on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right. washington. a conditional deal to free hundreds of taliban prisoners in afghanistan but it still needs approval from the president. comes a whole round your chances are life my headquarters here in doha also coming up clearing the streets after beirut ports blast but must protest against lebanon's government just hours away. and stepping up their spat over hong kong china labels u.s. sanctions against kerry lamb and police chiefs as ridiculous and barbarous. also help at last but kenyans who've lost their livelihoods because of coronavirus

question why it's taken so long. welcome to the program afghanistan's hires consultative body the loya jirga has remained as recommended that the government release of $400.00 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to return to fighting again the release is seen as the last step to allow peace talks with the taliban to begin it's now up to present a show of danny to make the final decision which could come as early as sunday. in our other top story the cleanup of lebanon's damaged capital could soon give way to a new show of anger a mass protest against the government and the ruling political class is due to begin in the center of beirut in a few hours time search teams are still looking for 60 people reported missing

after tuesday's port blast which killed 157 people shortly we'll speak to bernard smith on the search efforts but 1st this report from santa harder this is what is left of beirut port the stockpile of tons of ammonium nitrate that appeared to set off tuesday's blast was in one of the warehouses some of the missing people are believed to be underneath the rubble it's a complicated job to look for them because the damage is considerable international rescue teams have joined search operations but hope of finding survivors is fading and they say the affair. what we're trying to do is to find the structures that are still under tons of rubble specifically the cells in the technical rooms that are under the silos they could have been buried by the rubble and still be standing which could allow us to find survivors you. lebanese authorities have begun investigations into the blast that destroyed much of the central parts of the capital port and customs officials have been detained and their assets frozen

investigators initially said it was triggered by a fire the president michelle and says they are looking into all possibilities. this accident is a wake up call as i said it could be an act of negligence all we have another possibility it could be a rocket attack or a bomb attack i personally requested from the french president if they were in possession of any aerial footage to kindly provide us with it in order to identify any aerial attack or missile attack if any. popular anger at a political class blamed for years of corruption and mismanagement is not new people have little face in a government inquiry that is led by the politicians and security officials who they believe should be the ones questioned there's a problem. for trust between the political system and the population and this exists for years not just now but now the problem is that the investigation that

the person in this committee they feel they are a part of the security services that people are asking questions about their attitude french president manuel mccall who visited the devastated neighborhoods in beirut on thursday joined voices in lebanon and abroad calling for an independent international inquiry but the governing alliance headed by the iranian backed hezbollah has dismissed that. and i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials at the seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah even the materials in the ammonium nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah and. i believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a. a comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place authorities are welcoming international humanitarian assistance which has started to arrive in

a country already broken before the disaster but they are against internationalizing the crisis which would weaken their control call for actions against the ruling class are growing louder following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material in the middle of a densely populated city there are plans for mass demonstrations the priority is no longer just a humanitarian emergency there are attempts to revive the momentum of the protest movement that began in october but bringing about change won't be easy to know what their favorite u.s. president told trump says he'll be joining other world leaders all a donor conference call for level on sunday he also said aid from america is already on its way at 3 pm this afternoon i spoke with president. of lebanon to inform him that 3 large aircraft are on the are on the way

there are fully loaded fully loaded with medical supplies food water and many other things lots of emergency equipment also 1st responders technicians doctors and nurses are on their way across bullet burnet smith is on the water very close to the port area. there are still hopes that there are some people possibly alive under the rubble over my shoulder there is the silo the grain silo the explosions on the other side of that it's possible rescuers say that there might be some people trapped in a pocket underneath so we know there's a search operation going on over there i'm actually speaking to you from the naval dockyard and this side of beirut was essentially protected from the worst of the blast by that silo but if you look at the beirut skyline it might but every building you see along there every skyscraper you see along there you'd be lucky to

