picture. unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from our london broadcast center. on aunt izzie and. seeking a way to rebuild lebanon's capital international donors are to me just anger simmers in the city devastated by a porch explosion. alarms in the rommany what yard is there alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up europe's longest serving leader tries to hold on to power in a bellary selection that's brought an unexpected challenger. donald trump a sidesteps congress and signs executive orders for financial relief for the millions out of a job because of coronavirus. and shining the light on what's described as south

africa's pandemic the fight to stop gender based violence. welcome to the program it's an explosion that's estimated to have caused billions of dollars worth of damage now lebanon is hoping the international community will help it rebuild its capital a virtual donor's conference hosted by france and the united nations will be held in a few hours time the capital was devastated when $2700.00 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded at the port on choose day $158.00 people were killed and 6000 injured around 300000 have been left homeless now lebanon was already my it in its worst ever economic crisis many in the country blame the government for the blast and thousands of people were out. in the streets on saturday to demand change is in

a call 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 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 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 . we are not leaving if either of them are 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 it will carry it 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. voting is underway in belarus as longtime leader looks under look at for a 6th term but he's facing his toughest test yet there's widespread discontent over a worsening economic situation and look at those dismissive response to the coronavirus pandemic his main challenger is. to have a skier a former teacher who went into hiding hours before the vote after her top aides were detained several activists have also been detained in a widening crackdown in recent months so vast reports from the capital with its.

election observation belorussian style. i. 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 the elections. 39 people was even protocol. mission so there were 89 so they added 50 people is the mood on 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 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 $65.00 said. he would be a big winner then. i would be awarded. 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. elections we'll be. i don't think he will. 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're going to meet has gone down and society is not happy and basically all levels of society are united against look at this by 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 fasten al-jazeera menthe.

robin joke is president of the most is scientific research center think tank and joins me now via skype from minsk good to have you with us on the program i mean lots of support for the opposition but how much of an impact to really make in the establishment. she and her team have already made a huge impact. finding fear now about 7080 percent of the recipient want change we have people of culture business people people from different areas supporting change the authorities that really are fighting bad and we have this number of about 22 percent of earlier problems and different will be quantified in favor of of course people seem to be very frustrated that's why they're coming out onto the streets are they likely to come out onto the streets in your opinion if they think that the election has been rigged regardless of whether

the opposition do well or do badly the tension is very very high end i'm sure that people will come out and try to do their best to support their votes i don't know whether it will be tonight on the day after tomorrow 'd. but it was will never be the same again as before this actual action bank. does want to have credibility on the international stage if you don't have international election observers those polling stations how diminished is that status on the international stage what the previous elections the. go all observer it was not democratic and did not prevent the west from dealing with the question and direct way so i would bet would you like moral psychological support but it's not likely to influence the relations between the russian regime and the world well of course he might not

worry too much about the west but he does worry about his relationship with russia and in recent weeks he's been accusing moscow of interfering in belo russa's internal affairs why has the relationship in your opinion broken down so badly. need somebody a big guy who is a know to blame for everything it cannot make crisis from crisis energy everything you name it and that's why all these are some performance political reforms that the kremlin he believes that he does that. page and other so-called elegant victory and after the elections he will go to and try to peace and to make up the kremlin and the russian it seems that one doesn't quite know where russia quite stands at the moment i mean in retrospect it doesn't really look as if having a more western leading opposition leader winning the election would actually benefit moscow so is there any truth or any reality in the fact that russia would

like to destabilize. well russia definitely wants to. put pressure on the question got the question go broke would you plan to or you're not brothers and russia in one union state and that's got there's a grudge between the 2 presidents and definitely the right different means to put pressure on the question concluded energy policy here on credit lines extra market and not recognition is one of the tools that the kremlin may threaten to use but it's not likely to happen it will be interesting to see what the results of a roman church thanks so much for joining us from minsk. the minda rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election in a landslide he'd been serving as interim prime minister after being appointed by his brother who's the country's president the 2 thirds majority means they can push

ahead with promised changes to the constitution but critics fear that will lead to autocracy. he was president for executive orders which he says will provide economic relief to millions of americans the move bypasses congress and it includes eviction protections student loan relief and an extension of unemployment benefits let me quote say provides a little help to families and will reduce disparate desperately needed support for the unemployed my kind of explains from washington d.c. . fresh from around on his course the president held a news conference at his new jersey golf club which are a number of the clubs members forming and 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 and had 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 it's not a hardship this is the money that they need this is the money they want and 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 that have 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 an unworkable weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the an employment 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. and let's take you straight to afghanistan in the capital kabul where the afghan prison of garny has approved

