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a former intelligence officer he says mom had been solemn and sent a hit squad to canada to kill him and donald trump signs an executive order banning americans from carrying out transactions with the chinese owners of to opt in or out. of. the governing body of sri lanka's president to go to buy a rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliament tree elections and along with its allies it has secured a 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to unite sweeping changes to the constitution the issue lanka people's front is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to buy and mahinda who serve as president and prime minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but it's raising fears of weakening government institutions such as independent commissions for police and public

services that speak to our correspondent in colombo sri lanka's capital me now fernandez min there so a supermajority for the rajapaksa brothers how were they able to achieve this. basically it's the confidence of people have in the end rajapakse of machinery fully despite having sort of criticisms of authoritarianism and dominance obviously for the people of this country it's the p.p. and thereby the rajah parks's that are going to work for them in the most recent past we've had obviously this huge crisis and challenge of the coronavirus pandemic and their handling of it the present go to parks is handling of it has evoked a lot of confidence in the people who contrasted with the shambles the last government made of the whole easter bombings a year ago so that's why it's such a strong showing that's what analysts say that the confidence placed in the

rajapakse is take sri lanka forward through difficult times that's the sort of voice of the people that you're hearing so almost 2 thirds majority but definitely a simple majority is in the bag they do have control of parliament which paves the way for them to push you their work and in terms of taking forward their vision yeah this is a family that's dominated it should rank in politics for 2 decades now what sort of changes now can we expand expect under this new term. basically the rajapaksa is when to the people for this election asking for a 2 thirds majority a mandate basically to take the country forward they did not put together a manifesto for this election but they did see that the stars of prosperity which was a plan put forward by go top iraj appox of for his presidential bid that they would

be pursing that in terms of taking sri lanka forward dealing with some of the economic challenges dealing with the crisis that faces this country now obviously the family has been in politics. for many many years i spoke to naama rajapaksa that is my in the rajapaksa son after the result yesterday he said look at our differences have been in politics for 100 years they've lost elections of one elections very pragmatic he said essentially this is the people it's sizing their franchise so they will get on a centrally with politics with the work that they have set forward that they have promised to take sri lanka forward so it's very much sort of onward essentially to get down to work fully thank you very much for that me now from london is live there in colombo sri lanka. in other world news anger has boiled over on the streets of beirut as residents direct blame for tuesday's deadly port explosion at lebanon's leaders protesters took to the streets chanting revolution and resign as

french president in munyon my call visited the capital and called for an international investigation into the blast that killed 149 people 16 employees of be a sport have been detained by protesters want a complete overhaul of lebanon's political elite tensions had been running high before the disaster which political leaders with political leaders accused of corruption and mismanagement and the country pushed to the brink of economic collapse a french president toward neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion is backing calls for a new political order. 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 reform school all the sick does and insist all these changes

quickly. while emergency aid has started to arrive in lebanon with the european arab an asian country sending doctors medical supplies field hospitals and rescue teams is in a harder reports from be able to 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 zainab fears she will never see her husband allie again. other son is a still are still you know 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. hoping to each other with the army to find

corpses there's still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find there is 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 and 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 in the glare triggered an anti-establishment movement last october we've been fortunate going used to this

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 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 saudi crown prince is a key sending a group of hit men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials the alleged jobbery has filed a lawsuit in the u.s. media there reporting that into paul rejected a request from riyadh to extradite job rain 2017 describing it as politically motivated by cannery force from washington. crown prince mohammed bin solomon has been painted in the white house but now in papers before a washington d.c. court he's alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and to system 8 opponents the case is being brought by a former saudi intelligence officer saad are japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tiger squad to canada to kill him the court papers say the men

were denied entry by suspicious canadian border guards. this detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. all over the world in germany and france and being noticed. really basic run away from sort of area because there. are questions from the government which is. totally and that's one of them is omar up the legacy is also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news

the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition side algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the united states before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20 and 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month 4 senators sent a letter to president trump saying the u.s. had a moral obligation to press saudi authorities call their release the president in the past has made clear that regardless of the allegations of human rights violations against the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman remains a valued ally and friend. mike hanna al-jazeera washington. yes

horizon donald trump has issued an executive order banning business with the parent company of social media app tick tock the order brock's any transaction with the company by dan said the owner of the messenger app we chat starting in 45 days trump says in chinese owned apps are being used for gathering uses data for beijing at this information campaign and that it poses a threat to u.s. national security jim anderson is the c.e.o. of social flow a tech firm which helps media companies he says it was a lack of trust between the u.s. and china which led to tom secession well i think the big concern has been the chinese ownership by dances of chinese company and to talk has gone to great lengths to try to assure people that the chinese government has never requested dance provide or to provide information certainly not on u.s. citizens i think the real concern though is the fact that they haven't done that yet doesn't mean they won't do that in the future and if the company is owned by

