in a new documentary al-jazeera explores the impact of accessing vast amounts of our personal data for data on al-jazeera. after a disputed election results woks on rest in belarus the defeated opposition candidate leaves the country. again on p.t.w. watching al-jazeera live from a global headquarters here in doha also coming up concerns grow over food security and 11 known as the country's prime minister and government resign over the be rooted explosion. beijing passes a resolution that will extend the term of hong kong's parliament by another year. and heavy monsoon rains sweep through pakistan destroying homes and killing dozens

of people. the top story this half a russian opposition politicians to come up skier has left the country she's now in a few wanita it follows a 2nd nights of violent clashes over disputed election results demonstrators have been rallying in the capital minsk since the country's election commission reported that the long time president alexander lukashenko had won sunday's election by a landslide the police in both the roof say a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands the outcomes being rejected by his main rival she describes what's going on as a sham step vasant joins us live from minsk step this is such a complex political story now just unpack it for us where are we now. yes it is very complex and very difficult to report on because the internet has

been blocked for 3 days already it's quite a miracle you can actually see me right now a very dramatic statement has come from a subplot at the kind of sky just an hour ago in which she explains that she made a very difficult decision and she was very emotional saying that people will hate her for this will condemn her for this so she left the country she said it was her own decision she wanted to be with her children her children were already taken out of the country because of fear of arrest or any firelands affecting them before. sions happens so she now has joined them in the list away now it's very unclear what the position not it's off her candidacy she sounded fairly dramatic in the way that you could even read that she still be pulling out of the race but not going to confirm any of that at least she now has left the country there was also confusion if she was taken by the authorities yesterday she filed

a complaint against the election results calling it a sham and unfair as the election commission she spent hours inside until the point that people very worried about her safety so when she came out she left and she was she and the stuff in this way in the asphalt is still a lot of question in the meantime yes there have been serious lashes all over about a roof in the last night as well the 2nd night in a row. hundreds and thousands of people at what we hear acknowledge they're all being taken to a detention center 60 kilometers from this 50 they're facing the power of the criminal charges that are in serious charges as well this is all part of a serious crackdown on the fresh angle the president. has declared that he won more than 80 percent of the force and. they would say a winning candidate those people who are demonstrating and protesting what happens

to the movement if they don't have a candidate in the country to rally around. it's a good question but to be honest it's so widespread so back and so emotional that i don't think it's going to block even with her fleeing the country what i've been witnessing here in the last couple of days is a very front page news out birthing across the population of anger and frustration that these elections have been ripped again and that therefore it and their approach has not been heard from people who have all walks of life older people young people children they're all have taken to the 3 what we see is like thousands of people on the streets coming from all crying and before and of course not even organized for this so gonna be very difficult to talk to the military nazri that well after the riot police there have been shooting brought abortive explosives all kinds of things but people think to be. ok we'll leave it there are many things

that boston correspondent there reporting live from minsk. the head of the u.n. suit agency says he's worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks david beasley's in beirut assessing the impact of last week's catastrophic port blast you spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanon's grain came through the devastation for the area the world food program says it's sending $50000.00 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize lebanon supply beasley says some of the route for could be reopened quickly to restart imports christensen is in new york explaining now what else was discussed during that meeting. this was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the international response so far secretary general antonio terus called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioeconomic problems the coven

pandemic and now this explosion and while he was calling on member states to continue their support for lebanon he also sounded the theme of the need for a credible investigation and the need for government reforms that kind of underlie was underlying everything that he and really most of the speakers were saying so far the international community has pledged $300000000.00 to support lebannon but humanitarian chief mark lowcock says that billions will be needed to fully bring lebanon back from the brink and there is concern that money given by the international community would not go directly to the people but would end up propping up this government which has had so many problems in the words of secretary general good terrace he said the anger on the streets is palpable and it has to be heard so that was really the message coming out of the briefing today it was echoed by other u.n. officials david beasley of the world food program he also said that without

