i feel them and syrian. how much money does a receipt you get those people who don't think. any german and american the new germans on al-jazeera. lebanon's prime minister proposes early elections as protesters clashed with police following the port explosion the devastated beirut. i'm about this in and this is all to syria live from doha also coming up the main opposition candidate in bella russa goes into hiding amid a government crackdown against her aides a day before the presidential election. donald trump signs executive orders offering financial relief as talks on a new coronavirus rescue package collapse. and brazil passes

a grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covert 1000 deaths exceeds 100000. outrage over tuesday's explosion and lebanon's capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and security forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured zaha to reports from beirut. they stood their ground in the face of power. relentless tear gas by security forces at times live ammunition. but protesters didn't leave too angry at a political class they blame for tuesday's blast that killed dozens and destroyed.

didn't damage many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they won't be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster won't hold senior officials accountable i mean we are not leaving it's either them or us in this country and you know what the people always prevails and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge is by putting all the political class either either on the hiking shoes you over there or

in the dust bins but we want them out. protesters also storm 3 ministries state institutions people say are run by corrupt politicians who they blame for draining the state's treasury they say they want the state and a competent government currently levanon since the 2 sions are controlled by political parties and there is a parallel state run by the iranian backed hezbollah the prime minister has sandy who took office earlier this year is now offering a way out of the crisis conclusion as making ability when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have a really elections to elect a new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to work together to overcome the stiff aperient we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. over early elections have been one of the oppositions

demands but there are concerns the sectarian based political system and electoral law won't give independent candidates a chance. to early elections as good as a good step but i'm afraid that the political parties although they still have the power over the people and a soul about the system like i'm afraid that they will have just we will have the same people again i thought the 1st time central beirut turns into a battleground between the people and the establishment and the struggle for change is not new the anger has been building for years many feel those in power caved in by proposing early elections the governing alliance is not just facing pressure from the street the state is nearly bankrupt and the international community won't help unless politicians fight state corruption for now many people here feel they won a round in what is likely to be a long battle. beirut. really is

a political activist and filmmaker and he says the explosion in beirut has added momentum to the protest movement this amount of people in the streets who are angry at the whole establishment there is a very clear political message to all the people in power that something needs to be changed. there is a lot of anger of course this did was trying to get into the apartment building that was the main focus of the protesters i was there 'd on the front lines we saw what happened we saw how the. how much violence. the protests and we were done with a day we have more than $170.00 injured protesters. it's we have people who have been shot and that i didn't invent had so many people now are out in the hospitals so there's so much of the tiny. compared to also what we have witnessed as the telling during this whole week we have witnessed so much me tell

you from this corruption explosion that happened daily i expect this to go along because the anger is not finished here we have the demands are not met the people are demanding for business and as a nation and holding accountable all of the political class that were sponsored and what happened and the resignation 1st because to be able to hold them accountable by law they need to resign because it's so complicated to be holding them accountable if they are still in office it's almost impossible we have not seen a minister to try and in the last 20 years. the main opposition candidate in presidential elections and bellows has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police certain it's a kind of sky is running against alexander lukashenko who's been called europe's last dictator is expected to declare victory after sunday's election for the 6th

time in 26 years said possible ports from minsk. election observation belorussian style. independent observers have not only been detained but also been barred from entering polling stations nonetheless they have found irregularities in the voting process that started on tuesday and will have its peak on sunday at the 1st day of elections. 39 people fired the evening protocol. mission so there were 89 so they added 50 people is the president alexander lukashenko has been accused of stealing previous elections but this time he's facing an opposition on a scale has not witnessed before led by this woman 37 year olds but learn at the hand of sky she reluctantly decided to run for president after her husband

a popular blogger was jailed suppose the elections were going to be free and fair how many percent of the vote would you get i suppose 65 said. he would be a big winner then. i would be here who would. but the woman who attracted large crowds does not expect this to be the official election result she has promised that if she becomes president the 1st thing she will do is call for free elections even if this. doesn't happen now. of course elections will be a new way. i don't think he will. because. i don't know how can a person. country where people. softly speaking don't like him just. most of them. and. but

will he go quietly. the subject of this guy has accused the opposition of trying to cause a bloodbath and russia of provoking violence but analysts say these accusations are made to hide the country's real problems. in the last 10 years they going to has gone down and society is not happy and basically all levels of society are united against looking despite their ideological position their values and their political priorities all of them think are the main obstacle for development. but as long as the president is still backed by the military and high ranking officials he believes look i shan't i will remain in power the moment of truth for look i shan't go will not be on election day but on the days after that if as announced large crowds protest what they believe will be another fraudulent election here at this square the threat of violence can then become a reality

