerns. and of the event at these we want more tents and blankets because the rains keep coming and we don't know how we'll survive here there are snakes there are scorpions we need antivenom serums and 1st aid supplies. dozens of areas in sudan have been affected by flooding having lost so much already people here say they're concerned about the coming few months because this is just the start of the rainy season but this is not the 1st time this has happened during every remey season and so that there is often a loss of lives and properties more than 70 people died and thousands were

displaced during last year's rainy season and sudan's government is now warning of not just flash floods but floods from the nile river which runs through the country a committee was set up to prepare for this year's season but members say some things are out of their control. then of course. the area is of course probably in some terms because the religious is the. who's who. so you need the bombs you need the special. means to drain the fluid to know the. nile is full with news that more flooding could be on its way and asham is worried he says he and his family don't know how they'll survive if more heavy rains to come people morgan are just 0 i'll get right now thing. the number of covered 1000 cases in africa has now passed 1000000 in the world health organization is warning that

a surge in cases could overwhelm hospitals so far more than 21000 people have died from the virus across the continent south africa accounts for more than half the cases but it concerns the more people have contracted the virus but they haven't been recorded due to a shortage of testing. in brazil more than 13 percent of people are now unemployed at the highest level in 3 years in 1000000 jobs were lost between april and june because of the pandemic at least 13000000 people are now looking for work in south america's biggest economy children in mexico as a hawkeye state can't buy sugary junk food anymore it's an effort to cut down on high levels of obesity health experts say the covert $1000.00 outbreak which is now killed more than 50000 people in mexico has highlighted the added risks linked to being overweight and well republic reports from mexico city. state legislators in one haka mexico or taking measures to reduce childhood obesity. the

newly adopted initiative will ban the sale distribution and advertisement of junk foods to minors. it's a 1st of its kind law for mexico which is a world leader when it comes to childhood obesity and diabetes no problem also yes but me at the end though a woman we can't continue to allow an increase in childhood obesity and we're haka this is the moment to act everyone needs to know how damaging all of these junk foods really are. the new junk food ban in what was announced as coronavirus deaths nationwide continue to soar mexico has the 3rd highest death toll from covert 19 in the world international health experts warn that obesity and the many chronic ailments like diabetes hypertension and cancer that often come with it increase the risk of death when a person contracts covert 19 a frightening warning to a country where nearly 3 quarters of the population is either obese or overweight.

legislators and health policy experts in mexico see the pandemic has made it clearer than ever that fighting obesity requires a higher priority from the federal government about it all now. that's been the perpetuation of this perception that obesity is an individual's pop them and that in no way does the state share the responsibility but we know today and the evidence shows that obesity is a public health problem and. while the ban on overprocessed junk food and sugary drinks applies only to the state of what it is being applauded by many health leaders across the country including mexico's deputy health minister has got this who also heads the country's coronavirus containment strategy in may he has put mexico is one of the few countries that has reduced life expectancy at birth among other factors because of obesity and diabetes the evidence. it is very clear. the street sellers and shop owners in one haka have protested the new initiative the

lawmakers who support the plan see vendors may continue to sell junk food just not to kids and fellow al-jazeera mexico city. this is all just here with these of the top stories 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon's deadly explosion continues the protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move which has been backed by french president emmanuel. what i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and it's not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the financial system so there are it's is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customers we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the

sectors and insist on these changes quickly. so we crown prince is accused of sending a group of hit men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials elijah target is filing a lawsuit in washington d.c. the head man a said to have been sent just days after journalist was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and tobar 2018. the leaders of 2 west african nations are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms because president alassane ouattara has formally accepted the ruling party's nomination meanwhile guinea's governing party has asked president offer condé to seek a 3rd term in office. the number of covert 1000 cases in africa has now passed 1000000 is the world health organization ones that are surging cases could overwhelm hospitals so far more than 21000 people have died from the virus across

the continent south africa accounts for more than half of the cases. early results from sri lanka's parliamentary elections suggest a big lead for the governing party the sri lanka people's front led by the rajapaksa brothers who serve as president and prime minister is set to consolidate its power voter turnout in wednesday's poll was a little over 70 percent for the president of bella who says several u.s. nationals are being detained in the lead up to the country's presidential elections on sunday alexander lukashenko did not specify who was arrested or why leaders facing his strongest challenge to his 26 year rule ran up to the votes been marked by a crackdown on opposition figures. and those are the headlines the news continues here on c.n.n. after inside story goodbye from the. well

the beirut explosion lead to political change in lebanon people left to clean up the streets vent their anger all they say is a corrupt system in a dysfunctional states and the country rebuild and rise up from this destruction this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on the wrong lebanon deserves better it's one of the main messages coming out of beirut.