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the president agrees to set for 400 taliban prisoners. hoping to shake up the political landscape in belarus an unexpected kansas's find to push out europe's longest serving president. and a move that's inflaming tension between washington and beijing a top trump official visits taiwan the highest level u.s. visit in 40 years. and in sports at destin johnson takes a one shot lead at the u.s. p.g.a. championship in american has moved within sight 2nd major title at its career. as we begin this news our world leaders are trying to work out ways to help rebuild lebanon's capital but embarrass a growing clamor to rebuild the whole political system the information minister

became the 1st senior member of government to resign since tuesday's port blast menow abdel summers says there's little hope for change 5 m.p.'s have also quit and there are reports that many more may soon follow at least 158 people were killed when ammonium nitrate exploded causing billions of dollars worth of damage around $300000.00 people are homeless a video conference of donors hosted by the un and france is now underway with present emanuel calling for a fish and action to get aid to the lebanese people as quickly as possible this after mass demonstrations on saturday night did not sing government corruption and demanding regime change. let's go live now to bernard smith joins us from beirut where these protests were happening last night but it would do you see around you today and what are people's priorities at this point. laura all around martyr square which is where i am this was the scene of the protests in

decades past in weeks past and months past and last night it's quieter today but all around us people are continuing the job of clearing up there are the younger groups of people still out with brooms and dustpans and shovels cleaning up the mess cleaning up the shops and glass which is all over the city cleaning up because the state still isn't and as well as cleaning up we see lots of individual areas set up in car parks like this where people are giving out aid n.g.o.s local communities giving out food giving out some clothing some sort of basic 1st aid assistance when it's only when it's needed again all the sorts of things that you would expect the state to do but it continuously conspicuous by its absence we do not see the lebanese authorities doing much to help its own people at the moment absolutely and meanwhile we are hearing from the international community on lebanon

the donors conference but what are the challenges for donors. well when the french president emmanuel makram opened this conference he said that we must act quickly and efficiently so that this aid goes directly to where it is needed and that is the biggest challenge because there are billions of dollars that could head lebanon's way desperately needs these billions of dollars to rebuild itself but the problem is all the major state institutions here are controlled by political elites that have used those institutions usually for their own financial gain more again all the utilities the tricity the water the telecoms network in control of individuals or political elites that run the most their own personal fiefdoms the ports destroyed in the explosions was the biggest cash cow for one of those political elites that would skim off money. from taxes for the balance of the job is to find

a way of getting the billions of dollars of aid directly to where it needs to go on cutting out those political elites to stop them skimming off the top and that is an extraordinary challenge because they are so entrenched here ok indeed but at the moment thanks very much we'll come back to you throughout the day missy boswell is the result director of advocacy at the international rescue committee and she joins us now also from beirut just had a correspondent saying that the challenge is getting the aid directly to the people who need it can you give us an idea of just how difficult that is in lebanon. well it is going to be a huge challenge to get the aid to the people who need it we know that the country with already reeling prior to this crisis the price of food had increased and had more than doubled in recent months and cope it was also. in the country and the health system had been overwhelmed so the challenges are huge greater now

that we. disaster but i think what we had. huge resilience among the lebanese people and their willingness to use the court each other and now you know what we need for the international community to step up and get the support and get the support to the aid organizations so that we can we can do our best to help the people on out and are in need but how difficult is it to mobilize the international community in this current states because there is a massive problem of donor fatigue worldwide compounded by the coronavirus crisis which has ravaged many economies across the world how willing is the international community to come to lebanon's aid. well i think it been very encouraging to see how quickly the international community has reacted to the fact that just a few days into this crisis we already have

a very high level donor meeting and effort i think what will be quite critical is to make sure that that this crisis stays and focused and that you know that the support. is. you know convert the pledges are converted into aid. gets to the ground immediately to those who need it and you know this doesn't fade off of the international community's radar screen i think also it's quite critical that the aid reaches those who are most vulnerable and you know this is a country that's hosting over her a 1000000 refugees syrian refugees genuine refugees and others and even before the crisis we were hearing from refugees that we spoke with about how critical you know food was was becoming and people were having to you know send their children to work and resort to very you know difficult coping mechanisms and this was even