a scenario most belorussians want to avoid step fasten al-jazeera mints. u.s. president donald trump has bypassed congress and signing for executive orders that he says will provide economic relief to millions of americans it includes eviction protections student loan relief and an extension of unemployment benefits which democrats say it provides little help to families and will reduce desperately needed support for the unemployed mike hanna reports from washington. fresh from around on his course the president held a news conference at his new jersey golf club a number of the club's members forming an admiring crowd heaped blame on the democrats for the lack of agreement in congress ignoring the fact that the house had passed a new stimulus bill back in may that the republican controlled senate declined to vote on. the 1st stimulus bill was passed in march in a bipartisan vote but

a number of its provisions expired at the end of july. among them the $600.00 unemployment benefit which the president has reduced to poor $100.00 in his executive order why did you decide on $400.00 when previously families were receiving $600.00 now that will be a hardship for many what do you say to them well no sir no hardship this is the money that they need this is the money they want in this gives them a great incentive to go back to work and controversially he's demanded that the states many of which have been economically devastated by the pandemic pay a quarter of the new benefit one of the points of disagreement in congress was the democrats' proposal to offer financial assistance to the country states better had largely been forced to come to the pandemic with limited federal assistance legal experts argue the president does not have the constitutional power to cut payroll taxes as he has done in addition these taxes go to social security and medicare and

it's not clear now how these programs will be funded. the house speaker nancy pelosi and senate democratic leader chuck schumer issued a scathing joint statement president trump still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and economic crises facing working families they say they're disappointed that instead of putting in the work to solve americans' problems the president instead chose to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the unemployment benefits that millions desperately need the president's executive orders will face a series of legal challenges and it's uncertain when or if they will come into effect mike hanna al-jazeera washington. so they had an al-jazeera defying the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia rallied for the 5th

consecutive weekend and appeal for help. to contain the oil leak from a grounded ship. hello there is more heavy rain in the forecast across much of the korean peninsula you can see plenty of things jamie and again in the last year as and it back into a central areas of china this rain will likely bring more flooding on top of what has already happened so as you can see of course people here still really trying to deal with the mounds of mud and of course also the damage the crops that a fortune is to say there is more very heavy rain in the for cause not just to south korea but to north korea as well and it trails back again into the central as a child and ahead of their across japan it's a multi about a tool mostly we have goals. but nothing like the really heavy rain that will

continue to impact much the korean peninsula as we go through monday we could see another 400 millimeters of rain here elsewhere across into china we will see scattered showers and clouds so nicholson to beijing as well and then it's really been across the south and southwest in the heaviest rain of the last few days so again we're looking at scenes like this that we've seen in so many areas across the entire country people of course cutoff being rescued and there is more rain in the forecast in fact very heavy on sunday and through the west and gas right in the down into canada it could just add to those a flood seeing problems and then elsewhere on monday the rain heavy again across the north areas and the pull east was right there way up into north of me. but. the real reason for a lot of those who we play with terrorists in 2017 people in power investigated why . trinidad and tobago became a ripe recruiting ground for ice and. people feel as though there is no longer hold

almost in 2020 we return to uncover the fate of those who left their homeland to join conflicts in iraq and syria or tara be into caliphate on just. hold the end of the. and joining us here a reminder of our top stories this hour protests over tuesday's explosion in beirut have descended into street battles between demonstrators and security forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured by mr hasse and says the only way out is to hold early elections. on the eve of bellows his election the main

opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police so an attack on the sky is running against alexander lukashenko has been in power for 26 years. as president donald trump has bypassed congress signing for executive orders that he says will provide economic relief to millions include extending unemployment benefits but at a lower weekly amount as well as in fiction protections and student loan relief. the u.s. health secretary is set to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades alex was the visit has prompted farm opposition from beijing which has threatened to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island's success in fighting covert 19 china claims sovereignty over taiwan and its imposed sanctions in response to previous u.s. arms sales to the island last hour feingold is an analyst on u.s. an age of relations he's joining us live from taiwan's capital taipei by skype

thank you very much indeed for being with us given the spread of corona virus in the u.s. is this a slightly strange time for the health secretary for to be traveling. now that's a fair question and to the extent that people in the u.s. might pay attention to this it's a ballot question that's going to be asked but there's the diplomatic in the bilateral relationship aspects between the united states and taiwan that makes this visit appropriate and certainly among politicians in the united states whether democrats or republicans in congress cross the administration there's going to be great support for this visit because policymakers in the u.s. generally favor closer relations between the 2 between the united states and taiwan is this all about covert 19 and the u.s. learning from the experience of taiwan or is there an additional message being sent given the dynamics that are between china and taiwan and of course between china and the u.s.

