the charcoal that feels. that forged the steel. didn't make sure that the trade that exploits the man. penetrates global market slavery a 21st century evil continues. on al-jazeera. protesters clashed with police and fellow roofs off the state exit polls predict another victory for president alexander lukashenko. order for joe harvey 16 am here in the gulf and come all santa maria with the world news from al jazeera hong kong media baron jimmy lives been arrested under

a controversial security law for allegedly colluding with foreign forces also anti-government protests continue for a 2nd day in beirut 2 ministers have resigned as well as the public anger grows after tuesday's blast and more vulnerable than ever the u.s. warms the coronavirus pandemic is a grave threat to the world's indigenous peoples. so early morning in belarus where protesters have been out on the streets after the latest election results show president alexander lukashenko with 81 percent of the vote the opposition doesn't like that it would mean look at shank it could extend his quarter century in power saying this ballot was a fraud and supporters from laura but in many. or pushes the

shouting the police to go away and then scenes of violence reflected across belew says capt was the starting a few hours off to pose a closed and continuing deep into the night opposition supporters came out in that thousands to contest the initial election results was. right police blocked the entrance to a large square and fight stun grenades into the crowd and police trucks drove into protesters the 2 i mean insists rushed to take the injured into hospital. protest as a put up barricades on to the main roads to prevent police cars from guessing that . earlier in the day they can does it set nana ticking off sky has come out of hiding to costs have the child left her apartment on the eve of the election fearing arrests at 1st

a reluctant presidential candidates have grown into the biggest hope many palin missions have for change to the north korea election rallies attracted the largest crowds by lisa in decades are you worried about your safety was the. altar call see his votes president alexander lukashenko called the opposition group yes he did want you stephanie 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 has enjoyed solid support in the former soviet country lately facing criticism for downplaying the covert $900.00 prices and worsening economy criticism that is rapidly growing to the largest practice 26 year rule or some of the most credible reports suggest it looks like a support the country may be well below 10 percent. so i think there is

a real shot that some some security officials a will not be willing to fire on protesters if that's something that looked shaky orders them to do and we all have to really hope and pray that he doesn't but even so potentially even go over to the side of the protesters. while the school authorities may think to control the opposition using food this time people say. they have beyond the. $4000.00 money and decide. that's it from step outside in minsk now who was on the phone earlier because there has been an internet blackout we can actually see here and vision she says as support from the slips so too does the backing from police the key question here is of course where the security forces are going to that protest and also the opposition has been crying to the way to the military and police to join their fight and look at franca but others are saying that his power base especially

within the military in feel very strong but of course the military is going to watch it and if they're going to see more and more people going onto the street. what people say is very much you know there are elections you look at claiming more than 80 than the vote so therefore know what how people are going to respond and i have to move on to other news in hong kong media tycoon jimmy line has been detained the most high profile arrest yet beijing's new national security law he's among 7 people arrested under the law on monday an executive in lies media group says he's been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers little after 11 am in hong kong his sarah clarke to take us through the latest sarah. jimmy lai he's a long been a critic of the chinese communist party is also a founder and owner of the large media group known as apple dolly considered

a pro-democracy media operation here in hong kong and he has been arrested we're seeing like reports he's been charged with violating these new national security laws to his media group i believe is also being investigated on charges of collusion with a foreign country or external elements and we also are seeing local media reports saying that 2 of his sons have also been arrested along with jimmy lie and now these 2 sons i should not involved with apple daily but his sons we believe are being charged with a different type of arrest it's charges for violations of company business codes which means or certainly suggests that potentially jimmy lives investments are also under investigation by police now at the moment we have about $200.00 police currently at the apple deli headquarters there searching not just the people there on the employees but also the devices the computers that search is still underway and as you mentioned hong kong place of arrested 7 people so far but we do expect more arrests to come as the search continues at the apple deli headquarters. so

he's been arrested before but before it was different because now we have this new security law in place what could change what penalties could he face under the new law. that's correct he has been arrested before he was arrested in february accused of participating in an unauthorized assembly last year he was also facing charges for being involved in the june for animal anniversary organize gathering which the police deemed illegal that was this year but monday's arrest that these these charges are involved are under the national security laws these were introduced on july 1st these target acts of suspicion subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign powers and some of these particular penalties could involve life in prison now mr lyons previously said that he does expect to be targeted. under these new laws and the state that the chinese run media organization global times it started mainland experts which they use tweets evidence of acts of

