at unofficial holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. because people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be her . 0. hello i'm maryam namazie you're with the news hour live from london our top story police in belarus launch a crackdown on opposition protestors state approved exit polls give president alexander lukashenko another election win before polling stations you can fully closed. a 2nd day of clashes in beirut amid angry

protests against lebanon's government 2 ministers have now quit over tuesday's blast the number of confirmed kovac 19 cases in the united states reaches 5000000 with numbers still rising in almost 20 states and the afghan president agrees to release 400 taliban prisoners paving the way for peace talks. and downtown hamas now have all the sport red bulls marked for stop and wins at silverstone no break in mercy this is winning start to the f one season. we begin in baton rouge where police have launched a crackdown on protests that erupted as president alexander lukashenko looks set to win another election victory the election commission says the results so far have

him ahead with 81 percent of the vote well this is despite voting being extended in some places because many people are still trying to cause that ballot the main opposition candidate on the ticket off sky ahead aust has supporters to vote as late as possible to minimize the opportunity for electoral fraud election officials are accusing the opposition of sabotage and say she currently has just 8 percent of the vote taken off sky is a former teacher who only entered the race when her husband was barred from running but drew massive crowds to have rallies al-jazeera step vause reports to now reports to us now from the capital ments. cheers for start lana the kind of guy who went into hiding on the eve of the election because she feared arrest that was after 8 members of her team including her campaign manager were reportedly detained at 1st a reluctant presidential candidate she has grown into the biggest hope many belorussians have for change then are you worried the fact of safety was everybody

working there would be kind of guy yes election rallies attracted the largest crowds valorous high seen in decades with 2 other women on her side the wife and complain manager of 2 other jailed opposition figures she can paint across the country on the eve of the election one of them applied abroad and the other. was briefly detained she's undeterred but i have heard great hopes or dreams a real chance today tomorrow or day after tomorrow this is the beginning of the end it's a beginning of a new life she came out of hiding to cast her vote the main opposition candidates but. it's what's going to rest on election day an election that has been dominated by accusations of fraud and the rest. after casting his vote president alexander lukashenko called the opposition we just. brought you in the us if you're going to

go against our country or even in the smallest way try to plunge the country into chaos and stabilize it you will receive an immediate response from me. for decades he's enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately he's faced criticism for downplaying the cold with 19 crisis and worsening economy he's attracted voters by accusing the opposition of planning to create chaos in the area of north of us the i want to vote for peace and the wellbeing of the roots and every family here and have no crazy crowds in the city. as rallies have been prohibited in the past week supporters of the kind of guy you found creative ways to protest against us rule but even that led to more arrests more than 800 people have been detained during this heated campaign stop fast and al-jazeera minsk well as huge victories in previous elections have led to accusations of fraud

a pattern that appears to have been repeated this time the central election commission has been forced to explain away this phone video it shows a woman climbing down a ladder from a polling station carrying a full plastic bag a ladder is held by a policeman and a 2nd bag is lowered out of the window by a colleague the official explanation for this is that she had been locked in the room and had to escape through the window there was no explanation for the banks or what was in them for that matter. so let's get the latest now from step vasant who's been covering the story from central minsk what's happening there now step. well i think the atmosphere can be best described by a city filled with anger and frustration these men's catchments witnessed before ever thousands of people are now still on the streets it's around midnight here and . their eyes are the big square confronting the police police have.

