we listen i still think that air travel is the safest mode of travel and the spendable we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the road is their own. lebanon's prime minister proposed this election as protesters clashed with police server the beirut all to explosion. hello i'm sam is a band this is live from doha also coming up mahinda rajapaksa is being sworn in as prime minister of sri lanka months after his brother became president. the main opposition candidate in belarus goes into hiding in a government crackdown on

a day before the presidential election. donald trump signs executive orders for financial relief as talks of a new coronavirus rescue package collapse. international leaders will hold a virtual talks in the coming hours to raise aid for the lebanese capital bands as the cleanup continues in beirut from tuesday's huge explosion swards of the city were devastated when 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the ports france and the united nations set up a donor conference to help u.s. president donald trump has said he'll be joining the call. and it's estimated that the blast at the warehouse calls up to $15000000000.00 worth of damage at least

$158.00 people were killed rescue workers are still searching for those missing more than $5000.00 were injured in the explosion which left 300000 homeless. alfredo the explosion spilled on to the streets of the city on saturday thousands of people rallied against the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and security forces so in a whole the 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 and damaged 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 . and we are not leaving it either to them or us in this country and you know what the people always and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge is by putting all the political class either either on the huygens to see over there or in the dust 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. the main opposition candidate in presidential elections in belarus is go into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police polls

open in the coming hour with. skier running against alexander lukashenko is expected to declare victory after sunday's election for the 6th time in 26 years service and reports from men's. 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 the 1st day of elections. 39 people. even protocol. nation so you know where 89 so they added 50 people is the mood of this new 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 hands of sky she reluctantly decided to run for president after her husband a popular blogger was jailed to post the elections were going to be free and free or how many percent of the vote would you get i suppose $65.00 said. you 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. because elections will be prosecuted anyway. i don't think that he will stay alone because. i don't know how can

a person or old country where people. softly speaking don't like him just. most of them. and. but will he go quietly. the talk of the city 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're going to me 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 reality a scenario most valid russians want to avoid step al-jazeera meant. now mahinda rajapakse has just been sworn in as sri lanka's prime minister rajapaksa won the parliamentary election in a landslide it's brother got a buyer is the president there are 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead now with promise changes to the constitutions critics fear that will lead to an autocracy in their finance joins us now on the phone from colombo so i think we can see from the pictures the ceremony has started take us through what's happening. here.

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a former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened for attacks in in canada canadian media reporting security services learned of a new threat on his life by agents of the saudi crown prince saddam job he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing mohammed bin sandman of sending hit men to canada in 2018 to kill him national police and private guards are now said to be protecting on the job at an undisclosed location in toronto. thousands in west jerusalem have staged another protest against israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded netanyahu should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges they've also voiced frustration about the government's handling of the corona virus outbreak carrefour said was that the protests he says problems are stacking up for the embattled leader. all other very noisy very substantial

protest here in west seriously and just in a few 100 meters from the prime minister's residence benjamin netanyahu as residents just beyond this square behind me once again very much dominated it seems by the israeli political left we see the black flags of the pro-democracy anti national you know movement and others who have long been protesting against his premiership saying that he should resign because of the fact that he is on trial in 3 separate corruption cases but as well as that these are very much being fuelled these protests by those who've been angered and disappointed by the government's performance in dealing with the coronavirus. away from what's happening on the street though it's worth noting there are other major political developments going on every week every sunday israeli government has my cabinet meeting it seems that this one could be cancelled this sunday because of a disagreement between the 2 sides the likud farty of benjamin netanyahu and the blue and white party of benny gantz his former rival and alternate prime minister

they have been deep in argument over the passage of a budget that yahoo wants a one year budget to allow not brianne potentially in calling fresh elections and staying in office up until those elections dance wants to see the deal they signed off on it being a 2 year budget giving him more security in himself taking office on time in the event been next year so this is only fueling which is already very rampant speculation but this coalition could break up and israel could be facing. a forefront of election within months. now still ahead of al-jazeera defying the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia rally for the 5th consecutive weekends . and an appeal for help the richest battles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship.