subversion such as certainly police have acted on these tweets or on these this evidence on monday and jimmy lie as well 7 others have been arrested as a result all right thank you for that update sarah clarke in hong kong. we had. set up the international affairs committee of the democratic party she told us this development is having a chilling effect on the city's journalists where of course many hong kong people woke up this morning to learn of the news and many are shocked and horrified including myself and i think this is sent out a very very negative message and of course it must have a chilling effect on people who want to speak out and particularly on the news media so this is a very very disturbing development although maybe maybe not unexpected but and people say that hong kong no longer has the rule of law so i hope that jimmy lie and those of the people who have been arrested it will be able to have their rights

protected and of course if the authorities have evidence i hope they will come out with it because such allegations have been made for a long time and up to now they have to do with no evidence i think that we have seen quite a increasing amount of self-censorship amongst the news media some local media even say that that maybe there are some foreign politicians that they may not or should not interview and there are stories they should not write and also they're educated may be telling them what to do and what not to do and also with academics with political commentators with people in politicos circle and professional circle so there is this you know reign of terror people are very very worried and don't know when they will be next. now tensions have boiled over for

a 2nd day in lebanon after the massive explosion that tore through the capital beirut there were more clashes near parliament after protesters gathered demanding an end to rampant corruption riot police fired tear gas demonstrators hold rocks and shot fireworks into the air 158 people died in tuesday's blast 21 still missing the army says there is little hope now of finding any more survivors it's where protesters say they want a complete overhaul of the lebanese political system well 2 government ministers have responded to that widespread anger they've resigned that is the environment minister damiano scotter confirming he's out and that followed the information minister. ahmed in the hammock that this is the point of no return people are starving the economy has deteriorated the economic crisis is heightening our families children friends have just been left behind fear and disappointments lives

within them in this fateful moments we cannot just sit behind we have to stand in dignity together as a nation i feel that i need to send an apology to the libyan people because we failed to achieve their ambitions due to the difficulties also on sunday the french president i'm on your microphone led a video conference of international donors trying to get aid into lebanon as quickly as possible world powers have pledged to help the recovery but demanding transparency over how that money is used to this report from bernard smith. here there are all the skills the talent and the enthusiasm this is this 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 i'm not being seen 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 because 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 pool. 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. 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 'd where it should the government of lebanon is a criminal government this is a criminal state. these are people who were. more 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 think 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 their 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 that calls for radical political change bernath al-jazeera beirut. or check the world weather in a moment and then paving the way for peace talks in afghanistan the president agrees to set free 400 taliban prisoners and the risk of further damage aristos

battles an ecological and economic emergency. hello fires continue to spark off and burn in the heart to draw i west of the u.s. but over the plains you've got big storms and they're drifting towards the midwest once again or down towards the ohio valley the eastern seaboard is dry than it was is slightly less humid as well there are a few shout developing around georgia and to the south but this is actually a fairly typical summery picture with the heat maybe a bit higher than you might expect a cli in canada but there's no evidence of particular showers down in new mexico or where you might like in the 4 corners where we did see a new week of some proper wet weather possibly because all the action is just off

the coast of mexico itself with the leader for me as a tropical storm and disappearing into the open water now that was formed from a bunch of big thunderstorms which are dying down in mexico with the emphasis not come back to wet weather in nicaragua or honduras or costa rica which is not unusual and we have seen that before in south america the picture of real wintry weather is as where it's been for the last month south of the river plate coming in from the western pacific you've got snow from the andes rain at lower levels in chile in particular and that becomes quite explicitly widespread during monday. rewind to 10 days with a new c.e.o. he's. running in the past hour to sing his documentary. that was. to. remind continues with the last tried

secret army at the cia since 9075 a living the same way that their ancestors did living in the forest in the jungle and it seems like they're abandoned by everybody on al-jazeera. move. oh. oh. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera protests have erupted in cities across bella roosters president alexander lukashenko looks set to claim yet another election victory electoral commission says he's so far taken 81 percent of the main opposition candidate svetlana skiver is on 8 is. the hong