back with explosives and also been writing driving a car to the protests and causing injuries so it's a it's a very hectic seed lots of cars also still driving around the hordes showing the opposition chai. and step tell us have you been seeing i mean have you actually witnessed clashes between police and protesters and if you had to estimate the number of people that a petition painting in the protest what would you say you've been witnessing that it's very hard to tell how many but i'm sure there are thousands it is a huge square cletus right in the middle of it and the roads leading up to the square are filled at the moment with protest of the only things that i've seen they've been throwing at police are apples or bottles but police has been hitting back with explosives and i saw one man his foot or his like was completely broken

and rushed away by adults i saw also a police car right in front of it to the crowd at what was a carry away with with the car and have you continued to see says that the scene of the protest obviously is very difficult to know about casualties over a number of people who've been injured at this point how many how many ambulance vehicles would you say you've seen. i sort of saw a scene in terms of ambulances coming into the crowd picking up protesters who were lying on the street it's very difficult to say how many are injured or even it worse conditions nobody is monitoring exactly people going into hospitals right now because the scene is still growing and it seems that more people are coming so this is going to last for a lot longer thank you very much from the better russian capital minsk step in

reporting to us that so we can now speak to find out via charkha about a russian journalist and political commentator joins us via skype from better so i mean radio reporter that describing some remarkable scenes people. really willing to confront security forces who are responding with stun grenades trying to you know control those crowds how would you describe what is happening in the country right now. well i totally agree with your chris paul and that's frustration people are really angry and outraged with the results official and for the exit polls were sent it was announced the winner with a 7 to 9 percent and i'm more sure of that tomorrow he will be officially announced the winner with 80 percent of support many will perhaps even more people understand they feel that. receive it much less are votes and he doesn't have majority of support in in the country and this is why they just went out to show their position

or look i shan't go it's very important to prove his legitimacy for the 1st time in 26 years he feels like here than like he doesn't control the situation and here he is particularly upset that he is challenged by a woman by a teacher over the michelin which he was always very skeptical about a woman pollutions and here in told. to one reporter that that women cannot leave the country. but our reporter was saying obviously it's very difficult to estimate the number of people that are protest saying she said possibly thousands are out on the streets in minsk i don't i mean i don't know who you might be in touch with in the country if you have friends colleagues families elsewhere how widespread would you say these protests are they happening in in cities beyond

the capital. the proper start taking place right now minimum in $25.00 sitters and primarily at their larger cities like a means committee as the only hold now and smaller cities in a larger say this police is much more violent many people are wounded injured there is information that several people are that in minsk for example the idea of agen the large police car hits the protester and we which which outrage the people who are standing nearby and then they attack the policeman so the police is super aggressive in their use and docs their use in the water cannons and their use in weapon 6 blows use live grenades and but in some sick dislike mahler's you actually like the boys in the their police and they pulled the shield on the ground and many protesters perceived it as their solidarity sign do you fear that many people are going to lose their lives. we don't

know. for how long this process. will will will stand to will or will along will last. and or today just the beginning the conventional face of the electoral campaign finished and then you face just begun and i'm sure the protests will continue tomorrow and they have to to morrow and this resistance can can can prolong for weeks and perhaps months can it other than telling can it go on sorry sorry i was going to say can it go on for weeks and months in the face of what could be a violent brutal crackdown. it has force his army internal troops he has a lot of weapons and water cannons but the people are enough and people are not afraid to anymore and their finger people will not forgive look i shan't come

either this violence nor of this result of the elections so i think even if the correct one will happen today people will continue gathering to morrow and in the weeks after people really wants new leadership new president or they don't want this man when their country anymore they want real independence lots of this just say independence by the wrist but there is another one to be there. for example thank you franek via charkha joining us there from belarus. over also long queues here in london as hundreds of better russians living in the u.k. waited outside their embassy to cost their vote many had to wait for hours because of coronavirus restrictions as joan how now explains. the queue snaked its way through the back streets of kensington in london hundreds of belorussian ex-pats waiting to cost their vote at the country's embassy here it's our right and we

should have human rights we should be able to choose our future even though i'm here like my friend my family out there and i want the future to be made to have i want them to have basically future and to have choice and they would wait and wait many for several hours with the embassy only allowing one person in at a time a deliberate tactic suggested some of the independent observers outside have people come in from manchester from edinburgh flying just to vote and now under restarts not being able to or because the news will run really slow why is it so slow. well i guess we still under the virus conditions so they allow only one the votes in both incite that's the excuse is it was the excuse but you'd be hard pressed to find anybody in this crowd willing to support alexander knew pushing the man often described outside his own country as europe's last dictator i've been the can deduct the problem in 2016 and up the pressure i have to leave the boats. after

