alexion 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. 'd al-jazeera. hello i'm kevin al this is the news our live from don coming up in the next 60 minutes 7 days all they remember is the victims of the explosion that tore the city apart reports say lebanon's top leadership knew of the dangers. russia wins the race for a coronavirus vaccine there are serious concerns about the speed of its development . the leading opposition candidate and balanced flees the country after violent protests following the weekend's election results. media freedom under threat in

tanzania the new door raises fears head of elections makes this year. and then score the los angeles lakers leave it to elated to end the 3 game losing streak was my only game that went over the top team in the n.b.a.'s western conference. it's now been a whole week since the deadly and catastrophic blast that has thrown the lebanese capital into chaos the public are no closer to finding out who exactly is to blame but all indications point to the government and its handling of sensitive and highly combustible chemicals being stored improperly at the ports lebanon's prime minister and president were warned just last month about the dangerous material security documents seen by the reuters news agency say leaders were told. the 2750

tons of ammonium nitrate could destroy the capitol if it exploded it comes after the resignation of lebanon's prime minister and the cabinet following widespread public fury and government protestors and now holding a vigil sitting near the site of the blast which killed more than $200.00 people injured thousands and left hundreds more hundreds of thousands more homeless. a 100 joins us now live from beirut she is in there this is where the vigil is being held what's happening there zaina. well lebannon i'm remembering the moment changed the lives of so many people that blast on tuesday august the 4th that 6008 destroyed at least 70000 homes made 300000 people homeless and killed 171 people that's the latest figure from the health ministry where 30 to 40 people still missing were not very far from beirut

for sure what is left of beirut ports were searched and operations continue to find the bodies of those who remain missing there is anger people are still in shock they don't understand how so much highly explosive material was stored in a warehouse in a port that is in the middle of a densely populated city people out singing the national anthem to pay their respects to the victims of that explosion really you talk to anybody here and everyone has a story to tell a story of tragedy a story of survival and people are they are furious they believe that the authorities have been negligent for decades they've been incompetent for decades the government the successive governments that have governed this country since the

end of the civil war they have provided little basic services to the people but the blood of. many that's. had imagine a bull so you can imagine people here are demanding justice accountability and they have little faith in the lebanese authorities. happily investigating. the blast. so that doesn't hurt us she is live on the ground and that's ok so this is a kind saying i was just explaining to what's happening there this is the video says and just tell us a little bit more of what people are telling you about how they feel now 7 days on . people are angry they want accountability

about justice yes and the lebanese government resign but for them this is not enough to leave the political class out of this and the dimension of the folks are . power. can they leave office we are joined by karl. what do you feel today it's been a week. or so to the day and ruin we want to get out of. the way we're told that he doesn't. read. or know that you know that they. are like you will die or go on our lives out of our city is nothing left there's been fighting against this regime for gold on that day because of that there because of how little they care there was a good half of the cities destroyed god we need to get them all out that was on

bury our dead or we buried. their corruption and all of that regime that if they are not letting us survive and live our dreams but it's easier said than done burying the political class. the fact that that there is that movement i'd be mourning a national unity government and not the government. or that my government or let this happen against any national union government we want the change completely change of the democratic. not sure what the government actually represents us we don't want a unity government and docs and we want something that really represents us out for them to just make these and get back together and move on row one them all out at a totally new system that karl thousands of people are in the state there's no doubt but thousands of other teams still support the secretary and says them that they feel protects them they still support the different political parties at how

well you have or that i may be maybe up on technology that protected them because they had they hadn't seen what happened today but they have begun to get us through the day they can't get that says created a bond that affected every lebanese this regarding religion in this regard they believe this or any. other lives than anything with everyone with a hand and they're just not aware of what has happened that you just can't afford to have haven't yet and once they lay come i think to get to the them. we can hear this in the 607 time that not 1st block. the runoff there was 2 blasts one after there's a moment of silence there asking. the. who the. the.