find warm intact pane of glass the destruction is total along there when 3 kilometers inside inside lebanon inside beirut so there is a search operation still ongoing and a massive cleanup operation and of course that is going to take a very long time not weeks not one months but years. it's a decision that whole cold calls despicable and shameless they condemn the u.s. for imposing sanctions on the territories top leaders and the current and former police chiefs are amongst 11 officials whose u.s. assets will be frozen the sanctions come a month after president all troops stripped of its special status at the time he said he was punishing china for imposing a national security door on the whole cold well home. secretary for commerce and economic development says the decision will put a strain on the u.s. and hong kong relations. on the hong kong is reasonable up area and

i think the long run it will inflict ruin to us u.s. interest income to as you have seen well i don't find any sort of valid reason for this blatant if you're in on call affairs 5 own country i don't think this is necessary. to do so. looking at the wide interest between hong kong and us such imposition of on reasonable measures would send a very wrong signal to u.s. investment in hong kong and i think ultimately i think that the toll will get back to the u.s. of course it will definitely hurt u.s. relations. so. she says the reaction to the sanctions has been strong. the condemnation has been swift not just from the hong kong government but also a by beijing's top representative in hong kong that he has said he strongly opposes and condemns the treasury sanctions he said this reveals unscrupulously

unscrupulous intentions of u.s. politicians to support anti china chaos in hong kong an inquiry or quote from him and what's believed will consider the humorous response he said i don't have any assets abroad isn't it a waste of time for president trump to impose those sanctions and he could send $100.00 to the united states if president donald trump wanted to freeze that $100.00 now the hong kong government it's also released a statement described it as shameless and despicable it said we had one representative the economics development and commerce minister he spoke at it would yell but also he repeated what was said in that government statement describing it as unreasonable and savage blatant interference in hong kong hong kong as domestic affairs and said it will send the wrong signal to any u.s. investors in hong kong but of course carry man has long defended the introduction of the national security laws in hong kong she said the legal constitutional and reasonable and that was crucial to restore order and stop the chaos and the

violence in hong kong which we saw months of protests in 2019 but of course has been international condemnation from a number of countries including u.k. and of course the u.s. they say they say this law. oppresses the freedoms of the city and it undermines the one country 2 systems policy which was promised in this former british territory. well still ahead here all al-jazeera a plane bringing stranded indians home skids off a hilltop runway at least 18 people are killed as it splits into pieces. however there has been yet more pretty heavy rain in south korea and it's not over yet this is the sees no rain line now running from central china over the yangtze

across south korea particular then towards the northern parts of japan is a seasonal front and his dad got quite a lot of potential as he heads almost exactly the same place so or just societies filling up the han river once more obviously north and south korea affected by the flooding because this thing moves from we've got $300.00 more millimeters to come in the next 24 hours possibly more they will definitely be more flooding which leaves of course much of china now know a lot quieter situation and but she japan saying all the sudden japan sudden smaller islands will see increasingly wet weather. the monsoon rain spun off a little tropical depression of sorts that went through the south of pakistan karachi's had her 100 surge and i'm going to be as nasty as compare that with the average for some sort of perspective far more than twice the average but that's quite an down and other parts of pakistan will see significant rain that's true

through the middle of the northern indian plane rather lesser maharastra while i'm also in kerala. the curve in 19 is seen a war of words escalate between the u.s. and china all challenge us general robert spaulding and british diplomat and also kerry brown on whether the west is entering into a new cold war with china in a special edition of head to head you want to travel ban on china to match the muslim is a quite stock proposal we need a strict vetting process is to tide finally turning against beijing we have a china centric world and then a world which is not china centric head to head on out his iraq. or.