international support lebanon's food situation he would run out of food in 2 and a half weeks so the u.n. is dealing with those immediate needs food and medical in particular 3 hospitals were destroyed in that blaze so that is a big issue right now for lebanon as well but long term we heard time and again about this need for reform coming not only from u.n. officials but member states who spoke as well like jordan in egypt and other neighbors in the region who are very concerned about lebanon's ability to come back from this lebanon's parliament has to decide on a new prime minister after the news on monday broke that house and stuff. his announcement came amid continuing public anger the blast killed more than 200 people injured son thousands more and left hundreds of thousands homeless been smith joins us live now from beirut so bernard just show us where you are what's it like there. peter this area it's called mommy hisle

it's a district of beirut famous was famous for its nice life and its bars as well as of the general shops this was that this was a petrol station collapsed by the shock wave this is a scene really repeated 3 within a within a 3 kilometer radius of beirut's ports which is just a few 100 meters the other side of the building from the partial station is it's a lot more cleaned up actually in the last few days than it was only 1st arrived here but you can still see how dangerous the condition is of many of the buildings along here although i still think you can still see a few people volunteer cleaning t.v.'s walking around brushing up helping out the shop owners and bar owners clear out the shops of glasnost what we've seen this morning and again you see it seem just now going into that building that also

volunteer team they're all doing what they've been doing every day since last wednesday really cleaning up because the state isn't doing it and there is really no effective state assistance here it's all of them. and the political dynamic going on in the background i mean politics in that country now completely and utterly in a state of flux. yeah really and anyone you speak to here again i've been doing this this morning asking people what they think of the resignation of the prime minister and the cabinet people are very dismissive of it done don't think it's really going to bring them any change has been his cabinet will stay on in a caretaker role anyway until a new cabinet is chosen by parliament and a new prime minister and not could take days or weeks of a could be a long political vacuum here what the international community wants report releases of billions of dollars in aid if they want to see some sort of national unity

cabinets and a unifying prime minister now previous the opposition is that he's not prepared to work with what is currently and has a ball on its allies down dominated cabinet it's been isolated internationally because of the days i mean the national community doesn't want to release any money until it is more representative if that's possible cabinets all lebanon's harlem and so there's a lot of horse trading going on behind the scenes despite the magnitude of last tuesday's explosion if it hasn't seemed to have been enough to really push the political elite here to put themselves aside and put the country 1st which is what the people on the streets have been asking for suggests to be clear bernie what we're saying here is that existing members of the old cabinets vote for themselves so what they're just moving the chairs around i mean this idea of it being consensual if they've gone through that isn't that

a little bit tone deaf when it comes to what the people of lebannon are demanding. it is that it's the it's the palm and actually which will ultimately approve a new cabinet so you may get new faces but they'll be doing the same old thing one of the names suggested as potential prime minister saad hariri well he only left in the developing january and he was forced out because of the collapse of the banking system and the collapse of the economy and the lebanese pound losing 80 percent of its value career he went and in came. the now caretaker prime minister hariri could come back it's in with the old and outs with the new effectively so enormous skepticism on the streets that whatever is changed in the cabinet will really mean a change because the cabinet and the parliament is controlled by this political elite that as run the country as a thief divvying up profit making parts of the economy between themselves since the

end of the civil war they are the ones i've got to that have got to be persuaded to give up power and the feeling here is that only the international community can do that because they mean the international community going outside problems that lebanon desperately needs and it indicated that it on your back wrong that it's not going to get those up until there is. change of useful important significant political change ok bernard we'll leave it there thanks very much ben smith our correspondent reporting live there from beirut. china's top legislative body has voted to extend the current term of the hong kong legislative council by one year on kong was due to hold elections that sort of they've been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic anyway but pro-democracy activists say that is a pretext to stop people from voting several opposition candidates have been banned from running for office adrian brown in hong kong joining us live this half hour