pressure from k.g.b. from government from police i have to leave 26 years just one president it's horrible for any country but unfortunately goodness we live in 26 years and i think i think that this election here will he won again but it will be a force if you could but. well we'll find a way to come there is no way we came all the way here for there to be this thing where everyone like they were there with too much 26 years of this guy no no. there are calls for change inside burma no less here with many having fluid lucasian because repressive regime worried about the country they left behind you with the news hour live from london much more still ahead the united states and its china by sending its highest level delegation to taiwan since 1979. 1 woman is

murdered every 3 hours in south africa in what's being described as another pandemic we speak to the activists demanding change. and this brazilian superstar has some bad news for chelsea fans will have the details of that later in sport. will tensions of boiled over for a 2nd day in lebanon now after the massive explosion that tore through the capital beirut more clashes near parliament after protesters gathered demanding an end to rampant corruption riot police fired tear gas to try to disperse the growing crowds while demonstrators hold rocks and shot fireworks into the air in a show of anger against the government the army says there's now little hope of finding any more survivors after tuesday's blast devastated the city $21.00 people are still missing thought to be trapped under the rubble which has already claimed

$158.00 lives all the protesters accuse their politicians of gross negligence over the storage of thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate at the port they want a complete overhaul of the political system the information minister. and environment environment minister damiana qatar have become the 1st senior leaders to resign over the last 9 m.p.'s have also quit meanwhile an international donors conference has raised $297000000.00 in emergency funds for lebanon but corruption concerns mean the money won't go directly to the government but it smith reports now from beirut. here they're all the skills the talent and the enthusiasm this is this yeah this is the nasa. that has been issued yesterday but these people will not be able to rebuild beirut on their own we have an engineering team and nothing team working in sync together we sense scouts on little school tours and their job

is to basically go and examine a building and say hey this structure is no longer safe to enter they're doing all this because the government isn't. food is given out to people who never have to ask for handouts in their life. volunteers are given a safety briefing before heading out with a cleanup team that there are hundreds of these camps across beirut hastily set up in the shadows of the buildings ripped open by choose days explosion of 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in the port for international donors one of the hardest questions is how do they get aid to people who want to get off the top when they have to deal with a political elite that's been doing exactly that for decades. this is really the lebanese authorities now have to put in place the political and economic reforms which are being called for by the lebanese people it's the only thing which will allow the international community to act efficiently side by side with lebanon in

its reconstruction. it could cost up to $15000000000.00 to rebuild beirut says the city's governor its residents want to make sure that money goes where it should the government of lebanon is a criminal government this is a criminal state these are the lords these are people who were. responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the lebanese civil war and we're expecting that a few extra bodies is going to make them bring that's not going to happen on monday lebanon's prime minister will ask his cabinet to agree to early elections they'd be held within 2 months and lebanon's electoral system candidates must stand according to bad religious sect it makes it very difficult for nonaffiliated individuals or groups to emerge and that is what these people will tell you is constantly frustrating back calls for radical political change bernath with al-jazeera beirut . a public policy consultant who's taken part in anti-government protests over the

past few months joins us on the skype from beirut now reporters just describing the cabinet meeting that's going to take place we have already seen 2 ministers resigned 9 m.p.'s have quit it looks as though there could be elections in a few months what are your what are your expectations from tomorrow's meeting. at this point the lebanese people have 0 expectations for many of the leadership i think they have gone even beyond our most dismal expectations we literally have had the most incompetent political class ruling over this country for 30 years and if it's not them personally it's avatars of them i think their corruption has reached levels that even even fiction could not even depict and with this current explosion and the horror and the horror that we've been experiencing this has