before the crisis you know making sure that the focus stays on that and that it also gets to those who are most in need to as you say you've got a huge portion of the population in project quarter of the population in dire need already due to lock down the coronavirus now we've got hundreds of thousands of people who have newly been made homeless what is the i r c doing on the ground how is it able to have been helping so far. well that's right we understand that there are about 300000 people who have been made homeless and as a result of this explosion and for us at the i.r.c. our immediate priority is getting an immediate ashes the sense of economic support to the people who have been affected by this crisis and you know getting cash and there's a sense into their hands so that they can purchase the things that they need and start to get back on their feet and then also supporting them in the long term with

their you know likelihoods and with their just jobs support and things like that and we also know that this explosion was extremely traumatic and our staff and even our staff but everybody really has been quite impacted by this traumatic event and so getting you know support mental health support psychosocial support particularly to children is quite critical as well to make sure that they have a sense of normalcy and can return to to a normal life ok for the moment it seems well thank you very much for joining us from beirut well it's him as a member of the opposition group f d a teaching fatherhood world holloway university of london and he told us earlier that it's time for a real overhaul of the lebanese political system. we do believe early elections is not really the answer because the regime the power sharing arrangement which kept

the sectarian parties in power for decades they are the ones authority in the taking the rules of the elections and therefore they haue bit realty to devise they look for a law that would ensure their reproduction of the same regime so elections itself is not an answer when i would assessment is the state itself has collapsed and therefore what we believe is the answer is to continue to decide together with the ruling parties on a transitional process that can save society when we are in the midst of overlapping and emerging and urgent. crisis be it fiscal or economic or now as we can see also human turning on one hand we do need help psyche at large needs help and it is very much commendable that states that would be providing this help are suggesting that this can be done directly to society rather than going through the channels the vertical up channels of the states this is something that at least on the short term is much needed however we cannot really rely on it on states be it

regional to national to give us that sort of sustainable solution which is the formation of a civil state which every society really needs at the under and under the way. that's why we think that the solution has to come from the people unfortunately the site at largest still very much divided and sectarian parties are a large stake in how communities perceive the crisis and where the blame game basically. how is it strange how the being in this frame. there's plenty more still ahead here on this news hour including a former president becoming prime minister again many fear this could lead to an autocracy plus. i'm wayne hay in bangkok where the government is facing the double threats of a collapsing economy and a protest movement that's valid to intensify. and to score a capacity crowd get to see new zealand's best rugby team when in due time.

this new hope for afghan peace talks president ashraf ghani says he will approve the release of 400 taliban prisoners which paves the way for negotiations to begin his announcement comes off the country's highest consultative assembly called the loya jirga made the recommendation on saturday he says he'll sign the order and a few hours the prisons release was a precondition for the armed group to take part in talks on afghanistan's future. today i will sign the decree that i did not have the authority to sign before now i will sign the decree to authorize the release of the 400 taliban prisoners based on the request of the loya jirga and they will be released. as an afghan journalist based in kabul he says the loya jirga assembly gave voice to people suffering from the ongoing war. if there is a comprehensive cease fire then i think that will be

a win win situation for people living in villages in valleys because every day you hear about is strikes night raids suicide attacks indiscriminate mortar attacks killing entire families roadside bombs the country really needs rest fired from violence and then you are talking about a process where a future government will be discussed amendments in the constitution is something that we expect will be brought up so no one actually thinks that this is a peace process that will be done in an overnight you're looking at a number of sticking points from now on for example what happens to the powers and thousands of taliban fighters did he become part of the afghan national security forces where does afghanistan go from here does it become a republic what happens to the rights of women to the several society to media

because afghanistan today is a changed country from the one that the taliban were ruling out of the taliban really changed do they want. a system of sharia and more importantly i think at some stage the issue of victims on all sides has to be brought up and discussed because there is the fear of revenge is you know if victims really feel that their grievances are not address that could lead to more and more assassinations. voting is underway in the presidential election. facing a tough challenge to clinch a 6th consecutive term he's expected to win despite mass protests against his long rule his main challenger to kind of a skier has voted after reports of her going into hiding overnight when her top aides were detained several activists were also detained during a recent government crackdown. when nearly 30 years since pressing from the soviet