it's definitely more the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u.s. wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the health secretary is not going to learn much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the united states have announced various initiatives over the course of this year are about joint efforts to do research on back scenes they've had video conferences between the u.s. health secretary as are in his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the public relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time john as mr foreign affairs has been saying it's firmly opposed to any official interactions between the u.s. and taiwan as we mentioned before it's threatening to retaliate what can it actually do. well it's within the context of the broader relationship so

we have all these various back and forth actions whether it has to do with closing consulates visas for scientists student journalists on in both sides trade issues obviously hong kong south china sea both sides increasing the scope of their military exercises so china could expel us diplomats day could slow down implementation of the phase one trade agreement that was reached earlier this year it's really more of the same though because the u.s. and taiwan have had various levels of interactions weapon sales as you mentioned and china will react but it doesn't necessarily cause the u.s. to stop the trajectory of u.s. taiwan relations simply because china's foreign ministry issues an angry statement or china takes some other retaliatory action. feingold we appreciate your expertise in this thank you very much indeed for giving us your time on al-jazeera

survivors and dignitaries on mocking 75 years since the ottoman bomb was dropped on nagasaki in japan it's a scaled back ceremony because of covert 19 about 74000 people were killed off the u.s. forces dropped the bomb in the final stages of world war 2 it came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hama optional. the number of people who've died from covert 900 in brazil has now pasta 100000 so only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone off to the united states activists a mock sits with an event on rio's famous copacabana beach they set out $100.00 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons that's one for every $100.00 people who have died since may brazil's reported an average of $1000.00 deaths a day from the pandemic the president said well so noddle has consistently done played the crisis despite getting covert 19 and self. that's

a marker to say milwaukee is the 100000 deaths milestone represents what brazil is to the world why are we in 2nd place can we give to this question here we have me have one percent of the number of deaths 100000 where will this take us monica you knocking reports from rio de janeiro. one time bus driver i was shown that crash on the was one of brazil's 12000000 unemployed that is until the soaring death toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic landed him a job as a grave digger at the song cemetery on the outskirts of rio de janeiro. we had to recruit 30 undertakers to cope with the growing amount of boroughs and build a separate area just for infected bodies. i'll be shown the works in the cove in 1900 designed especially for the victims of the virus. the most

painful part is witnessing the farewell which is different from many other people want to say goodbye to their loved ones but we can't allow them to get near. brazil's cova death toll keeps growing in part because the government is encouraging brazilians not to stay home while failing to take measures to stop the virus from reaching even remote parts of the amazon despite evidence to the contrary president. continues questioning the seriousness of the pandemic and scorns w.h.o. guidelines such as the need for widespread testing and using face masks. as a result many here are skeptical about the official number of deaths like lead to a deal on who does your morning exercises in front of the emblematic modicum of a football stadium now converted into a field hospital you know removing man to the side i never saw anyone coming in or out of this hospital so i don't know if the story was made up or of politicians

have just been using the pandemic to steal money this is one of the 5 field hospitals of rio de janeiro that are being dismantled some of them were not even completed the state health secretary and his deputy are in jail for allegedly misusing the funds that were given to fight the covert 19 pandemic and the governor is about to be impeached on corruption charges. back at the cemetery 53 year old moyes says amid the colonel is about to be buried. his family is obliged to stay far away almost unable to see the casket being sealed off some of the few from sympathetic to signal to unfortunately my brother in law has just become more and more statistic buried in a 5 minute ceremony and. gives the impression that nothing is going on but i think very and numbers of this are even higher than the official says that this thing and

although the president and a 3rd of his cabinet have tested positive for corona virus critics say a deadly combination of corruption and a refusal to come from the pandemic head on will continue filling brazil's graveyards monica al-jazeera rio de janeiro. thousands across the u.s. are traveling to south dakota for an annual motorcycle rally despite concerns it could spread corona virus infections organizers say they expect up 225-0000 people during the 10 day event south dakota's new cases remain under $100.00 per day but the rising the state's governor never imposed a lockdown and has resisted making it compulsory to wear a mask. until kremlin protesters in the far east of russia have rallied for the 5th consecutive weekend demanding the release of the regional governor. he was arrested last month on suspicion of murder but just as wanton either free or tried in his