elicited new emotions in the lebanese people and so tell me now how these emotions going to be channeled if the plan as the prime minister was saying is to have elections how will the opposition how will those who put out protesting try to organize themselves to use this to their advantage i'm sorry line cut how how how how can you repeat it i'm just saying that if the plan now is for that to be early elections how protest is organizing themselves to to try and use that situation to their advantage somehow. well i think it's very important for me to know that the lebanese people are not going to be able to do any of this work on their own even if there were early elections tomorrow even if we are able to mobilize ourselves as an opposition we are not going to be able to do this alone we need the international community's

help we need the international community's help to come in through 3 different ways and it's very important that i say this out and clear the 1st aid that we that we need is in terms of sheer financial aid prior to the explosion we were already sinking in the worst contemporary financial and economic crisis known in contemporary history we already prior to the explosion needed between $10.00 and $30000000000.00 just to survive i'm not talking about thriving i'm talking about surviving we needed $10.00 to $30000000000.00 just to survive after the explosion we need an additional $9.00 to $12000000000.00 again just to survive the international community needs to come forth with this 8 now the international community cannot come forth with this aid and communicate with the current leadership in place so that's the 2nd thing that the international community needs to help us with pressure the current pressure the current political class they don't want to do reforms they want to keep doing corruption well guess where their

money lies their money is in the international community's banks all of these politicians have european bank accounts the international community is going to have to use a carrot and stick a carrot and stick strategy in order for them to get them to comply with some of the reforms and 3rd and probably add more importantly the international community needs to do an independent international investigation into this. horrific explosion that happened today which. thank you thank you very much really appreciate your thoughts on this joining us there from beirut thank you. now gunman on motorbikes have killed 6 french aid workers that guide and their driver in southern asia where the tag happened in a west african draw for east of the town of corrie it's not yet known who was behind the killings now the number of corona virus infections across the u.s. has passed 5000000 this according to figures from johns hopkins university but

medical experts say the true number could be many times higher health officials are urging the use of face masks and public and of pleaded with people to avoid social gatherings but many are ignoring the warnings this was the scene in south dakota this weekend why some 400000 people have converged from across the country for a 10 day motorcycle rally it's the largest gathering in the u.s. since the outbreak that began in march when mike hanna is live for us in washington d.c. so tell us more about where the virus is particularly concentrated mike. well at the moment it's mainly in the midwest of the united states at least 14 states are showing increasing rates of infection california is particularly hard hit and compounding the problem in california is the fact that the system of testing has

basically broken down the data flow to central agencies to be able to track the pace of the op the coronavirus has actually not working at the moment so this is a major issue because of the infection rates are continuing to rise in california but health officials are just unable to actually track the path of the virus because of this delay one bright spot is new york state which has now recorded the lowest rate of infection in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic it's down well below one percent now but generally across the united states there is still an uptick in the rates of infection in many areas so the country is struggling to contain the corona virus meanwhile we are seeing images of hundreds of thousands of bikers descending on south dakota are there fears for how the virus could accelerate their. well any gathering of people health officials say represents

a very real danger now some are arguing that because the spiking really takes place mainly in the outdoors then chances of infection drop a little however officials also point out that the real danger is the day when people gather in bars or around campfires that could well be a spread of the infection but this is what has been happening in a number of states and it accounts for the fact that the rates of infection are increasing the number of states opened up too early and number of states do not imports of mask or mandate a number of states have dropped mitigating measures completely and as a result you're seeing this up tick in in the rates of infection and you're still seeing of in such as the one you're describing in south dakota occurring without it without any attempt to try and restrain it or stop it health officials such as dr into the pantry have warned repeatedly that gathering such as this of very very