freeing 400 taliban fighters. loyal jirga it's the largest consultative body of tribal leaders and politicians which allows the government to start talks with the taliban it was a precondition by the taliban they want to these $400.00 fighters released and everybody was waiting for a shift garny to approve what the lawyer loya jirgah had already decided. just 24 hours ago so that seems to be the scenario and of course guardian are saying it's up to the taliban to move forward and that they should move forward with and not be afraid of a cease fire we'll get more on this as the day progresses. still ahead of all jews are defying the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia protests for the 5th consecutive weekend over the arrest of a popular government. hello

there planes he will halt and dry weather across much of europe the heat wave is still very much in place across most areas one of the thunderstorms again across the southeast in the last begin to weaken of the next couple of days and also the sunny skies look at this brighton on the south coast of england bournemouth along the coast thousands of people flocking to the beaches same story of course as well across into france is fine if you can get with beach in the cool water of the city but this is what they've done in the town they've actually set up a cool sprinkling system but it has an even better idea had to vary it to the mountains and this is what greets you clear sunny skies 10 inches around 9 celsius plenty of snow plenty of ice that is what people are saying meanwhile don is about late in germany 33 celsius on sunday thank you want to london even hotter than last in paris will begin to see some scattered showers and thunderstorms that become

a little bit more prevalent on monday generally it's really about the heat is setting off a lot of these showers and thunderstorms and you can just see here by the amount of red just how warm it is these the time which is in london over the next 3 days still well above the average 32 expected on monday again against the average of 23 little bit cooler there all the chance i want to showers maybe a stray thunderstorm cinna story in paris it stays hot with a chance of scattered thunderstorms. frank assessments what are you seeing that. there is. life being sorted it's an informed opinion which is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown in many parts of the order me and region are actually under a de facto state of emergency critical debate after the use of proxy because look

at everything that enters the bill if you people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. might. look like you're watching all deserve means the whole rob a reminder of our top stories international leaders will hold virtual talks to raise money for lebanon in the wake of an explosion that killed $158.00 people mass demonstrations have been held in beirut to call for justice and political change the prime minister has also called for early elections and the polls have opened in bello ruses presidential election as its longtime leader 66 term the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding hours before the vote after top aides

were detained by police. and afghan presidential guard has approved freeing of 400 taliban fighters after the loya jirgah saps the country's highest consultative body though he made that recommendation they made that recommendation on saturday and their release has been a precondition for the armed group to hold peace talks with the cup. 7 police officers have been killed and 16 others have been injured in a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan attackers targeted the afghan forces headquarters in dannie province detonating a car bomb outside the building but no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. at the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia have rallied for a sister consecutive weekend demanding the release of the regional governor. he was arrested last month on suspicion of protesters want to me the frayed or tried in his home city of boston. had yet to have

a rallying cry from this man all russians to take to the streets others calling for president vladimir putin to resign and signs everywhere freedom. carpet offs governess are 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 give anything 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. how pronounced 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 legislator 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 2990 again the united russia party in legislative elections authorities then raided the firm previously linked to fergal during his business days a full partner testified against simple food murders between 20042005 charges

which he firmly denies but. protesters call it politically motivated and their anger has shifted from his arrest to vladimir putin. we've had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just that the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you seriously this won't stop with posters reading i am for we are people here say they will continue to make a stand against the kremlin until further returns from moscow to man the al-jazeera . thousands of west jerusalem bus station other protests against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded that step down while he stands trial over corruption charges they've also voiced frustration about the government's handling of the coronavirus. a former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened protection in canada canadian media reporting that security services learnt of

a new threat on his life by agents of the saudi crown prince saw the job brief filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. old thursday accusing mohammad been so long of sending hit men to canada in 2018 to kill him the police and private guards and are said to be protecting our job at an undisclosed location. within south africa or facing levels of violence it's estimated a woman is killed every 3 hours the government is preparing legislation but activists say change is a long way off for me to bill has more from johannesburg. this small group outside the order put to magistrates court in johannesburg is trying to bring attention to what has been called a pandemic they're protesting against gender based violence in a country where government statistics say a woman is killed every 3 hours. in court the family of julia dakar waits for the appearance on camera of 2 men accused of her rape and murder as well as the rape of

a 21 year old granddaughter of. a son por shows us where just weeks ago he says the accused men broke into a home her portrait looks over the room where she was raped stabbed and later died . madam would prefer in front of brutal rule. it just made me lose hope in memphis and mean how does a one of female and. an increment of. you know one long. in the last year 2695 women were murdered in south africa that's slightly down from the year before but still a big number after the rape and murder of julia 3 other homes were attacked in just