hello the horse and drive course across much of the middle east we have though the last few days see if you rain showers into northern areas of amman and also in the fall southwest of yemen now that could be a few more showers in yemen such as we go through sunday not as heavy as they have been but really elsewhere is about the heat and the is having strong as well so the sand and dust has really picked up over the last few days and it will do so on sunday as well look at this area here of sand and dust blowing right the way down into northern areas of oman thomas' of course high 48 in a kuwait city on sunday by monday the temperature not really change we have seen an improvement then will do so to sunday to monday across the east and into the med will see temperatures in the high twenty's the jerusalem across into beirut meanwhile 44 is the high and. coming from the north side of the sand and dust as well being picked up central africa the usual thunderstorms and the rain all the way into south africa certainly cape town as

a go through sunday some fairly brisk winds particularly long these coastal areas 16 is the high with those showers not a bad day imports it is about the rain has yet to reach that the winds are also coming through the interior want to showers into northern areas of madagascar us in the story really on monday and then of course 40 is that does cool down the winds coming from the west but it stays fine and dry for the next few days. stories of life. and inspiration. a series of documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human spirit. against the odds with 1 1. al-jazeera selects hunted.

move. the world. or come back you're watching out just 0 time to recap our headlines protests over tuesday's explosion in beirut descended into street battles between demonstrators and security forces one policeman is dead and dozens of people have been injured prime minister has india says the only way out now is to hold early elections. in the rajapaksa has just been sworn in as sri lanka's prime minister rajapaksa won the parliamentary election in a landslide his brother got a buyer is the president 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promised

changes to the constitution. on the eve of the reverses election the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police. the son of skye is running against alexander lukashenko he's been in power for 26 years. now and the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia have rallied for a 5th consecutive weekend they're demanding the release of the regional governor so go for the girl he was arrested last month on suspicion of murder protesters want to me the freed or tried in his home city of. warburg man the reports. here. rallying cry from this man russian to take to the streets on this calling for president vladimir putin to resign and signs everywhere we do freedom phooka. couple of governors surrogate for with the red. so 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 they've been protesting daily. beast you know that you like me 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 if. 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 we elected him honestly we love him. to situated along china's border and is more than 6000 kilometers from the capital meska froogle 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 kremlin party united russia to become the city's governor but the kremlin's response was swift 3 months later it changed the far eastern federal capital from capital of ska to plot of course talk. in 2900 focus county again beat the united russia party in legislative elections authorities then raided a firm previously linked to fergal during his business days a full partner testified against him for food murders between 20042005 charges which he firmly denies that protesters call it politically motivated and the anger has shifted from his arrest to vladimir putin and the like he had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just fed up the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you syria. just won't

stop. reading i am frugal. people here say they will continue to make a stand against the crime until further returns from most of the rebels money out to sea or. the number of people who have died from covert 19 in brazil is now past 100000 it's only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone after the united states activists have marked it with an event in rio's famous copacabana beach south how the 100 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons that's one for every 100 people have died since may brazil has reported now average of 1000 deaths a day from the pandemic of president john watson our own has consistently downplayed the crisis despite getting coded 19 themself some market just same your voice your 100000 deaths milestone represents what brazil is to the world why are

we in 2nd place what kind of answer can we give to this question here we only have one percent of the number of deaths 100000 where will this take us u.s. president donald trump has signed for executive orders he says will provide economic relief to millions of americans the move bypasses congress it includes eviction protections student loan relief and an extension of unemployment benefits democrats say provides little help to families and will reduce desperately needed support for the unemployed mike hanna reports from washington. fresh from a round on his course the president held a news conference at his new jersey golf club merger 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 when our server 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. 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 as our visitors prompted firm opposition from beijing which has threatened to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island success in fighting cope with 19 china claims sovereignty over taiwan has imposed sanctions in response to previous u.s. arms sales to the island on kong is condemning the u.s. for imposing sanctions on its leaders calling the decision despicable and shameless chief executive kerry lam and the current and former police chiefs are among 11 officials whose u.s. assets will be frozen sarah clarke reports from hong kong. the united states went directly to the top singling out hong kong chief executive kerry land and imposing sanctions on any american assets she has also targeted is hong kong's police chief chris tang his predecessor and other officials americans and u.s.