union belarus and russia a rocky relationship between russia and the european union has tried to strike a balance between the opposing sides traditionally loyalties lay with moscow after an agreement in the mid ninety's trading geopolitical support with economic benefits but in recent years tension with the kremlin has risen as sort closer ties with the e.u. after. the russians of trying to overtake his country earlier this year moscow reacted by cutting economic subsidies and the detention of dozens of russian military contractors last month further strained time. fasten is one of the polling stations in the capital makes. the main opposition candidates for planet the kind of sky came out of hiding to cast a vote amidst the cheering and clapping of her supporters who had gathered at a polling station never before an election in belarus has been distance and never

before has the rule of president alexander look. under such pressure and being faced with such a large opposition his popularity went down because he was accused of mishandling the covert 19 crisis so young that it wasn't a real problem and people should just simply drink vodka also his mishandling of the economy has basically turned people away to the opposition camp but the opposition is worried that the similar to previous elections a huge froth will happen. during this election and president lukashenko will claim victory in large margins after the polls will be closed. on chuck as president of the macy's scientific research center that's the think tank he says regardless of whether new wins or loses the country has changed forever 7080 percent of voters he is want change we have people of culture business people people from different areas supporting bold change by the authorities that really are quite in bad and we

have this number of about 42 percent of early votes 'd. difference there will be polls are wide in favor of the question the tension is very very high end i'm sure that people will come out and try to do their best to support their growth i don't know what they do will be tonight told the day after tomorrow 'd. but it was will never be the same again as before 'd this parliament or the actual action and bring the previous elections the big toe all observers was no no democratic and did not prevent the west from dealing with the question and direct way so bet would like moral psychological support but is not likely to influence the relations between the rebel the russian regime and the world in trying come into rajapakse has been sworn in as prime minister for the 4th time as ruling party won wednesday's parliamentary election by

a landslide 2000 george he means he now has the power to make promise changes to the constitution critics fan that will lead to an autocracy and prime minister who was appointed by his brother and president much of the report of an elephant as well as the no gration simony in the competence of columbia. and mahinda rajapaksa is prime minister of sri lanka once again his 4th time around in the job obviously he swept the general elections concluded on the 5th of august with one of the highest number of preferential votes for a candidate ever over 5000000 votes now this paves the way for the s.l.p. be led by the rajapaksa to carry on with the work programme set out by president gautami rajapaksa in his election bid in 2019 it's called the stars for prosperity and aims to take sri lanka forward dealing with some of the pressing issues that this country faces now obviously the consolidation of the rajapaksa hold on power

has been confirmed with the swearing in of my in the rajapaksa as we saw here at the calorie temple a little while ago but it also shows the kind of dynamic the family is now in charge and even when we saw the swearing in of the prime minister you had the president go tubby rajapaksa his younger brother who went around the table and actually worshiped his brother once he saw him in as prime minister these are some of the kind of ways the family operates obviously a number of siblings all of them involved in sri lankan politics now there have been some concerns about a potential reversal of some of the democratic institutions the achievement of the last constitution because the right boxes have said that with control of parliament in a 2 thirds majority one of their targets is going to be the constitution that they're going to bring changes that allows them to get on with the business of government

as they map it out so it's going to be interesting times for sri lanka as the new government takes power. his house actually has arrived in taipei for a visit that's angered china and is the highest level u.s. delegation to visit taiwan and for decades by doing his warmed president donald trump for the visit threatens peace and stability in the region reports. it's a much anticipated visit us health secretary alex as i was leading a delegation to taiwan to learn from the audience exists in fighting the coronavirus the united states has recorded 5000000 cases taiwan has fewer than 500 but analysts say the trip is not just about the pandemic it's definitely more the 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's dr learn much during a 3 day visit china claim sovereignty over taiwan and the island is a main irritant in the troubled relationship between the world's 2 largest economies is due to made taiwanese president clinton during his 3 day visit that's angut china's leaders who object to all official contact between taiwan and the u.s. chinese government misses a warning the united states delegation to stick to the one china principle. i want to stress that the one trying to principle is universally recognized by the international community any attempt to ignore deny or challenge the one trying to principle end up in failure the trip is expected to further fry ties between beijing and washington both are at loggerheads over trade technology human rights and territorial disputes especially in the south china sea it's possible that the mainland would look at the economic consequences reminding taiwan that if they