adrian this move on the part of the authorities in beijing what does that mean for democracy in hong kong. well it means i think that at least we know that the current parliament is going to be extended for another 12 months which is when the election's a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more china's national people's congress the standing in the of the national people's congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kong's parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kong's government you know meets a political roadblock its default position is to go to beijing and seek clarification and when karen am announced that she was you know postponing the elections for 12 months then everyone here said what's going to happen you know who's going to rule

hong kong for the next 12 months what will happen you know in terms of governance so the hong kong government had to seek clarification they've now got that clarification but what we don't have tariff occasion on is the fate of 4 incumbent opposition legislators who were sparked by election officials because they the century called for the united states to impose sanctions on hong kong that hasn't been clarified at the moment we have seen you know jimmy lie who was detained for 24 hours ago now 36 hours ago i guess we have seen pictures of him in handcuffs where is the the benefit for the authorities in showing him is it all about symbolism in showing him to hong kong showing him to china in handcuffs being taken to a location outside of the prison system outside of the dissention system. you know once more he was forced to do another sort of perp walk on tuesday this time

he was taken to a marina in cycling and i think it's possible that the message was twofold it was the hong kong police saying look we're being very transparent but on the other hand i think that might possibly be sending a message to their political masters in beijing which is this your national security law is working very well what we're seeing potentially according to some commentators here is the beginnings of a more widespread political purge and of course everyone saying who is going to be next would it be just $11.00 of the most prominent pro-democracy figures in hong kong will it be martin lee considered very much the grandfather of the democracy movement in hong kong will these 2 figures soon be getting a knock on the door we don't know what we do know is that at the moment jimmy lie and agnes chauhan other young pro-democracy figure have been arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers so far there have been no charges and it's possible we may never know specifically what the details of those charges are

because it could well be that their trials actually take place in private and because they've been accused of colluding with foreign forces it means that under the current the new national security law which states that if you you know collude with foreign powers when it comes to foreign affairs you know foreign matters then technically that becomes a complication which can only be resolved by a court on the mainland now i'm not saying that's going to happen but it certainly has raised the possibility that their trials could well be on the mainland ok we must leave it there thank you very much aaron brown reporting live from hong kong. still to come here on al-jazeera escalating protests in bolivia revive memories of last year's violence which led to the resignation of the former president abel morales. also ahead united against science will. what's driving the movement in germany against coronavirus restriction.

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quite an active week of weather because this area of low pressure just rolling through the bite that's going to make its way further east where it's pushing over towards the southeast and cold a bit ahead of that high pressure so a much better weather ahead for the next couple of days at least just around new south wales adelaide the same 8 millimeters of rain in 14 alice doesn't sound like a lot but that is actually the heaviest rainfall we've seen for 2 months war right here make its way through the area over the next couple of days. exploiting the man means the chaos. burning the words. to make the charcoal that feels the fantasy is that forge the steel. that in lecture is the trade that exploits a man. penetrates global market slavery

a 21st century evil continues to charcoal slaves on al jazeera. america you're watching al-jazeera these are your top stories this half hour belorussian opposition politicians to kind of sky has left the country and is now in lithuania she's confirmed the news in an online video on you tube it follows the 2nd night of violent clashes over disputed election results. the head of the u.n. food agency says he's worried levanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks 85 percent of lebanon's grain came through the woods port which was devastated by last week's explosion. china's top legislative body has voted to

extend the current term of the hong kong legislative council hong kong was due to hold elections this year they've now been postponed because of the virus and their make but pro-democracy activists say that's a pretext to stop people from. taiwan's foreign minister is accusing china of trying to turn the island into the next hong kong joseph who issued the warning on the 3rd day of a visit from the us us health secretary on exotic is the most senior u.s. official in decades to visit the island which china considers a renegade province. i've been a witness to the harmful and counterproductive results of excluding taiwan from these international settings in the spring of 2018 for instance the world health organization put out an urgent call for funding to respond to an ebola outbreak in the western democratic republic of the congo taiwan offered a $1000000.00 for this important fight no strings no conditions but the political