kong media tycoon jimmy lives been detained in the most high profile arrest yet under beijing's new national security nor an executive in lies media group says it has been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces and protesters in lebanon have gathered in the country's parliament for a 2nd night of anger grows over tuesday's explosions tear gas was fired to disperse the demonstrators have been hurling rocks they say government corruption is to blame and they demanding a political vote for. the u.s. health secretary alex has met taiwan's president signing when praised taiwan's success in tackling coronavirus and said he brought a strong message of support from president donald trump he is the highest level u.s. official to visit the island decades china is warning a trip poses a threat to regional peace and stability. president size courage and vision and

leading taiwan's vibrant democracy are an inspiration to the region and to the world taiwan's response to covert 19 has been among the most successful in the world and that is a tribute to the open transparent democratic nature of taiwan society and culture i am grateful to president side for welcoming us to taiwan and i look forward to using this visit to convey our admiration for for taiwan and to learn about how our shared democratic values have driven success and health. afghanistan's president has agreed to release 400 taliban prisoners a shock and he made that decision on the recommendation of the loya jirga a traditional assembly of tribal elders to release as a precondition for the taliban to agree to hold peace talks with the afghan government and support from assam a binge of it. thank you for centuries of understands traditional grand assemblies

known as legitimate as solve problems by consultation within 3000 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 incra 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 signed a 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 of the law is the chairman of the loya jirga as he leads the high council for national reconciliation. hi sally. the declaration of

the loya jirga has removed all of europe's tickles to start the entrance afghan talks 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 ceasefire as one in 3 and a half 1000 afghan security personnel have been killed since february that's when the landmark deal was signed between dollar man leaders and the us government us troops are supposed to leave of want to stand by april 2021 and it won't remain divide. over the u.s. could draw. it would be better that the us does stay here there 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 and a lot of it will definitely have a positive impact. for almost all of the security remains there foremost concern.

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 presence of women say their rights and safety is non-negotiable regardless of who wields power. 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 isn't popular with women president danis government to hold direct talks to facilitate a peace agreement the release of prisoners is a 1st step for all of them factions to sit across the table and they remain multiple challenges and wide ranging differences to overcome for peace can be achieved. with their. egyptian authorities have extended the

detention of al jazeera journalist hussein by 45 days he has already been held for more than 1300 days without trial after arriving in egypt on a personal visit back in 2016 authorities have opened an investigation against him with unspecified charges and say his incarceration breaches egypt's penal code which sets a maximum pretrial detention is $620.00 days but the united nations and al-jazeera have called for an end to his arbitrate attention. 8 people killed by gunmen in southern happened while a group was on a tour in the west african giraffe east of the town of cruelty. defense minister says men on motorcycles shot at the group 6 of those killed were french aid workers ross's president and the new mccrum denounced the attack as cowardly it is not yet known who was behind it is

a human rights inquiry in chad is accusing all floridians of negligence over the suspicious deaths of 44 prisoners in april the government previously said they were suspected boko haram fighters who poison themselves but the national human rights commission says they were civilians in an overcrowded cell who died from thirst and hunger in 46 degree heat and injures has more now from neighboring nigeria. the commission's report disputed government claims that the victims were members of the full quote on the report insisted that these are farmers mostly who have been arrested after an operation by the child and forces in the lake chad region had ended during that operation government claim that it killed more than $1000.00 books out on fighters and imprisoned many of them in charge in prisons the report said that the prisoners were allowed to suffocate deliberately in their cells and that despite calls for help prison officials did not let them out remember that on march an approach temperatures in the south and the lake chad area can go beyond 40

degrees celsius and that's the condition these prisoners were in people living close to the prisons admitted that they heard the cries for help by these prisoners or one night the government did not issue a formal statement but i justice ministry official said that they have noted the report by the commission now this is not the 1st time our security forces in the lead child region fighting broke or arm have been accused of trumpeting on human rights or even extra judicial killings a lot of analysts believe that such actions by security forces could lead to none corporation and therefore making the fight against boko haram and other extremist groups in the region very difficult the operators of a japanese ship leaking tons of oil off the coast of nourishes have apologized and ballots to help clean up the spill and rishis has declared an environmental state of emergency but the prime minister saying cracks in the hull of the vessel of grown and there is now risk the ship could break in hough the show was carrying