ok michael wacha officer with me cell run the reminder of our top stories search and rescue efforts are still underway in beirut 60 people are still reported missing 157 have been confirmed dead and at least $6000.00 injured anger is growing amid accusations that all thought he's ignored warnings about explosives being stored at the ports. trying to stop representative in hong kong says u.s. sanctions on the territories leaders are ridiculous and barbarous and the u.s. assets held by chief executive kerry lamb are being frozen similarly former police chiefs and other officials that have got us all as high as consultative body the loya jirga has recommended that the government release $400.00 taliban prisoners it's now up to president bush of gandhi to make the final decision which could come as early as sunday. flight data recorders have been recovered from the wreckage

of the boeing 737 which crash landed in india both pilots are amongst 18 dead in cardboard in kerala state however 150 passengers and crew were injured as the workers repatriation flight from dubai plunged off the end of the runway so higher it has more. on a gloomy wet saturday morning corey cold air points clouds gather at the site of friday evenings cross their india express flights plowed of the end of the hilltop runway and down a slope the fuselage splits into 2. $190.00 passengers and crew on board the boeing 737 flight from dubai it's to the pilots to a both killed in the cross twice tried to land the plane during a monsoon storm that's overshot the runway which is notorious for being difficult to land on jaring heavy rain better conditions you have a monsoon going out and the weather conditions were unfavorable juice the monsoon it seems a pilot as this is

a tabletop airport tried to bring the flight to the end of the runway but you just slippery conditions dismissed out to a place there is a drop of 35 feet where it fell and immediately the rescue workers are 5 or gate ambulances reach that and locals also helped. crash investigators of recall of the black box flight data recorders now the inspection and various other things are going on. as part of the rescue operations they had to break old saw some of the parts of the aircraft. some of the injured in hospital praised the pilots and. the pilot tried a lot to land us safely in the rain it was cloudy and around $730.00 we crash landed it was difficult to land he really tried a loss during the 2nd landing at the time i skidded on the left side there was a ship it was over 36 feet then there was a sudden break everyone on board was wearing seat belts we kept our hands on the

seat in front of us to protect ourselves and that the plane fell into the ditch and broke into 2 houses. karen the state is trying to a large number of indians working in the gulf is the 2nd plane crash in 10 years involving in india express flight from dubai 150 people were killed remember plane skidded off the runway in mangalore ruin crashed down a hill in 2010. friday's flight this child to by the indian government repatriate workin stranded by the pandemic for months and who are eager to return home some never made it to the long awaited reunion with their family so the height of. the. monsoon floods cover a 3rd of bangladesh local media reports say that $161.00 died in the past month millions have been forced from their homes the district close to the capital dhaka has amongst the many submerged by rivers bursting their banks agriculture ministry

says they are the longest lasting floods for more than 20 years. and a suicide bomber in somalia has killed at least 8 soldiers outside a military base 14 others were injured by the blast in the capital mogadishu. the state department has spoken out in support of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a folder assassination attempt it describes. as a valued partner jobbery filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him mike hanna explains why patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month in the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia are saddled jobbery son and daughter. in his court filing our jobbery said his children now aged 20 and 21

were being held as what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senator's concerns in a letter to senator leahy it describes jobbery as a valued partner to the u.s. government working closely with the u.s. to ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of his son and daughter. was an adviser to the previous crown prince mohammed bin nayef here but in his court filing he says he left saudi arabia because he feared what would happen if and when muhammad been summoned took over the state department says it's concerned about the alleged activities that resulted in algebra exiled to canada it says that any saudi

accusations of wrongdoing against him must be and i quote address through established legal channels with full transparency and respect for the rule of law interpol rejected the request for algebra arrest saying it was rooted in political and not criminal grounds president trump has continued to express his support for the saudi crown prince despite the repeated allegations of human rights violations describing him as an ally and friend but increasingly this is very much at odds with the prevailing view in congress mike hanna al-jazeera washington. turkey has resumed oil and gas exploration in a disputed area of the eastern mediterranean is in defiance of a new maritime deal signed by greece and egypt on thursday has a recipe and has called the deal worthless saying greece has not kept its promises

turkey and greece of long disputed the rights to the oil industry in the seas between their 2 countries a court in thailand is granted bail the 2 protest leaders arrested on friday night dozens of supporters gathered outside the court in bangkok demanding their release but they were held in connection with democracy protests wayne hay is in bangkok and says the arrest warrants haven't stopped demonstrators from holding anti-government rallies. it is an interesting decision from the court they have been charged with sedition they were granted by a law on the condition that they do not basically bring that over again and then in terms of coming to any of these anti-government protests again and in fact leading them what we've seen in recent weeks is quite a few protests breaking out not just in the capital city but all the pots all the country led mainly by students they have been relatively small in size in terms of the numbers but they are significant effect i think it's fair to say that this is