dangerous and could lead to a rise in the rate of infection within a couple of weeks thank you very much the latest from washington mike hanna well cases of crime of r.c. been increasing across europe alarming public health experts u.k. is recorded more than a 1000 new infections in a 24 hour period for the 1st time since june the next stage of reopening has been put on hold and the government says if needed it will shop pubs to allow schools to reopen next month. greece once praised for its handling of the crisis recorded its highest single daily increase with 203 new cases germany and italy also recorded hundreds of new cases on sunday. meanwhile new zealand does want to get complacency is it reached 100 days with no community transmission of the virus the only new cases there have been a few returning travellers who are managed in isolation facilities but prime ministers in the are done says people must stay vigilant the authorities are

concerned that people now refusing testing not using contact tracing apps and even ignoring basic hygiene. or fire has killed 11 coronavirus patients in southern india it broke out at the swan a palace hotel that's being used as a covert 1000 quarantine and treatment facility and under pradesh state rescuers were able to help 30 others to safety saying electrical short circuit appeared to be the cause of the fire. it with the news out watch more still ahead tightening their grip on power and the rajapaksa is sworn in again as sri lanka's prime minister this time by his brother the president. volunteers work around the clock in russia says the scale of a massive oil spill becomes clear from the am. an england stop a delivers his teammates a major blow that's coming up in sports. hello

it is still hot struck most of europe not breaking records but well above the average and staking surulere as an injection of it more moisture and slightly cooler out frontal system there but not doing much to be honest said generating some lightning storms and not contempt by the greater was still 26 not as low as 36 in revenue between the 2 anyway but he could generate enough for sure enough of a cloud for thunderstorm or both monday and tuesday it's rather dry now than of late in greece turkey and the balkans in his truck crossed the military into north africa as well the persian temperature drop is what represents a slower leakage of heat as you generate more and more showers or thunderstorms every day and it's those thunderstorms are in the story throughout north africa and

this is about the northernmost line that runs through sudan and west was towards mali if you get clumps of thunderstorms there of interest sometimes turn into a revolving storm in the atlantic nothing too obvious at the moment then jumping south of all the rain we watch for winter fronts coming through into the western cape and this one is way to cape town at the moment takes a couple of days to get in but it looks like it'll rain in cape town come tuesday with an increasingly strong wind. capturing a moment in time. lapse shots of a lot. of the stories why people are pretty calm when there is cattle and then providing a glimpse into someone else is what you are pursuing in the dream off your life inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. witness

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a crackdown on protests that erupted as president alexander lukashenko set to claim another election victory the electoral commission says results so far show him winning with 81 percent of the vote but the main opposition candidates for atlanta taken off sky or on just 8 percent protestors have been out on the streets of beirut for a 2nd night protesting against the government 5 days after the massive explosion that killed $158.00 people 2 ministers have resigned joining 9 other m.p.'s who quit and the number of corona virus infections in the united states has passed 5000000 but many states continue to swerve the imposition of restrictions tens of thousands of bikers have descended on a small city in south dakota a state was no requirement to wear a face covering. a day off to brazil's coronavirus death toll past 100000 the country's catholic archbishop has held a special mass to honor the dead the ceremony happened under the gaze of rio de

janeiro's christ the redeemer statue event coincided with brazil's father's day and the cardinal performed a special blessing for families affected by the virus brazil's president gyre both sonars repeatedly played the threat of covert $900.00 down saying an economic shutdown would kill more people than the virus itself. specially for each life knowing that each one has a history. brazil have 800000 deaths and nearly 3000000 new infections we want to have the hope and trust that each one of us is important and also that each one of us has a responsibility to act and to be aware in our country and in the world. well latin america virus infections than any other part of the world more than 10000 people have now died in chile which is emerged as one of the region's worst hit nations what one of the highest death tells. us now from bogota.