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7. the. the the. the. a little much. it is. all illusion a new look at the look. so that was the minute's silence that was held to mark the time of the 1st explosion at the bay reporter one week ago as you can see many people have turned out for all the vigil the plan is that they will show images of the victims of the blast. perhaps reading out the names there is planned to be a march towards parliament afterward a continuing of of protests we've seen over the past few nights people are still

very very angry of course. government resigned on monday the announcement was made but is staying on in a caretaker capacity many anti-government protesters feel that is not enough levanon of course was in the middle already of a banking crisis a currency crisis a debt crisis rampant inflation skyrocketing unemployment crumbling infrastructure a very lack of of basic services seems now at the vigil people are watching the images of the blast was images have of course gone around the world those shocking images of the blast that hordes saw a much damage some $170.00 people killed and $6000.00 injured at least 300000 people homeless the cost of this is meant to run into the billions of

dollars that is a cost that leben on cannot afford we will be speaking to our correspondent again over the coming hours from now that was in a hot a live in. now the news russia has become the 1st country in the world to approve the widespread use of a corona virus vaccine it comes after only 2 months of human testing president but in a person has dismissed concerns saying the vaccine is safe and effective he says it's even been administered to one of his daughters the w.h.o. says it won't endorse the russian vaccine without a rigorous safety review really i can just say that we are in close contact with the russian health authorities discussions respect possible. of democracy

act again prequalification of. the rigorous review process or. charlie angela joins us now live from london charlie so now the w.h.o. was holding talks with russia about this vaccine what what more do we know about the vaccine itself. we 1st heard about this vaccine in june when the gamma law institute said it had conducted a small human trial in 30 volunteers and they'd all produced an antibody response to covert 19 they then went on to the phase 2 trials expanded that to $100.00 volunteers but they've yet to start the crucial phase 3 clinical trials which would use of thousands of volunteers it would normally be conducted over months a wide range of ages and people with underlying conditions and that's the clinical trial that really looks at whether or not this vaccine interacts with other drugs or has any side effects and without that trial it's very unusual for any vaccine to

to receive approval or be registered other countries just wouldn't do it so i think to say that this country has been the 1st to make 1000 back seen is very premise as you said president putin has come out to say that this drug is this vaccine is safe one of his adult daughters took a dose he said she had a fever for about 24 hours and then showed strong antibody response very unusual for the prime for the president to talk about his family especially his daughters he's normally kept their identities closely guarded away from the press so he's always incredibly proud about this alleged chief and in science the institute have dubbed it the sputnik 5 vaccine which is a nod to the 1st satellite in space which was a soviet satellites but nick so there's obviously. a sense of that they are coming 1st again in another race that the world is participating in the

president says that this vaccine has now been approved it will be available in 7 days the health ministry says it will be given to doctors and teachers 1st before a mass vaccination program starts in russia in january and that they will initially produce 30000000 doses they said that they've had interest from. countries who have preordered 1000000000 doses and they're looking at manufacturing in saudi arabia brazil and the philippines an interesting the president of the philippines due territory has said that he will inject his vaccine in public for all the world to see to show that it is safe. and a viable viable cure for covert 19 and as he said there are serious concerns from the scientific community about the speed at which this vaccine has been developed and the lack of transparency none of the data from those 1st 2 phase one of phase 2 clinical trials have been made available to the scientific community

so i think until the w.h.o. gives its stamp lip of approval we cannot say that russia has won this race thanks so much for the challenges are there live from london the russian vaccine has yet to are the go what's known as phase 3 trials large scale testing that's usually essential to regulatory approval some other potential vaccines are already in phase 3 oxford university is running tests on $10000.00 people in the u.k. along with further trials in corona virus hotspots abroad early findings suggest it's vaccine is safe and triggers a promising immune response to american companies and pfizer are also working on vaccines they're both hoping to test them out on 30000 people in the coming months and china has already rolled out a vaccine but it's only available to the military it still needs to undergo more safety tests before it could be approved for the general public or constantine the