don't want to play with the mainland that there are you know there's going to be a very very cold harsh harsh world out there china's government says taiwan is. the most important and sensitive issue in sino u.s. relations this rare high level visit comes as those relations have already sunk to the lowest point in decades syrup al-jazeera. well the last time a top level u.s. official visited taiwan was 1979 that's when washington switched his diplomatic recognition of the chinese government from taipei to beijing so becoming president trump has used taiwan to antagonize china weeks before taking office he rang taiwan's president in question the longstanding u.s. policy of one china later reaffirmed support for the policy and hosted chinese premier caesium ping at his florida result the 2 sides appeared place that changed in 2018 when trump slapped tarps on chinese imports and launched

a trade war the us is also accused china of military aggression in the south china sea last year the us approved billions of dollars in weapons sales to taiwan fighter jets tanks and anti aircraft missiles journalist william yang is vice president of the taiwan foreign correspondents club he says taiwan and the u.s. won't be put off by china's hostile response to the diplomatic contacts. so the taiwanese people have been dealing with this kind of warnings and also consequences coming from beijing over the last few decades so in fact since donald trump came into power the taiwanese people have been very welcoming and also supporting the idea that the u.s. is well into upgrade the interaction with taiwan over the last few years and so this move which also has been highlighted as part of the consequences of the taiwan travel act that was passed last year has been really risky positively over here and people have a lot of confidence that as long as the u.s.

as well only to send more high level officials and also engage and more dialogues and engagement with taiwan they're willing to take this risk even if beijing is going to launch any kind of counter measures later on i think for the taiwanese people any kind of increased international support will be a positive will be viewed positively over here because we people here knew very well that they can only count on these temporary or like you know periodical support from the bigger powers in order to secure more long term. assets or capitals for them later on so that taiwan's importance will not be ignored so even if the u.s. is probably yes using time one at this particular point to increase the dispute and the level of the intent and the tension between sino u.s. relationships but for the tony's people they view that as long as the u.s.

is willing to engage taiwan in. you know in a more positive way then they're willing to take the risk and also they are also not afraid really about the verbal warnings coming from beijing on less a very very serious and very concrete measure was being announced and also launched by beeching. protests is a. thailand say the arrest of 2 of their leaders will not stop the campaign to force the government out the pair were charged with sedition and breaking coronavirus rules before being released on bail and the government demonstrations have grown as millions of times struggle to make ends meet because of the pandemic when he has moved from bangkok. a prize bird is being groomed in the hope it can soon get back to work cockfighting is a tradition in thailand that dates back centuries and has grown into an industry worth hundreds of millions of dollars but it's

a business in most provinces it's been closed for 4 months because of coronavirus leaving many fighting for survival. i wanted to sell my birds gradually but i cannot have to try to survive by finding other jobs but it's so hard because a lot of people are out of work. in fact as many as $8000000.00 times could be unemployed by the end of the year meaning lengthening lines for food handouts as government assistance dries up the dire situation comes at a time when the government is coming under increasing scrutiny from opponents who say it came to power through a rigged election last year the 1st since a coup in 2014 thailand has a long history of political violence and turbulence which is why there is particular concern about this period the economy is collapsing street protests are underway and at times there is open discussion about the most taboo subject in this country featuring dr lourdes and spells protesters have been making thinly veiled

references to the role of the monarchy in thailand it's a sensitive and dangerous tactic in a country where criticism of the royal family can lead to a long jail sentence the protesters want broad political reform and experts believe the economic situation brought on by the pen demick is highlighting and intensifying inequality and more than 50 percent of the well that's held by the top one percent and so i think a lot of young people. look to the future for their opportunities don't don't see don't see any opportunities and so or are more willing to take risks right now to see some political change given the potential that economic hardship could see the protest movement expand way. beyond students the government appears particularly attentive this time the prime minister says he will listen to and engage with the protest is but warned them to be careful what they say. many people say too