just as parts of chile prepare to reopen economic activities on monday held toe tory announced the country reached a sad new record of covina $1000.00 related deaths and one. day we arrived in the us 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 raped her 1000000 people in latin america after neighboring peru and hired in brazil the worst affected country overall in the region authorities also say they have registered a slight increase in new infections after days of the creases. and like other regions the capital sent 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. so if the infection rate drops then they should leave the coroner how long will the corn to last and santiago they should have lifted it if they still haven't explained why they're extending it. the film in the spread of coronavirus has been relentless across latin america even rare success stories like the island of cuba that have 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 braving sea. this inspired 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 institutions for the public sector for the private sector for us citizens. from many countries in the region fighting depend it's a case of one step forward in 2 steps back i listen to them and. a significant obstacle has been cleared on the path to peace in afghanistan after the president agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners ashraf ghani made the landmark decision on the recommendation of the loya jirga a traditional assembly of tribal elders their release was the final precondition from the taliban to agree to talks but there are all the hurdles to overcome as well as a solid bench of 8 explains. 4 centuries of understands traditional grand assemblies known as jurors solve problems by consultation within $3000.00 elders and community leaders joint politicians to decide on the final stumbling block for the negotiations with the taliban with some reluctance president danny has honored the

agreement between the us government and the armed group decided 5000 prisoners must be released before increase of one dialogue can begin most inmates have been released the ago was called to decide about the final 400 prisoners if i'm government says these 400 are wanted for major crimes and some even face the death penalty they want to ensure that these men do not return to the battlefield the ben . grimm 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. in a complex power sharing structure is the chairman of the loya jirga as he leads the high council for national reconciliation. the declaration of the loya jirga has removed all the obstacles to start the interim afghan talks and we are on the cusp of starting the negotiation we do have respect for all your decisions and

the afghan government will be committed to implementing all of them. despite temporary cease fire is one in 3 and a half 1000 afghan security personnel have been killed since february that's when the deal was signed between leaders and the us government us troops are supposed to leave of want to stand by april 2021 and remain divided over the u.s. but draw. it would be better that the us does stay here that will also help our security and reconstruction of our country. the withdrawal of foreign troops is good for us as they were against our culture. it will definitely have impact. for almost all of the security remains their foremost concern but yeah no doubt about it kiddo regarding the release of prisoners we need peace in afghanistan and we will need to pay a price for that therefore we are obliged to release the taliban prisoners of them

and say their rights and safety is non-negotiable regardless of who wields power on it it has been disenchanted i continued my university studies despite losing many of my classmates to suicide attacks we still have faith stands government will need to bring security in all the places where we do not have security at the moment. the us government has acknowledged the release of prisoners is unpopular but president danny's government to hold direct talks to facilitate a peace agreement the release of prisoners is a 1st step for all of the factions to sit across the table but they remain multiple challenges and wide ranging differences to overcome for peace can be achieved. if i mean your read now there. the u.s. health secretary alex as ours arrived in taiwan for a 3 day visit to learn more about how to successfully contain the coronavirus it's the highest level u.s. delegation to go to the island since 1979 sending

a strong political message that and that china has a long standing claim of taiwan and says the visit frightens regional stability sarah clarke reports now from hong kong. it's a much anticipated visit us health secretary alex as i was leading a delegation to taiwan to learn from the island success 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 doctor learned much during a 3 day visit china claims sovereignty over taiwan and the island is a main irritant in the troubled relationship between the world's 2 largest economies was 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 inside the u.s.

relations this where high level visit comes as those relations have already sunk to the lowest point in decades sarah pac al jazeera. egyptian authorities. these are extended the detention of al jazeera journalist mahmoud hossain by another $45.00 days is already been held for more than $1300.00 days without trial after arriving in egypt on a personal visit in 2016 is incarceration reaches egypt's penal code which sets the maximum pretrial detention at $620.00 days united nations and al-jazeera of course have called for an end to his arbitrary detention violence against women is a major problem in south africa on average one woman is murdered every 3 hours governments planning new laws it says will reduce crime levels back to mrs saying real change is a long way off for me to mina reports from johannesburg. the