bullying over taiwan status that the w.h.o. ended up making this donation impossible especially during a pandemic but at all times international organizations should not be places to play politics especially on health care taiwan's foreign minister joseph who sang to us with support to trina you now from beijing. he really painted a contrast in picture comparing taipei to beijing saying that taiwan's approach its government was completely open democratic transparent and said that this really was the best form of government when it came to fighting a problem as big as the current virus pandemic and joseph who also had quite a defiant message for beijing let's have a listen i want to slow stranger to such trouble all i become increasingly difficult astride a computer is the pressure taiwan into accepting political conditions competition

that would turn i want into the next phone call however we are fortunate to have good friends like the u.s. and its members like secretary is are. always there supporting each and every 5 taiwan or international space so china the chinese leaders are definitely watching this meeting very closely it's the 1st significant and the highest level official meeting to take place between u.s. and taiwan officials since 1989 when taiwan when the u.s. recognize china instead of taiwan officially in a diplomatic sense but at the same time this meeting is not really going to achieve too much in practical terms but it's definitely symbolic it's designed to get under the skin of beijing china's foreign ministry has said over and over again that taiwan is a symbol more sensitive issue when it came to us china relations and says that this visit really risks harming regional stability and further deteriorating of the

relationship between the u.s. and china. the number of recorded corona virus infections worldwide has now surpassed 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared that's according to the johns hopkins university track which also shows global deaths of more than 735 sounds and about 12000000 people have recovered the u.s. brazil and india remain the worst affected countries with more than 10000000 recorded cases between them. in waves of the coronavirus is feared in germany and politicians elements of the far right and the left are trying to generate resentment of the government's health policies is dominant came. a sunny day in stuttgart and anti corona protesters are on the streets they believe their fundamental freedoms are under threat not from the virus but from the measures in place to prevent it worsening marches like this have been occurring sporadically for some considerable time most notably in berlin at the start of the month the common link between these political extremes is the feeling that ministers are

acting beyond their constitutional powers and principle that was part of our demand is basically going back to democracy away with these laws been imposed on us away with the masks that make us slaves the protesters are made up of many different groups some from the far left of society some from the far right one author says what unites this otherwise disunited group is a deep distrust of what they regard as mainstream politicians mainstream media and mainstream science these people are kind of. lost for normal debate because they don't believe in the scientific texts anymore and as we all know it's impossible to do like fire a lot of experiments in your home kitchen to prove it kind of so this is a very troubling situation specially in the pandemic the people who protested here on the 1st of august were trying to highlight what they consider are infringements

of their personal freedoms caused by the anti corona measures and yet paradoxically one unexpected effect of their protests is that now there are some senior politicians here in berlin and around the country actively considering whether they need to reduce those basic freedoms even further to try to prevent a 2nd wave of corona. certainly in the state which has suffered the most infections and their city authorities face an ethical. i think is it. i was a we want to protect people's freedom to express themselves but they need to respect the social distancing rules and wear masks they're promoting nonsensical messages but if the rules are broken this cannot be accepted by the ministerial men true during this pandemic has been to follow the science to trust that the experts who advised them knew best opinion polls suggest the vast majority of germans agree but some among the minority who are taking to the streets to show it whatever the consequences of their actions dominant cane al-jazeera. in pakistan at least

68 people have died as heavy monsoon rains continue to last many parts of the country more than 300 homes have been severely damaged or destroyed in recent days flash floods have swept away bridges and destroyed roads linking hundreds of villages. is in islam about. to render heavy clouds from the arabian sea go across india and pakistan where the heavy rain so flood warnings were already did that day heavy amount of rain or the rainfall recorded in some of the. lead to open flooding where dad dad had been reports of considerable damage to infrastructure. where. the problem and. thread.