much may not be genuine so this is a police matter to proceed with. 'd for now many in thailand and too busy trying to earn a living to worry about political change but as the economy worsens fighting to force the government out might become more of a priority when hey al-jazeera bangkok. a sign out for all the weather and his jenny jenny still very very hot in europe is very hot and not about to cool down anytime soon either laura's the people are really do what they can of course to stay cool but it is a soft landing is a history to a look at all these clear skies we have had a little crop of thunderstorms across the southeast we could see more of those in fact we could see more of those developing across areas of europe over the next few days but this is they look at it very expansive these dark red colors this is actually on saturday look at these high temperatures that spain is one of the warmest places to be says in the temperatures were higher than this but they're not as high above the average but look at this normal 13 celsius above the average it is august but even so these temperatures are really quite astounding shotor to the

north 14 degrees above average and even in london or it's not as warm it's even so 10 degrees above the average and this is pretty much what we've got in store for the next few days as you might expect look at this beach in bournemouth my goodness this is in the south coast of england people of course been flocking to the beaches all over much of europe and you can see again this warm colors now we've also got the actual rain showing up pages these dark areas to the north and what we'll see sunny through monday is more of this occurring more of the showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon heating and this really will become a little bit more widespread particular say of the germany can see here and of course the thing is as well the overnight hours it's not really cooling down as you would like and hope so people are finding it very difficult goals to. typically a lot of these places do not have air conditioning so look at these temperatures as we go through the next few days temperatures in london staying 10 degrees above the average there will see more in the way of showers more in the way of clouds that does begin to cool things down in fact by friday the wind changes direction damages

come right back down to war should be the average for this time of year and a similar scenario in paris although it is a lot woman look at that $37.00 on tuesday but again or that does come with a threat of thunderstorms but it also helps to be the temperature down absolutely anywhere in the right seat for heat wave. still ahead here on al-jazeera where in south africa where the pressure is on to stop what's being described as the country's other hand. and define the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia trying to test for the 5th consecutive weekend the arrest of a popular governor. and his court a big win for las vegas is the national hockey league heads into the playoffs. frank assessments what are you seeing back in yemen.

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hello again you're watching on to 0 here's a reminder of our top stories this hour world leaders are holding a donor conference to discuss how to help rebuild lebanon's capital and beirut's there's a growing demand to rebuild the whole political system information minister has quit this comes after 5 other m.p.'s resigned at least 158 people were killed in the explosion at the port on tuesday. afghanistan's president is backing the release of $400.00 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani says he respects the decision of the loya jirgah consultative body to approve freeing so-called hardcore taliban fighters. and voting is underway in the bella recent presidential election with

alexander lukashenko facing a tough challenge to clinch a 6 consecutive term his main challenge us about lana to calyx fire has voted after course that she went into hiding overnight when her top aides were detained. violence against women is a major problem in south africa on average one woman is murdered every 3 hours the government's planning legislation to reduce crime levels but activists say change as a long way off for me to reports from johannesburg. this small group outside the door to put to magistrates court in johannesburg is trying to bring attention to what he's 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. family of julia dakota 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 pour 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 . michael would. be in front of brutal rule. just made me lose hope in memphis and mean how does one of female and. you know on all. 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 julio 3 other homes were attacked in just 48 hours in this block alone in one of the other breaking 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 trend 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. it is with us if you can flip just like that. much the south 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 apartheid and colonialism

obviously their payroll but what is their role how does it interact with prison how does the shift you know when it 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 al-jazeera johannesburg. director of the campaign rise up against gender based violence joins us now from johannesburg thanks very much for being with us one woman murdered every 3 hours south africa has one of the highest rates of an aside in the world why is that. look there's so many causes that are behind the famous sides in particular one that we cannot ignore our history and the fact that we didn't get adequate psychosocial support for our joint trauma but over and above that the special famous side in particular you find it's an issue around economic dependence you find that people who are in domestic violence situations