the most significant protest movement that we've seen since the military coup in 2014 there's a fairly broad set of the mons from these protesters they want this government gone they want to do election cold and they want to rewrite all of the military drafted the constitution they basically feel that nothing has changed in thailand since that 2 and 20 despite the fact that we had an election law as you move beyond the same people who live pictures are still running the country today remains to be seen i guess where the all goes to cuba to leaders will come and join this protest here on saturday evening for example it should be said there's also a list that is being distributed to social media by some of the protest leaders reportedly from the british longest of at least the names of all the protest leaders that a facing arrest warrants on similar charges all the same you see which carries a very lengthy jail if found guilty so at the moment that doesn't seem to be putting off these protesters that are in the police here in numbers as well they are not trying to disperse this crowd even though it is an illegal gathering of the

protest leaders are saying let's gather today but they save ourselves for another very big rally which they say will be held next segment. to follow the u.s. special forces have been sentenced to 20 years in prison in venezuela prosecutors say the 2 men admitted taking part in a failed attempt to overthrow president nicolas maduro denman and arian berry were found guilty of conspiracy trafficking in illegal arms and terrorism operation gideon was launched in may at least 8 soldiers died while 66 others were jailed. but as well as government is being accused of punishing people who break quarantine rules but after weeks of lockdown when he can't afford to stay at home any more than manly has what. food to sit in the sun on the style exercises and even public beatings soldiers in venezuela's capital caracas are accused of

taking these punishing measures against people violating florentine rules turning a copper how do you know. i was buying corn meal for my children i removed my face mask to clean my face and i put it back on there a soldier stopped me there this is crazy there are many people here. for the 1st cases of coronavirus hit the country in mid march to cut the spread the government imposed and knocked down a mistreated movement across the country since then security forces have roamed the streets imposing strict mask wearing and curfews moves the many say difficult to follow. but i leave my house at 11 am to work and get food for the day and they won't let us work they grab us and sit there it is easy for the soldiers because they have food but what do poor people do the food box given by the government is not enough for family the government has to understand that we go out on the

streets to look for work if i don't go to work i can't find food for my kids rights groups of published video online which is said to show more punitive measures taken into a state in western venezuela president nicolas maduro has accused rights groups of receiving money from the cia and supporting what he calls donald trump security forces he's thanked the military for battling cold 19 but it's also a country that can use of food for the bars to spread. there are some far more than 23000 cases of corona virus and just over 200 deaths with the health care system on need following the is infrastructure decay shortages of medication and why the un is calling the government to let in outside help to deal with the crisis of opposition lawmakers and rights groups they mature as using the pandemic as an excuse to further militarize the country. with the police and

judicial handling of the pandemic there will be a higher rate of infection a lower capacity for care and cases will be complicated then the population will not only be afraid of the virus but also of the police handling of the pandemic people sleep on the floor they mistreat you they arrest people for having a virus that is all over the world with many venezuelans and with little choice look forward to feed their families and face the consequences of your a $1000.00 money. bars or restaurants in cuba's capital are being quarantined because of her surgeons and current virus infections dozens of new daily infections are being reported in havana a month after 0 cases. are going on and we have to return to the measures we put in place during the community spread and have with all the limitations and demands that apply to this phase as well as the sacrifices this entails for everyone for

institutions for the public sector for the private sector for our citizens who live here in the capital all the people's homes in victoria state in australia accounted for half of the 12 daily deaths on saturday and $466.00 daily infections are reported but doctors say the total is stabilizing a record surge recently put australia 2nd largest city melbourne back into lockdown and overnight curfew queensland and new south wales close their borders to contain the spread. we're saying some stabilization in numbers we've got you know 4 or 500 cases each day that has been more or less the average for the last week that's not good enough but it is a positive that we've averted an exponential increase through the last couple of weeks if we hadn't stabilized those numbers we would've saying thousands of cases per day and there are estimates wave verted $20000.00 or more cases of the stage 3