a chinese company they're really not going to be able to refuse a request like that from the chinese government so as i think you combine that with the escalating tensions that's been going on on the trade front end of the fronts between the u.s. and china and that leaves us where we are right now but the big news of course is that microsoft has reached at least a tentative accord to acquire some of the assets of tick tock the u.s. application canada australian u.k. atlee it was the domain the financial times today just reported that they're actually talking about binding and i are tick tock application globally which in some ways would make a lot more sense microsoft is certainly a big enough company to be able to fund that kind of acquisition and to support that kind of acquisition globally you know the question is whether right dance is going to want to displace off the u.s. and some other markets from the global you know application and that obviously presents tremendous technical challenges and there's no way that that could could happen in the next 40. still ahead on al-jazeera chairing for an empty

stage the opposition leader in belarus his body from attending her final rally ahead of sunday's elections and tackling the battle of the bulge i stated in mexico bans the same of john to children. hello once again we've got some very heavy rainfall either some out of the arabian peninsula as we go on through the next couple days the same storms rumbling away for the past couple of weeks just around the western side if you haven't lost a little circulation just pushing into more the areas of the arabian sea skies is just spin its way across southern parts of pakistan dragging in the southwest the monsoon the heavy rains into that western side of india and as we go on through the

next couple of days this little low that will make its way towards oman we could see some flash flooding here as the system just edges towards the eastern side of the country than elsewhere it really is a case of more hot and dusty weather temperatures getting up to 48 celsius in baghdad some the temperature there for kuwait here in doha temperatures around 46 to raise that kinch just picking up dust and sansa not too pleasant here as you go on through the next couple of days we'll see some showers maybe modern the other side of the red sea continuing into ethiopia the usual the seasonal rains just a rolling in here so what weather coming in pushing down into kenya into uganda we'll see the showers gathering once again over towards the western side of the region further south eastern refined dry and sunny. jump into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to

create its own democracy with social media on hand will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic violence that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he gets human equating to business if we're going to adapt to climate break out of this stream on al-jazeera. her to. the world. he and. this is on his ear i'm fully back to bore a reminder of our top stories 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon steadily explosion continues these are live pictures

from beirut was just gone past 7 16 in the morning protests have been held in the center of the lebanese capital calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move beyond spidey visiting french fries and emanuel might call. the rajapaksa brothers have won a landslide victory in sri lanka as parliamentary elections along with their allies their ruling party has secured the 2 thirds majority needed to carry out a sweeping constitutional reforms and the saudi 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. is filing a lawsuit in washington d.c. . now the governing body in guinea has asks president condi to seek a controversial 3rd term in office it follows months of protests against extending the 82 year old's time in office and after weeks of speculation ivory coast us president alassane ouattara has announced that he too is seeking

a 3rd term. for some. dark candy that i am in a fake to candidate in the presidential election of october 31st 2020 and announcement that many believe will have serious repercussions but for some ivorians the declaration was not completely unexpected one former prime minister. and water chosen successor suddenly died on july 8th the ivory coast and the ruling party was thrown into political uncertainty in office since trenton president ouattara said although he had planned to retire after 2 terms the death of ahmed ali has changed everything he says his party ostap to run again and he is accepted there is sars and then my tragic the recent tragic events with the death of prime minister coulibaly have lifted a void in the team that i had put in place to continue in consolidate economic and social programs which were interested me with but also the type calendar on the 3

months before the elections the challenge of maintaining peace national security as well as regional security and the necessity to could the health crisis the risk is that everything that was gained with so much 2nd phase and with the consent of the people would be compromised. thursday supporters of the former president archrival . demonstrated outside the headquarters of the election commission in. they demanded that their leader be put on the ballot as well as the voters register babo is kind of glee in the netherlands after he was acquitted by the international criminal court of crimes during the ivory coast civil war when he refused to relinquish power after losing the presidential election to mr ouattara because as people let him 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 you have chosen somebody else he should 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. cross the border in guinea it's a degenerate leader of a country is also set to run in this country's delayed presidential election for the 3rd time his party selected thursday to be its like bera is. today you have all spoken allies parties and others i take note. pointers attempt to change the constitution to keep yourself in power resulted in several violent demonstrations in which dozens of opposition supporters were killed by security forces there are concerns that thursday's event may throw both guinea and i request into father political tom or uppity priests al-jazeera thousands of belorussian have taken part in

a band opposition rally in the capital minsk ahead of an election on sunday the electoral races forming a strong as challenge yet to the 26 year old of president alexander lukashenko so vast and reports from minsk ignoring a government ban they shouted leave because shankar we will win thousands of supporters of opposition leaders to plan a 2 kind of sky a rally for hours in front of an empty stage after the candidate anto team was barred from entering we all work but we all do not anymore so all we have less fear as as before because it's not possible to have so much fear in our country that deferred. for i'm here to support the next generation our children i'm 51 years old and to be honest i can't watch how my mother is forced to count every cent because of her small pension. because shankar also lost support our family called the covert 19 crisis of psychosis despite thousands calling ill

really has been full force around the park people from all walks of life all ages gathered here risking arrest they are. the authorities had banned the scheduled opposition rally saying a celebration for troops was held in the same park so atlanta. joined forces with 2 other women has attracted the largest crowd seen and bellows in decades describing herself as an ordinary housewife jailed blogger. has quickly become a symbol for change of many russians and change to happen for sure what we want change in a peaceful way. but not many are hopeful that the elections on sunday will be free and clear with foreign observers banned and in the russian observers already taking the opposition has announced they will take to the streets again as soon as the polls close on sunday stepladder. i mean. researchers in the u.s.