severity of it is head of barra tree of the walks an institute for microbiology at rutgers university and professor at the school tech center of life sciences he joins us now by skype from moscow thank you so much for your time what do you make of this announcement there in russia do you have any concerns about the speed with which this vaccine has apparently been produced. well i think whatever you just heard from london certainly something that i share because in the absence of the demonstration. even the fact that maybe state doesn't really address to. us and it's really protects people from the disease it's meant to protect the problem and in the absence of such data which can only be got a very large scale trials including the double blind placebo control groups but up here there would be no indication whatsoever that this is a product that you use that. i guess is what you're talking about those faced 3

trials as large scale trials one usually comes out of that final process is it just about to say also safety tell us a little bit more about that process. well this will be a combined effect of all save 30 because once you go to much larger numbers we facts which may have not been apparent at the smaller groups may come up when talking about safety or complications from that c.u.z. particular groups of people and what have you whether people will feature people's particular medical conditions but that's because ultimately what everybody's asked all the excuse only purpose is to protect people from getting the or if they do get the disease that what you want that people hornbeck's need it to to help the disease in a milder form and in order to do that you need to have a. group of subjects who are just what subjects which is works in a good and a comparable group of control people who are getting it and then these people need

to be mindful of that over a substantial period of play such that some of them the percentage from what would be that which would happen simply because the fiction is happening that as we can see and then we need to do statistical analysis of both groups to see that the group facsimile that at least based on one parameter and up parameter is to say that early on as the clinical trial phase 2 or 3 is approved stands out and it behaves better than the control group ok i just have the president coming out saying we have this vaccine way with we haven't given it to my daughter. do you think people the population in russia trust this that the mass vaccination campaign is meant to stop and for all beginning with teachers and their medical work as i do think people trust this process. well there are i have my doubts so you know saying that your daughter has been marketing. a book on the other hand the teachers of

high schools and the medical professionals who presumably will be the 1st. cohort to choose because these old states are. people people who can not really say you know right so i don't teach by essentially the form of these free trial but the. school teachers example or somewhat less you can actually. thanks so much for your time concentrating and all their head of the bar tree up there was an institute for microbiology new zealand has reported its 1st community transmission of the car out of iris and more than 100 days prime minister just said it has ordered all trenton to locked out after 4 new cases were confirmed at leave or 3 or asked to stay at home in your bubble other

than for essential movements such as going to the supermarket or local recreation if you are in oakland you must work from home unless you are an essential service worker or schools in childcare facilities in oakland are closed as of tomorrow morning except for the children of essential service workers and those who are who are involved will remember that it leave all 3 we allow you to excess go and do a childhood for a level 3 for a scene chill service workers only or public facilities as restrung same businesses must close by midday to morrow. comes as a retirement village in christchurch has gone into lockdown after residents showed flu like symptoms the facility told families that 8 residents were affected swabs to test for cover 19 have been sent to a laboratory. but more ahead on the news our including the protesters striking

a nerve and time that the prime minister issues a warning to avoid criticism of the monarchy. the coastal city and banning bats restoring monuments from the slave trade era. and in sport baseball's highest paid player underlines his value to the los angeles angels. bellerose opposition they desperately take on a skier has taken shelter in neighboring lithuania after rejecting the result of the presidential election at home she urged protest is not to resist police after a 2nd night of anti-government violence violence rather saw thousands arrested at least one man killed there's growing anger and accusations of election fraud the president alexander took shank as a landslide victory the way he is government has given take one of sky a one year visa expires and that we believe it will be more clear if occasions but

she did not look so many options just to leave the country she decided to do that filipino because she had to say so even though that was also. options were not too many who. stepped out and has more from minsk. kum painted sad that the belle of russian authorities have taken her to the to the little indian border and returned her complaint manager who has been detained for the last couple of days was released and now is in lithuania together with her another statement also said that she was in the room yesterday at the election commission which was filing a complaint against the election results together with 2 men with food cases and also video equipment and suddenly also a video has appeared in which he is so you seem to read a statement saying that he actually wants everyone to accept the official results