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 her 21 year old granddaughter. and her son paul shows us where just weeks ago he says the accused men broke into a home hope ortrud looks over the room where she was raped stabbed and later died. but mother would prefer a room for a brutal room. of. lose hope in memphis. out of the warm a current of female and going to an increment of.

you know 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 lisa garcia is a well known kinda activist with strong views she's often come under attack even threatened with rape so it sure was a turd reminder of what happens out there it's a reminder that gender based violence. is with us everywhere it can flip just like that i am but 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 a party to the cleanliness of obviously their payroll but what is their role how does it interact with prison how does a shift you know when it changes in the economy what is the impact of that history with an era when 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 to mullah al-jazeera johannesburg. well turning to sri lanka now an minda rajapaksa has been sworn in for a 4th time as prime minister it took the oath in front of the president who also happens to be is younger brother to buy it in a sign of the strengthening grip on power and himself also served as president for

a decade that people's front party won wednesday's parliamentary election by a landslide 2 thirds majority means they now have the power to make promise changes to the constitution but critics fear the restoration of presidential powers will make the country autocratic mean elfin and as was at the inauguration in colombo. 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 program 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 achievements 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. heavy rains have killed at least 50 people in pakistan and are expected to continue into next week 3 days of monsoon rain of course severe flooding across a number of provinces a minister imran khan has sent in the army to assist with evacuations in the south of the country monsoon season runs from july to september well at least 30 people are dead and 12 the missing after heavy heavy flooding in south korea which is also expected to get worse almost 4000 people have been evacuated from their homes since friday typhoon jangle me will bring more heavy rain when it makes landfall which is expected on monday in yemen the houses in the unesco listed old city of sanaa are collapsing after months of heavy rain and flooding there many of the 11th century red and white mud brick houses of fallen

into disrepair after years of war around $5000.00 of the towering buildings have leaky roofs and $107.00 of them have partially collapsed. now thousands of volunteers are working around the clock on damage caused by an oil spill off. a japanese ship struck a reef on the southeast coast of the indian ocean island last month last week an estimated 1000 tons of oil began to leak from the vessel environmentalist fear the oil spill will endanger the marine life it's made malicious so well known a desperately trying to stop more oil leaking but high winds and rough seas are praying the efforts of all the local people it's returnable. these people they're fishermen of the bridges they are divers the view from the sea and the eat from the sea so tourism will be affected for for

a long period of time and they will be able to do that. the government has had to gross the school. history book survivors and dignitaries of marks 75 years since an atomic bomb was dropped on the japanese city of nagasaki. more than 70000 people were killed when u.s. forces dropped the bomb during the final stages of world war 2 he said he was targeted 3 days after russia was hit in the world's 1st of a nuclear attack and a scaled back memorial nagasaki as mayor warned against a nuclear arms race and japan's government signed a treaty banning nuclear weapons. still ahead for you on the program a new star is born in moto g.p. santa will have the details in sport plus. something to sing about opera returns off to knock down in person.

rewind returns with a new series. and brand new updates from the past around to zeus documentaries thinking. oh please please please. remind continues with the last try secret army of the cia it's down to 75000000000 in the same way that the m sisters did living in the forest in the jungle and it seems like they're abandoned by everybody on al-jazeera the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure to nandan to turn its back on beijing and the u.k. is finding itself caught between 2 superpowers with detailed coverage israel's missed opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to talk a little from around the world human rights groups say that at least 12 people have

been either killed or disappeared by argentina security forces. one will remove the all of the or. an awful a spot with santa. thank you very much mariam a message is winning a start to the f one season is over thanks to red bull's eye max there stepan is that coming out on top at sunday's a 70th anniversary call in the u.k. sell malick reports. it's been a story of missy does domination so far this season and that looked like it would continue with valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton starting from the front at