say the coronavirus death toll there could double 230-0005 the start of december as us politicians have once again failed to come to a deal over unemployment payments during the pandemic millions of americans have been struggling since the start of the month when a $600.00 unemployment payment ended when they said a skinny proposal was anorexic. and it was not to meet the needs of the american people what you're what what is a negotiation about it's not about who gets more what in the halls of congress it's about what a translator into the lives of the american people and that's why i kept asking why why would you do this why won't you do this why won't you do nonetheless we've had some exchange further exchange of paper to be clarified to see if we can find some further a common ground but we're very fall apart is it's most unfortunate all the philippines

now has the most coronavirus infections in east asia following a surge in cases it's prompted another lockdown in iran the capital manila affecting millions of people and threatening to overwhelm hospitals the philippines still has less than half a number of deaths in indonesia but that number is expected to now increase as states in mexico has banned the sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children to try to reduce high levels of obesity have experts say the covered 1000 outbreak has highlighted the added brisk so of being overweight. 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 also yes but median

though a low when we can't continue to allow an increase in childhood obesity in one 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 corona virus deaths nationwide continue to soar mexico has the 3rd highest death toll from covert 19 in the world in a. national 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 cope at 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 though not once have this

been the perpetuation of this perception that obesity is an individual's problem 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. that while the ban on overprocessed junk food and sugary drinks applies only to the state of war haka 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. mexico is one of the few countries that has reduced life expectancy at birth among other factors because of obesity and diabetes the evidence is very clear. the street sellers and shop owners in one haka have protested the new initiative the lawmakers who support the plan say vendors may continue to sell junk food just not to kids. follow al jazeera mexico city. africa has passed 1000000 coronavirus cases the continent's most developed country south africa

accounts for more than half of all cases critics say government corruption has maad to the country's response. or some johannesburg. south africa's public health sector has for years been overwhelmed and now with a global pandemic infecting more than 500000 people here public hospitals are under more pressure. more than $24000.00 health workers have contracted kovac $1181.00 have died since march unions and workers say corruption is contributing to push service delivery and is putting lives at risk while the government's given contracts to service providers for personal protective equipment or p.p.

e the prices have been inflated in other instances people has not been delivered at all well contracts have been given to companies and people connected to the government and the ruling african national congress party. presidents a little more force i know we can use that as promised to deal with the croft corruption during a national disaster is a particularly heinous type of crime those found to have broken the law to enrich themselves through this crisis will not get to enjoy the spoils regardless of who they are with whom they may be connected but drum up was as chief spokeswoman is embroiled in a scandal involving her husband tendencies a way he's companies been accused of winning a $7000000.00 contract to supply p. p.

e. through his political connections dick was taken special leave and she and her husband deny breaking any laws the province of halting stop health official bundle of must to go and his wife to have. implicated when the 1st infections were recorded back in march the government declared a state of disaster which meant that the normal tender procedure for government contracts was abandoned within days of the announcement a number of questionable contracts were awarded now the final 7 is to teach him but when he says the process has to be more transparent a government agency the special investigative unit says $102.00 companies know how to get a loan under investigation while in other provinces officials have been suspended and investigations have begun but no one's yet been charged prosecuted corruption during this health crisis is estimated to have cost the country more than $116000000.00 at a time when south africa is dealing with the 5th worst outbreak of culvert 19 in

the world for me to mullah al-jazeera johannesburg. or a meeting of hundreds of afghan leaders scholars and elders is happening in kabul aimed at finding ways to negotiate a peace deal with the taliban and end afghanistan's war a key issue will be whether the government should meet their taliban's demand of releasing $400.00 prisoners u.s. secretary of state mike on bail has a gathering known as you know it jirga to support the move saying it will be an important step towards peace that has been a way to bring afghans together for centuries. the in the you know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera 16 port officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon steadily explosion continues as protests have been held in central beirut calling for

a complete overhaul of the political elite a move backed by visiting french president emanuel my calls. just because he did even if it had been 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 their us 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 sick does and insist all these changes quickly the rajapaksa brothers have won a landslide victory in sri lanka spawn of entry elections along with their allies their ruling party has secured the 2 thirds majority needed to carry out sweeping constitutional reforms and saudi 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 the alleged target side job ray is filing a lawsuit in washington d.c. u.s.

present donald trump has issued an executive order banning business with the parent company of social media take tong the order brock's any transaction with the company by dance and the owner of the messenger we chat starting in $45.00 days trump says the chinese own baps are being used for gathering uses for beijing the leaders of 2 west african nations are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms ivory coast as president allison ouattara has formally accepted the ruling party's nomination meanwhile a guinea's governing party has asked president for condé to seek a 3rd term in office. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next the street. stories of life. and inspiration. and series of sure documentaries from around the world.

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