and also to stop protesting on the streets well the campaign team says this is clearly a forced recording people in that room we still don't know who they were through man apparently forced her to read this statement after that she left and she hasn't been in any contact directly with her campaign team until she was at the other side of the border so this is of course an important development because she's been the symbol of this growing opposition in the last couple of months there were 3 women on the stage in belarus during the election campaign 2 of them are now abroad because they are worried about their safety and the safety of their families only one of the lab left here in baton rouge and she says i will continue we will all continue this is not going to stop. opposition supporters in mali a gathering for whole anti-government protests tens of thousands have been demonstrating since june demanding the resignation of president for him to become cater the protests are led by the m 5 movement of opposition activists thankyous

president cater of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security in 5 has rejected proposals by the regional body echo us which include the formation of a unity government. nicholas harkat joins me now live from dakar nicolas oh they're having some serious it. to quell these protests why haven't they worked. well because they have been involved the m 5 movement has refused to sit on the table at the table sorry with president and with the mediation of ecowas now yesterday there was the swearing in ceremony of the constitutional judges 9 judges all of them nominated by the president present there was the chief mediator for the west african body echo also the former nigerian president goodluck jonathan and president. absence of course are the leading figures of the m 5 movement which include depot and other figures former ministers that were close allies to the

president who have now switched against him now they were absent largely because the person that nominated these judges was no no other than the president of the national assembly who is the father in law of the son of the president another close ally to the president and it's seen that move as adding fuel to the fire and right now we're seeing hundreds of people on independence square chanting again kate needs to step down also chanting for the. say who is the opposition figure that has been done to during the parliamentary elections and also chanting france leave because there are 4000 french troops on the ground 14 tell than 14000 u.n. peacekeeping troops and despite that security presence well we've seen an uptick of violence especially in the last 2 weeks. ok so meanwhile we have the president

branded he appears on the amidst all of these calls for his resignation. you know that's right and that's really has angered the demonstrators in fact we haven't seen any public. speeches made by the president since july 10th when he called for a national unity government in the subsequent to that speech commandos that only trained to fight armed groups such as al qaeda affiliates or affiliates to the state in the greater sorrow well they were launched in deployed against unarmed protesters in the streets of 11 people were killed during those those demonstrations and so the 5 movements say that by doing so the president is in breach of article 37 of the constitution that he should step down at the heart of this kim it is a lack of trust between the people and its leadership in the reason why so many

people so many efforts have been made to midi these efforts because there are 4 presidential elections coming up this one in ivory coast burkina faso need share in guinea so there's a fear that these protests that are about bad governance and not about the electoral process of the parliamentary election there are fears that those grievances might spread to other west african couples around the region. nicholas cross development of mali from dhaka thank you china's top lawmakers have voted to extend the current term of the hong kong governing council by a year always try to hold elections this autumn have been postponed because coronavirus pandemic pro-democracy activists say that's a pretext to stop people from voting several opposition candidates have been banned from running for office brown has more from hong kong. when the hong kong government you know hits a sort of political roadblock they tend to seek help from the standing committee of

the national people's congress in beijing which is the most important political body in china now what happened is that when kerry lam decided to postpone elections here in hong kong for another year citing co that 19 that meant there was potentially going to be a political vacuum here in hong kong in other words what was going to happen to the current parliament so what happened is that the committee basically decided on choose day to extend the current of the hong kong parliament for another year what is less clear is whether a number of incumbent opposition legislators who were disqualified by election officials because of this new national security law will indeed be able to continue in the extended parliament it seems that the national people's congress may well have left it to hong kong government to decide what to do with these that is late

is that means they might have to sort of issue some new form of oath of allegiance to the hong kong government so it's not totally clear but what is clear in a sense is that you know the the national people's congress could have said you know these legislators will remain despite but they didn't and that might mean that this is a sop to the united states of the perhaps trying to modify the u.s. government ahead of the presidential elections in november. i want foreign minister has accused of trying to turn the island into the next hong kong just who issued the warning during a visit by the u.s. health sector katrin to hear reports from beijing. on the 3rd day of his visit designed to spotlight u.s. support for taiwan the u.s. health and human services secretary alex gave a speech to university students in the capital taipei the highest level american