home city of kabul. reports have had. a rallying cry from this man all russians to take to the streets others calling for president vladimir putin to resign and signs everywhere with the freedom to go. carpet offs governess or gay for a girl was arrested on july 9th on suspicion of involvement in murders his incarceration in a moscow jail galvanized thousands of people in a city of just 600000 and they've been protesting daily. d.c. another delay can you get it you need actions not just empty words actions must be taken 1st of all there should be a fair trial and cover ups and there should be at least some answers from the kremlin because they can just sit and do nothing it's not right. to me today should i go to every rally i think that it's my civic duty because my position as a citizen is to defend the interests of the region and the citizens of the region

who have elected their governor reelected him honestly we love him. to situated along china's border and it's more than 6000 kilometers from the captain mr frugal has become an unlikely symbol of the city's resistance the former businessman served as a legislative for a decade the liberal democrat party in september 2800 he won an unexpected victory when he defeated the main kremen party united russia to become the city's governor but the kremlin's response was swift 3 months later it changed the far east in federal capital from capitals to plot of course stuck. in 2930. again beneath the united russia party in legislative elections authorities then raided a firm previously linked to fergal during his business days a full opponent testified against him for food motives between 20042005 charges

which he firmly denies the. protests could have politically motivated and their anger has shifted from his arrest to blasphemy pretend to look you've had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just that up the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you seriously you just won't stop. reading i am for. people here who say they will continue to make a stand against the kremlin until further returns from moscow. on the. dozens of people in western news of them have staged another protest against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for weeks down the street as a demand and netanyahu should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges well russia has declared a state of environmental emergency after a japanese own ship began spending tons of oil the islands appealing for help from

france but a volunteer cleanup operation is already underway and the c.e.o. reports aereo and satellite photos show the extent of the oil spill off the southeastern coast of. the japanese owned ball carrier was she oh ran aground late last month and began leaking its $4000.00 tons of fuel into the indian ocean all 20 crew were taken ashore but rough seas hampered attempts to stabilize the ship and pump the fuel off after declaring a state of environmental emergency prime minister pravin juggernaut appealed for help from france he says islanders don't have the expertise to clean up the spill. president emanuel kwan promised to send teams and equipment from the nearby french island off. while the government's waiting for french help to arrive some volunteers have started their own cleanup effort building sea booms with straw to soak up the spill. he says i'm still movies with we are here to see what we can

save everyone here is trying to save what they can of our ocean which gives us so much and which supports us the border this is our heritage. ellie we can see the situation is getting worse this bill is affecting so many sectors tourism the economy ecology. but also some salons are offering free haircuts this weekend as hair can also be used to soak up oil. while 4000 tons of fuel may seem like a relatively small amount compared to major oil leaks its impact on the riches is huge. islands are surrounded by some of the world's most valuable coral reefs and tourism is crucial to the economy the impact will not only be a good ecological economical because many people derive their livelihoods from the fish to fish in the area but there are a lot of hotels also in the area who market which market these place runs outside

in order to get clients and you have a lot of people owning their livelihoods also on the land leader say is to 1st time the 1300000 islanders have been faced with an environmental crisis of this kind experts fear the ship could break up causing an even greater feel weak and inflicting catastrophic damage to marine life at least you al-jazeera. this is all just the readings of the top stories outrage over tuesday's explosion in lebanon's capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government dozens were injured as the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and security forces by mr haas and the other offered a way out of the crisis loom conclusion as michael bell when you know we. we cannot

face these problems unless we have elections to elect a new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to work together to overcome this difficult period we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact may stay forever. on the eve of presidential elections in bell reuss the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of our top aides were detained by police. check on the sky is running against the man who's been called europe's last dictator alexander lukashenko. u.s. health secretary set to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades as visit has prompted firm opposition from beijing which is threatened to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island success in fighting covert 19 survivors in dignitaries are marking 75 years

since an atom bomb was dropped on nagasaki in japan there's a live pictures from there that is prime minister shinzo obvious speaking it's a scaled back ceremony because of covert 19 about 74000 people were killed after u.s. forces dropped the ball in the final stages of world war 2 came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hiroshima brazil has become just the 2nd country to pass the milestone of 100000 coronavirus deaths activists some marked it with an event on rio's famous copacabana beach they set out 100 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons one for every 100 people who died since may brazil has reported an average of 1000 deaths a day from the pandemic. and those are the headlines in these continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post by. talking to owners there are we as is the government not taking the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is the safest mode of travel and to

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