restrictions. but many kenyans who lost their jobs because of covert 19 accuse the government of misusing foreign aid to help them they say they are to receive any money so reports from nairobi. antonio chang has just received his weekly $10.00 payment from the government the money is a lifeline to him and thousands of other kenyans in auburn areas who have lost their jobs because of coronavirus and a subsequent lockdown measures. a chain is a casual labor in the western town of q. and has 3 children. under 500 we use 500 shillings for a banana hoping business we then use the other 500 to buy food and other basic things. in another part of the town helena a callow tells us this is a 1st time she's receiving food aid since march when the 1st case of the disease was confirmed on the bench i mean now messire gawain i have only heard about the

government money i have not seen it i've just received this food store from well wishers. national treasury has so far dispatched about a $100000000.00 with more on the way the money adds to an existing welfare program that helps the elderly oftens and the disabled while the $300000.00 people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic government money is helping the poorest but the fans are limited the number of those who need it is growing and some analysts are concerned about the lack of transparency on how it's being distributed i. worry about. the lack of transparency. or corruption already. and we don't want to. continue or to. adapt. their reports here that say much of the money sent to different government

offices is being mismanaged through fraudulent procurement processes and inflated costs of medical equipment. we put this concerns to the treasury cabinet secretary giving money to those 'd 2 issues that. even demanded. and how that money. if you know the cost will. be used or ready you know there. was you know. this would be enormous the treasury secretary is expected to release an additional $500000000.00 soon to provide father assistance to those who need it many like him. who are struggling to survive i hope in the money we'll get to them this time katty sorry al-jazeera. the controversial nuclear power station in galleries has begun loading fuel despite objections from nearby lithuania the lithuanian president has called it a threat to national security but the plant being built on the border just 40

kilometers from the capital of vilnius now fuel loading all take 3 months before the plant begins generating electricity in november. with me so rob a reminder of our top stories i've gone as far as high as consultative body the loya jirga has recommended the government releases $400.00 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to fight again if they want to present a shotgun to make the final decision which could come as early as sunday the search continues for at least 60 people missing 4 days after the port explosion in lebanon's capital 157 have been confirmed dead anger is growing amid accusations that all thought he's ignored warnings about explosive material being stored at the port but it's myth has more from beirut. it's only when you get away from beirut

right out of. respect to the scale of the destruction. is the remains of the grain silo. storing it. out on the other side of the grain silo and every building you can see across the skyline has been in some way there is no. cross. china's top representative in hong kong says u.s. sanctions on the territories leaders are ridiculous and barbarous and the u.s. assets held by chief executive kerry are being frozen similarly for police chiefs and other officials flight data recorder boxes have been removed from the wreckage of an airliner which crash landed in india 18 people were killed and 150 passengers were injured when the air india express the tabletop runway jury

a monsoon storm on friday night. and monsoon floods cover a 3rd of the media is reporting that $161.00 deaths occurred in the past month millions have been forced from their homes a district close to the capital dhaka is among the many submerged by rivers bursting their banks their culture and history says that this is the longest lasting floods for more than 20 years a suicide bomber in somalia has killed at least 8 soldiers outside a military base 14 others were injured by the blast in the capital mogadishu when the us state department has praised a former saudi intelligence chief who has filed a lawsuit against crown prince insole man in washington saddle geoffrey says the crown prince said to hit squad to canada to kill him in 2018 those are the headlines more news in half an hour with peter next it's inside story with iran can do stay with us.

the saudi crown prince a lawsuit and an alleged murder polls that have been so money is being sued in the u.s. accused of another attempt to kill a dissident of cool so should saudi activists in exile be warry they risk the same fate as jamal khashoggi this is a story. hello and welcome to the program on the wrong can a man with close ties to the saudi royal family falls out with the crown prince and goes into exile and he's targeted with assassination it sounds like.