a $4000.00 tons of fuel when it ran aground last month 2 and a half 1000 tons remain on board and experts say the slick will cause catastrophic damage to coral reefs although. we will do everything possible to contain the damages going forward and minimize the impact we will sincerely take any and all measures possible to deal with the situation. also greenpeace has said buyers of ansell as indeed of the fuel on board the grounded ship should compensate those impacted by the oil spill they need to be replaced for the community where i can look at. those who are part of the transaction to shift this oil needs to compensate the community and deal with the biodiversity damage and that really means that you're changing the rules of transporting. of using fossil fuels for the transaction whatever it was between the cargo ship company between

the people who are the sellers and the buyer need to come into the forefront he held accountable for the fact that the transaction has led to this kind of thing all the official number of corona virus infections across the u.s. is now past 5000000 but there is concern the actual figures are much higher than that health officials are urging the use of face masks and social distancing but have a look at this in south dakota over the weekend around 400000 people gathering for a 10 day motorcycle rally in the city of sturgis 40 percent of us infections are in just 5 states that of florida california texas new york and georgia more from mike hanna in washington d.c. . well at the moment it's mainly in the midwest of the united states at least 14 states are showing an 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 infection of the corona virus 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 to well below one percent now but generally across the united states there is still an uptick in the rates of infection in many areas now and some are arguing that because the spiking really takes place mainly in the outdoors and chances of infections drop a little however officials also point out that the real danger is at the end of the day when people gather in bars or around campfires that they 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 enforce a mask mandate a number of states have dropped mitigating measures completely and as a result you're seeing this ticking in the rates of infection. we're also hearing how the corona virus pandemic poses a grave health threat to the world's indigenous peoples and the united nations saying that in brazil covert nineteen's killed hundreds of people in its vulnerable indigenous communities and has the support of. indigenous peoples have suffered from devastating viruses since their 1st contact with outsiders covered 19 is simply the latest and the sitting particularly hard when so many communities already struggling against environmental damage and economic hardship. in the amazon territories have been ravaged by mining illegal deforestation forest

fires unlawful occupation of indigenous lands in the settlement in brazil with the alleged collusion of the authorities. we're meeting here and we will prepare a document to take brazil's congress from their ask president both sonora why he speaks so badly about native people. indigenous people live in 90 countries around the walled often in remote locations without adequate health facilities came outta and sanitation. the un says the communal way of life can also increase the threat of contagion in the americas more than 1000 indigenous deaths and covered 19 have been recorded and more than 70000 people have been infected there already i mean just you know it's very worrying we don't have the infrastructure to protect ourselves against the virus we don't have what we need to protect ourselves the u.n. says the pandemic emphasizes the importance of indigenous peoples being allowed to exercise their right to self-determination for their particular needs to be

recognised this hospital in brazil for instance has a separate ward for indigenous patients so much but would you tell us yeah this email yes we are different even if the system doesn't recognize that we speak a traditional language we have our own medicinal plants so we want to respect to say that you know. the u.n. war that indigenous lives must be saved to protect the precious web of cultures languages and traditional knowledge the connect all of us to the deep roots of humanity. al-jazeera. and these are the headlines protests have erupted in cities across bellary president alexander looks set to claim another election victory the electoral commission says he's so far going to 81 percent of the vote on an opposition

candidate. is on just 8 step as our reporter in minsk on the protesters have been battling with the police. when they try to ride the a police was already blocking the road detaining people so the people were sort of trying to get together but they were all separated by police then there was a clash police were firing as stun grenades into the crowd a police truck right protestors and one protester. ambulances were taking away the injured people around the city the police have been blocking off roads trying to stop people from gather rate other headlines in hong kong media tycoon jimmy line's been detained in what is the most high profile arrest yet sounds of the beijing imposed national security law an executive in lines media group says he's been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign

forces protesters in lebanon have gathered near parliament for a 2nd grows over tuesday's port explosion tear gas was fired to disperse the demonstrators have been hurling rocks they say government corruption is to blame and they're demanding a political overhaul. u.s. health secretary alexei's us met taiwan's president sign when his upraised taiwan's success in tackling coronavirus and said he brought a strong message of support from president trump the highest level u.s. official to visit the island in decades but china's warned his trip poses a threat to regional peace and stability and finally 8 people killed by gunman in southern new this happened while the group was on a tour in the west african giraffe reserve which is east of the town of koori and the defense minister says men on motorcycles shot at the group 6 of those killed were french aid work. and up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera rewind the lost tribe secret army the cia's next history has called it the great in the 1st

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