silverstone the red bulls max the stop and however had other plans. having began in 4th he quickly moved into 3rd and then piled the pressure on his misdeeds rivals he was relentless despite warnings from his team to go easy on his tires if this is your only chance or for you for the city to support such an article for our 1st stop and would move into 1st twilight 15 years after the miss eighties pair stopped for fresh rubbers. the 3 exchanged the lead a few times by how much in and bought us we both had punctures in the last race suffered tire blistering this time around. i think thanks it contributed to them have a disc dropped out for a 2nd and 3rd. lewis hamilton would get the better of that battle was a step and cruised to what ended up being a comfortable 1st win of the season. i don't really have

a lot of tolerations at all. here we just kept pushing and yeah an incredible result of course the win here. i don't mean unexpected to to have the blistering as hard core as we experienced it. and but i'm already grateful to progress then managed to just get my way through the race. not only does the stepan's victory move them into 2nd behind hamilton in the drivers' championship it also raises hopes that they'll be a serious battle for this year's title so he'll malick al-jazeera. alberto's has delivered a major blow to england just a day after their dramatic win over pakistan in the 1st test the star all round will miss the remaining 2 matches in the series of for family reasons to has played all 4 of england's a home test this summer but he's now set to fly to his country of birth new zealand later this week reserve football star when has announced that he's ending his 7

year spell at chelsea going there had been in talks over a new contract but negotiations broke down over the last of his deal well it's been reported his close to agreeing a deal with chelsea's london rivals arsenal. and today knighted manager all eagerness also admits that he still flies the experience of playing matches in empty stadiums that is strange on monday the red devils a play of copenhagen in the quarter finals of the european league at many tournament in germany the trophy is being decided by single leg a knockout competition because of the disruption caused by covert 19 or the games in the time and are being played behind closed doors. i think you it is strange it is not football as it should be i think it's changed a little bit i think you know that little bit of passion on the edge to the game is

missing because the from state they've got to be there we just have to try to make the most of this. europa league now hopefully get as far as we come and so they're looking forward to even more 2 to seeing the players serino williams is getting ready to play and have 1st term and since the coronavirus locked down the $23.00 time grand slam winner will be competing at the top seed open in kentucky which starts on monday. it feels good to be just back with my family from family. i'm not sure 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 or just. haven't been doing much just been training and training more than ever so it's. france's farrel became the 1st w.e.t.a. . 5 months top level tennis that had been shut down due to the global pandemic she

be forced on the cons of it in straight sets to win the polo open her 2nd tour title. and in new moto g.p. star is born in south africa as a bride when has claimed his 1st title by winning the czech. would tell laps to go the 24 year old was just a half a 2nd behind race leader frankel. before overtaking him this is only been there's a 3rd race in what's his debut season he's made history by becoming the 1st south african to ever win a moto g.p. race today it was the most incredible day of my life so. it's that since i was a child and. for to come. scary. believe it it's been from the days starting in a bookies cup it's just been a consistent ground trying to get here and. you know i came through the class to

read book a.t.m. and here we are on top and we finally won in motor g.p. and that's a funny back to maria thank you santa a court of ours sign it's many performers around the world but not one person shop for company. a world famous climbable an opera house is launched open and many are preserved to being forced to cancel its usual performances and in keeping with the times both the audience and the cost also should be distancing performing a piece which takes place in post from them in paris we've been 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 can't or or someone supposed to have

a fight but they can't touch each other well that's it for the news hour but i'll see you in a couple of minutes with much more of the day's news. exploited demand and use the killing. of would like to make the charcoal that fuels the finest says that forge just steal it and make sure that the trade that exploits them and. sort of achieve it penetrates global markets

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a new documentary al-jazeera explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data data land on al-jazeera. if you want to help save the world. sneeze into your own. protests erupt across belarus where president alexander lukashenko that set to claim his 6th election victory after a vote your position says was reg's. low i maryam namazie on watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. a 2nd day of clashes in beirut amid angry protests

against lebanon's government 2 ministers have now quit are the 2 states blast the number of confirmed covert.