don't leave the 1st time around or the or the 4th of the 5th because of economic dependence in particular and so when perpetrators feel that they are losing grip over control of the survival over the survivor decides ok maybe i'm going to leave that is unfortunately at the time where you find a lot of the famous sides actually to take place and you the government rather has said that it will put in place more shelters for the victims you've got an interesting idea haven't you that the shelters should actually be for the perpetrators rather than the victims as this idea gains much traction do you how would it work. look there are other countries that have patents of this model this is not something that would be unique to south africa in particular and how the model would work is that instead of the survivor leaving the home with their children being inconvenienced not being able to access their place of work except to end their own assets you know then be the perpetrator that moves through to the to a shelter and then what they would gain in the shelter is that they would actually

get proper anger management training they would get access to psychosocial support so that we can actually start dealing with the issue at the root cause and this should happen whether or not a case has been opened against the perpetrator because you do find a lot of domestic violence incidences that you have cases dropped and it basically ends up not going into the court draw a role and you don't see justice being served but if you had a system that actually dealt with healing and gauging perpetrators at the level i do feel that we'd see a lot less occurrences of people reify ending the government is talking about it on national television it is putting some action into place are you satisfied with the progress that's being made. that can't be satisfied in over 52000 women who are sexually assaulted just in the last year i'm sure you saw the crime stats reports that were released and that was just before call when they were released up until april so we don't actually know what the current status is with the rapes that took

place with in the covert lockdown period and especially because the company that country was so ill prepared for covert 19 lockdown in terms of gender based violence protocols so i am happy that there is a national strategic plan for gender based violence and famous ad that has an ounce of couple of months ago and the call to action collective and other collectives that operate in the g.b. free space i'm trying to help to see if they can we can actually hold government accountable to this national strategic plan and ensure that it's properly resourced so we can see actual tangible change on the ground that's a lot of women talking about this issue how often do you see men coming forward and talking about it and talking about it with each other talking about it with their sons why is an organization strange enough today we launched a campaign with one of the popular liquor manufacturers to style that's actually going to be going into taverns and having dialogue specifically with men and boys so we are starting those kind of engagements they are civil society organizations

that specifically focus on conversations around men and boys so there's a lot of initiatives that are starting slowly but surely to start having social behavioral change programming that in gauges not just survivors and try to basically say how do you not get raped but rather speaking to the people that are potential perpetrators and trying to strange harmful social norms and practices so that we actually see proper prevention instead of dealing with the sponsors and these can you name from joining us from johannesburg thanks very much for your time . thank you. oh yes president ronald trump has signed for executive orders which he says will provide economic relief to millions of americans the move bypasses congress and includes a victim protections student loan relief and an extension of unemployment benefits but 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 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 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 we'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. latin american countries are struggling to contain the corona virus it's the region with the highest number of infections worldwide chile has more than 10000 deaths it's one of the highest fatality rates per 1000000 people as under the reports. just as parts of chile prepare to reopen economic activities on monday. the country reached a sad new record of coby in 1000 related deaths and one. day we arrived. from our hearts we feel for the families for those who miss and love those who have been lost but even if the gone they will be remembered we regret that the

pandemic is cause us to lose so many loved ones so many people who wanted to continue on. the country of 18000000 has the 2nd highest that rape her 1000000 people in latin america after neighboring peru and hired in brazil the worst affected country overall in the region is also say they have registered a slight increase in new infections after days of the creases. and like other regions the capital most of its metropolitan area will keep the current lockdown measures for at least another week but some residents think it's time to relax restrictions in the capital. if the infection rate drops and then they should lift the quarantine how long will the quarantine last in santiago they should have lifted it if they still haven't explained why they're extending it. to the spread of corona virus has been relentless across latin america even rare success stories