are because of the heavy rain then the end catchment area and the mountain range that of course need to. dry riverbed into big weeping over a bridge and die away however the heavy brunt of the northgate being ferried up in the north a few years ago they were there he would flood in fact in great detail when millions of people were displaced although the warning that they regard in the like new recording of the meteorological department up to the end of kept em both. bolivia's government has called in the military as process over delayed elections turn violent supporters of the former president abel morales have set up roadblocks on major routes clashing with opponents who tried to break up demonstrations their stories about. clashes on the streets of cochabamba once again these young people are known as the resistance may play a crucial role in the protests that forced

a former president it will more or less out of office. members of bolivia's workers center and supporters of morales have taken to the streets in the past week anger has been on the rise since he lectured tribunal and ousted would postpone elections in the country for a 3rd time you know what i mean but this man says protesters are trying to generate chaos horse you know there's a little there waiting for us with explosive devices and barbed wire firearms and a lot of cocktails which we have destroyed the bolivian people are no longer afraid of them it's not the same as before the resistance is here to care for its citizens citizens come out to raise the roadblocks citizens the bolivian people and the youth here for this. journey 9 years has been bolivia's interim president since morales was forced to leave the country november elections were originally scheduled for may but with the spread of covert 19 in this andean nation elections

were postponed until september 6th and once again until october 18th. over 85000 people have been infected in bolivia including the interim president. 2 social movements accused of trying to hold onto power and they have been blocking roads to demand her resignation. we are not going to go back and we want the resignation of the president she cannot solve our problems and needs to resign. these people denounce the groups that are trying to clear the roads accusing them of being the. governments paramilitary force were still thought along the us about the good ol sam persecuting us and torturing those people on the motorcycles it's unconstitutional my brothers and sisters blood will be spilled because of the government's incapacity to solve the economy our health and education. there are over 100 roadblocks across the country and they having an impact on the

distribution of oxygen and medicines to cope with a pandemic locates the government says have killed at least 31 people but protesters say the government wants to blame them for political purposes. bolivia has been caught in a political crisis that has polarized the country since last year for many elections seem to be the only way to control the situation but the repeated elites have generated frustration and distrust. and. updating our top stories here on al-jazeera the belorussian opposition politicians atlanta has left the country she's now in lithuania she confirmed the news in a video online it follows a 2nd night of violent clashes over disputed election results start passing as more from minsk a very dramatic statement has come from

a planet the kind of sky in which she explains that she made a very difficult decision and she was very emotional saying that the people will hate her for this will condemn her for that so she left the country that was her own decision she wanted to be with her children her children were already taken out of the country because of fear of arrest or any violence affecting them before. should happen. head of the u.n. food agency says he's worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks 85 percent of lebanon's grain came through the port in beirut which was devastated by the explosion last week china's top legislative body has voted to extend the current term of the hong kong legislative council hong kong was jews hold elections this year they've been pursued because of the virus pandemic but pro-democracy activists say that's a pretext to stop people from voting hong kong police have brought the detained

media tycoon jimmy lied to a yacht club in handcuffs as offices for evidence that lie was arrested on monday under the controversial national security law he's being held on suspicion of collusion with so-called foreign forces the number of recorded coronavirus infections is past 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared the johns hopkins university tracker shows deaths of more than 735000. in pakistan at least 68 people have died as heavy monsoon rains continue to lash many parts of the country more than 300 homes have been severely damaged or destroyed in recent days flash floods have swept away bridges and destroyed roads linking hundreds of villages those are your headlines up next it's slavery a 21st century evil adrian has the news from 10 g. for me for the moment a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of

a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. to 300 years the most powerful nations on a school rich and strong go on the profits of the slave trade over 12000000 men women and children with felicity transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the 19th century it is a life that is thriving and it is bigger than ever.