48 hours in this block alone in one of the other breakings an elderly woman was assaulted and seriously injured people here say that only women and children live in the homes that were targeted with close 210-0000 followers on twitter number is a well known gender activist with strong views she's often come under attack even threatened with rape so it shows a turd reminder of what happens it's a reminder that gender based violence. is with us everywhere it can flip just like that i am was of african government is working on new laws to help protect women including harsher sentences for perpetrators and strict to bail conditions but there are some who say more needs to be done to understand the rate of violence it's too easy to say it's

a party to the cleanliness of obviously their payroll but what is their full how does it interact with prisoners how does a shift you know when the changes in the economy what is the impact of that history with the now in the present as this family mourns and struggles with their loss their say there's no except a bill explanation for the rape and murder of their mother for me tamala al-jazeera johannesburg. britain's armed forces are considering a government request to help stem the flow of migrants crossing the english channel from france a record 235 people landed on yemen landed on thursday pardon me most from yemen egypt sudan and iraq critics warn that calling in the royal navy to block boats will endanger people's lives britain's immigration minister is expected to urge france to take more preventative measures during a meeting planned in paris next week. has declared a state of environmental emergency after a japanese own ship began spilling tons of oil the islands appealing for help from

france over a volunteer cleanup operation is underway and only super ports aereo and satellite photos show the extent of the oil spill off the southeastern coast of. the japanese owned ball carrier like a shia ran aground late last month and began leaking its 4000 tons of fuel into the indian ocean or 20 crew were taken to sure 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 which scroll 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 it's good. to see as your village we can see the situation is getting worse this bill is affecting so many sectors tourism the economy ecology food. 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 ecological equally be economical because many people erode their livelihoods from the fish they fish in the area 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 fuel leak and inflicting catastrophic damage to marine life at least 2 out to 0. deservedly so rather wide of our top news stories afghan presidential garley has approved 400 taliban prisoners after the loya jirga the country's highest consultative body made the recommendation on saturday that their release has been a precondition for the armed groups to hold peace talks with the government international leaders will hold virtual talks to raise money for lebanon in the wake of an explosion that killed 158 people mass demonstrations have been held in

beirut to call for justice and political change the prime minister has called for early elections polls opened in belarus this presidential election as its longtime leader seeks a 6th term the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding hours before the vote after her top aides were detained by police. but hindu rajapaksa has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time his ruling party won the parliamentary election in a landslide he's been serving as interim prime minister after being appointed by his brother who's the country's president that 2 thirds majority means they can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution u.s. president donald trump has bypass congress he signed for executive orders which he says will provide economic relief to millions of americans that include extending unemployment benefits at a lower weekly amount as well as a fiction protections and student loan relief. kremlin protesters in the far east

of russia rallied for the 5th consecutive weekend they're demanding the release of a regional governors are going through a girl he was arrested last month and flown to moscow he denies involvement in the murders of several businessmen 15 years ago. former top saadi intelligence agents other jeffery has been given heightened protection in canada canadian media is reporting that security services learned of a new threat on his life by agents of the saudi crown prince. filed a lawsuit in washington d.c. on thursday accusing me haven't been slow man of sending hitmen to canada in 2800 to kill him but police and private guards and are said to be protecting algebra at an undisclosed location those are the headlines and back with more news in half an hour it's inside story next here on our just their. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take

a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on a just. is the relationship between the u.s. and saudi arabia falling apart the state department shows support for a former saudi intelligence agent who says the crown prince wants him dead will president donald trump be forced to stop supporting the hammock in selma this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm adrian finighan what's reported to be a 4 year old mud applauses putting further strain on the relationship between saudi arabia and the united states a fall a saudi intelligence agent is suing the saudi crown prince in the u.s. saad algae.