like the island of cuba that had managed to reduce cases to a handful per day have had to backtrack after a spike in the last couple of weeks the government on saturday ordered restaurants bars and beaches to close once again also suspending public transportation without braiding citizens for letting their guard down. we have to return to measures in place during the community spread in havana with all limitations and demands that are clickable to this phase as well as the sacrifices that this entails for everyone for institution. as for the public sector for the private sector for our citizens. from many countries in the region fighting the pandemic it's a case of one step forward in 2 steps back i was in the room. of fire has killed at least 11 coronavirus patients in southern india the blaze happened in at a hotel being used as

a covert 900 for city rescuers were able to help 30 others to safety this fire comes after 8 patients died as another covert designated hospital in ahmedabad on thursday. new zealand is marking $100.00 days since it stemmed out to the spread of the corona virus in the new cases have been a few returning travelers have been quarantined at the border from insurgents and has been praised for leading the efforts but she warns that people must stay vigilant to avoid a 2nd wave. so why wasn't dignitaries of mark 75 years since the atomic bomb was dropped on the japanese city of nagasaki the ceremony was scaled back because of covert 19 around 74000 people were killed after u.s. forces dropped the bomb in the final stages of world war 2 it tack came 3 days after an atomic bomb exploded over the city of her shima. and kremlin protesters in the far east of russia have rallied for

a 5th consecutive weekend now demanding the release of the regional governor so gay fergal he was arrested last month on suspicion of murder but he denies the charges protesters want to my the freedom or tried and his home city of kabul rotc robert malley reports. the rallying cry from this man put the russians to take to the streets on this calling for president vladimir putin to resign and signs everywhere with the freedom to go. camping offs governess or gave was arrested on july 9th on suspicion of involvement in murders his incarceration in the 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 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 reelected him honestly we love him. to situated along china's border and is more than 6000 kilometers from the capital mr frugal has become an unlikely symbol of the city's resists. in the form of businessman sufism legislation for decades 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 the kremlin's response was swift 3 months later it changed the far east and federal capital from capital to plot across the uk. in 2900 focus county again 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 simple food murders between 20042005 charges which he firmly denies that protesters call it politically motivated and the anger has shifted from his arrest to blasphemy pretend to like it we've had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just set up the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you seriously this won't stop. with persons reading i am for. people here who say they will continue to make a stand against the crime the until further returns from moscow. on the on to 0. still ahead here on al-jazeera. there yet. and sync with social distancing an all pro company that's found

a way to keep performing during covert 19. and his ball the 1st major golf championship of the year is heading into its final day. exploited men use the killing. burn and it would take to make the charcoal that feels the finest says that forge the steel didn't make shoes the trade that exploits them and. penetrates global markets slavery a 21st century evil continues with charcoal slaves on al-jazeera take.

al-jazeera. after. that. time now for the sports and he has far more thank you so much former world number one deaths and johnson leads by a single stroke heading into the final round of the u.s. p.g.a. championship the 1st major of the year was pulled back from may because of the coronavirus pandemic and is being played without fans and attendance and the

richardson reports. after more than a year without some major golf championship a potential classic is bubbling up in san francisco. huge parts was just one of many highlights american dustin johnson leads the way a 9 under par of the 100 and 2nd u.s. p.g.a. he'll take a one shot advantage into sunday's final round the 36 year old has claimed one major title during his korea that was the 2016 u.s. open definite have experience in the situation you know will help tomorrow. you have been in the hot a bunch of times in a major i've got one major so it's you know having that experience is definitely beneficial tomorrow due to coronavirus restrictions no fans will get to witness what should be a thrilling last day of johnson's can patrick brooks kept is aiming for a 3rd straight p.g.a.

title and he's just 2 strokes adrift. in the big events obviously you know we do our fans here which i think plays a little bit. makes it a little different. though when they're heard an hour in which it can be fun and they're cheering for you but if they're against it it's not it's not so much fun so they know it it's going to feel completely different than anyone we've ever played you know it's gone through my mind a few times i mean that the gravity of the event we're playing and you know it's but it doesn't. you can't get over the fact it's just you missing. you know the rules and the excitement and the screaming how tong li tops the leaderboard after 2 rounds the chinese player didn't have such a good day at one point he lost his ball up a tree he's tied to 13th on 5 under par. cameron champ and scotty scheffler within a shot of johnson no neither have previously come close to winning a major. tiger woods has 15 major titles to his name but he won't be adding to