businesses a banned from dealing with them the u.s. secretary of state said the sanctions target individuals responsible for imposing a national security law in hong kong my compiler says the sweeping legislation is unacceptable and cartels political freedom in the city pro-democracy activist joshua wall was quick to applaud the decision to fight for the world to realize that they need to reassess their foreign policy toehold call and try to otherwise the situation in hong kong to escalate is high for the world because that would cause the sanctions were prompted by president donald trump's executive order last month denouncing china's imposition of the law which criminalizes acts of suspicion terrorism and subversion hong kong's chief executive says the lower is crucial to restore order in the special administrative region where there's been months of political unrest caroline described the sanctions as despicable and barbarous and

says the government will not be intimidated her response was echoed by commerce secretary. i don't fight any sort of valid reason for this blatant if you're an on call affairs by phone country by i don't think this is necessary for the civilized man to do so china's response was also swift with his top official in hong kong ridiculing sanctions who are claiming who's also on the list says he doesn't have any assets in the united states sanctions are a wasted effort this latest round of sanctions is a dramatic escalation in tensions between beijing and the united states the hong kong government has ruled out targeting american companies and individuals operating here that move could be next sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. afghanistan's highest tribal council the loya jirga has recommended the government release 400 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise

not to return to fighting the release is seen as the last hurdle before peace talks with the taliban can begin it's now up to president ashraf ghani to make the final decision that could come as early as sunday survivors and dignitaries are marking 75 years since the atom bomb was dropped on august sakhi in japan it's a scaled back ceremony because of k. coated 19 about 74000 people were killed after u.s. forces dropped a bomb in the final stages of world war 2 the attack came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hiroshima. more issues has declared a state of environmental emergency after a japanese own ship began spilling tons of oil the islands appealing for help from france but a volunteer cleanup operation is already underway and only saw reports aerial and

satellite photos show the extent of the oil spill off the southeastern coast of. the japanese owned ball carrier workers she all ran aground late last month and began leaking its $4000.00 tons of fuel into the indian ocean or 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 jacques not appealed for help from france he says islanders don't have the expertise to clean up the spill president emanuel qualm promised to send teams and equipment from the nearby french island of where union. 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. some some movies 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 water this is our heritage. come with one unless you are strong we can see the situation is getting worse this spill is affecting so many sectors tourism the economy ecology. 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 and 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 logical economical because many people who ride their livelihoods from the fish to fish in the area there are a lot of hotels also in the area who market which market place. in order to get clients and you have a lot of people only reliably who is also on the land leader say as 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 fuel leak and inflicting catastrophic damage to marine life at least 2 out to 0. welcome back it's time to recap those headlines now international leaders will hold virtual talks in the coming hours to raise aid for the lebanese capital protests over tuesday's explosion in beirut have descended into street battles between demonstrators and security forces hundreds of people have been injured prime minister has and says the only way out now is to hold early elections. loom conclusion as. 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. the rajapaksa has just been sworn in as for lanka's prime minister rajapaksa won the parliamentary election in a landslide his brother got a buyer is the president 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution 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. or to one of sky is running against alexander lukashenko he's been in power for 26 years. a former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened protection in canada saddle job but he filed a lawsuit in washington d.c.

on thursday. of sending hit men to canada in 2018 to kill him. thousands of west juries in west jerusalem have staged and now the protests against israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded that he should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges they've also voiced frustration about the government's handling of the current virus outbreak u.s. president donald trump has bypass congress signing for executive orders he says will provide economic relief to billions of americans. saying clude extending unemployment benefits for the lower weekly amount as well as your fiction protections and student loan relief.

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