that total here he's 11 shots off the pace and the richardson al-jazeera. of the phoenix suns defeat in miami heat to remain the only unbeaten team since the n.b.a. restarted season in florida 7 booker scored a game high 35 points only phoenix 21192112 when prior to the n.b.a. restart the suns had the 2nd worst record of the 22 teams in the field as they try to avoid missing the playoffs for the 10th season in a row. and the l.a. clippers came from behind to beat the portland trailblazers one 122-2117 blazers lead for most of the game the clippers were without their star player clyde leonard but they didn't need him in the end cortlandt missed the chance to seal the final western conference playoff spots. the christ church based crusaders have won new zealand super rugby title the crusaders beat the highlanders 3322 in front of 20000

pounds to secure the trophy one match to their easy and super rugby teams are taking part in the domestic championship normal 5 nation tournaments was cancelled due to one of. arizona's main football championship is kicked off after a 3 month delay caused by coronavirus the season began with a minute's silence to remember brazil's 100000 victims of covert 19 no more than 300 people are allowed in stadiums on that day. and the line up for the quarter finals of the european champions league has been decided lino massi was among the scores for barcelona as they beat a talian team napoli 31 that wrapped up before 2 aggregate win to reach a last stage for a 13 string season or so while a german side bar in munich in the quarter finals the german champions cruised through with a 71 aggregate win over chelsea. serena williams is getting ready to play in her 1st tournament since

a coronavirus lock down the 23 time grand slam winner will be competing at the top seed open in kentucky which starts on monday it's good to be just back with my family from family. or measure how it feels yet to be competitive because this is so different but lisa get to see so many familiar faces well i think just the break was something urges loved in me to him. i haven't been doing much just been training and training more than ever so it's good. and the 1st official women's tournament to be held since march is reaching its conclusion believe france be on a feral play and that quanta right estonia in the final the palermo open later this sunday. the last vegas golden knights have sealed top spot in the western conference ahead of the stanley cup playoffs alex talks scored 4 minutes into overtime as the golden knights beat the colorado avalanche for 3 biggest will fade

the chicago blackhawks in the 1st round playoff series ok and that is all your sport for now laura back to you kyra great stuff thanks very much now the current of ours pandemic because silenced many performers around the world but not one british opera company. the glam born. to open a mini or prison after being forced to cancel its usual performances and in keeping with the times both the audience and the cost distancing. and having to figure out how to socially distance on stage and how to interact with each other. with all of that in mind but instead of it being a burden it's turned out to be. just really fun because we're all thinking of creative ways to make it through a scene where we're supposed to pass a prop to each other and we cat or someone supposed to have a fight but they can't touch each other. stay with us our way back in just

a moment with more of the day's news. in russia mixed martial art didn't just bullets. if you bring it to fame fortune and how the next one i wanted to investigate on al-jazeera. the zipper willed ring and disjointed days especially for the young my life changed because i can't go will say we have to be careful to not get sick at all said university study found the one in 5 children and now afraid to leave their homes the sense of disorientation and confusion i think would be very understandable natural reaction to children and in the past few weeks secure mental health units have been forced to discharge large numbers of patients there are children

suffering from psychosis who believe the virus is a conspiracy others with eating disorders or histories of self harm that we're going to have a time bomb now this is building up to a nation mental health epidemic the world's attention is on controlling the virus for the rick helpless hidden victims even when the pandemic passes there will be many in desperate need of help. history has called it the great war in the 1st episode conscription draws hundreds of thousands of our of troops into or both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had a huge impact on the course of the war world war through our own but my own knowledge is either as a protest or a job for police brutality and coronavirus 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 so very brand of

politics. to americans before the fall fall of the u.s. election on a just. lebanon's information minister becomes the latest politician to quit over the port blasts as a powerful religious leader says the whole government may need to go. and then stash donors meet online to seek ways to rebuild the country as i guess simmers in the city devastated by the explosion. well again i'm nora kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up paving the way for peace talks in afghanistan the president agrees to set for.