visitor in 4 decades lauded taiwan success in containing covered 19 and accused the world health organization of political 1000000000 by excluding the island from being a member of the united states believes that i wanted to be recognized on the world stage. and that i wanted to be able to share these lessons and expertise. or. i've made that point repeatedly and the world health organization from which taiwan has been excluded for the last 4 years taiwan's foreign minister joseph who thanked the us sports friendship highlighting shared democratic values in a defiant speech he said taiwan would never submit to china all right because raising. australia continues the pressure. that. i want to make. the us is reportedly in talks to sell full military drones to

taiwan's armed forces signaling its displeasure china sent fighter jets to patrol the taiwan strait on monday the taiwanese considered that to be harassment easels visit has angered china's leaders who consider taiwan to be a renegade province valen to one day seize the island by force if necessary china's foreign ministry is urging the u.s. to respect the one china principle and avoid sending so-called wrong signals to purr independence forces hinders dopping hunching their substandard relationship between the united states and taiwan and $100.00 taiwan related issues carefully and the probably so as not to cost serious harm to china u.s. cooperation in important areas and of peace and stability across the taiwan strait . china's government has described taiwan as the most sensitive issues inside the u.s. relations officially alex is our visit is about exchanging ideas for combat cards

in the teeth and officially this tour is designed to provoke beijing the u.s. is already at odds with china over the newly imposed national security law as well as trade and technology with this high profile so support the taiwan washington's links into the building only deteriorates that training al-jazeera into. so common knowledge is there you know shit against science can't what's driving the movement in germany against coronavirus restriction. and in sports science has been a head for high have skills recognize the fun affair with that story and the like i want to show. how the weather looks relatively quiet compared to recent days across the middle

east still some but some places a cloud across southern parts of the arabian peninsula not as wet as it has been over towards that western side of yemen i'm pleased to say they've seen want to see showers just around the gulf of aden pushing up towards the foss out of a modest sense lee it sits just lost the dry hot and dusty the dust the sand potting down that east the side of the region pushing towards the gulf here doha to around 43 celsius struggling to get to 43 in baghdad to pick up a little as we go on through thursday more of the same in a few showers just around the black sea and also into the caspian a few showers just around the southern end of the red sea stretching their way to central parts of africa sudan seeing someone usually wet weather some wet weather there just pushing its way into central parts of chad rolling across southern mali all the way towards a senegal will see some wetter weather here just pushing over towards the gambia as we go on through the next couple of days to the south of that still

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. russia has become the 1st country in the world to approve the widespread use of a coronavirus vaccine that comes after only 2 months of human testing president vladimir putin has dismissed concerns saying the vaccine is safe and effective for . protesters and bellaver so big urged by opposition presidential challenger lana to kind of sky or to avoid in danger of it she's going to be for a way to avoid a 2nd night of violent protests against a result of sunday's presidential election. last week's explosion in beirut dealt a blow to lebanon's food security the head of the u.n. free agency says he's now worried the country could run out of bread before the end of the month 85 percent of grain it came through the port the blast destroyed the only storage siloed leaving lebanon with no stockpiles and huge pressure to an already dire food situation prices have risen by 80 percent before the explosion

because of the country's economic crisis or just half of lebanon's population lives below the poverty line and struggles to access food the world food program is also ending $50000.00 tons of wheat flour. also has a 3rd runs the lebanese food bank in beirut she says it's making hundreds of meals every day. as a bonus for banco we start. a lot of projects to provide food for people in need and all areas and lebanon. today we are focusing more on the areas that were damaged from the explosion from last tuesday and are trying as much as we can to force with food we're trying to offer breakfast snacks and huts meal for lunch we are offering this food for that cross because they're doing a great job on the ground and they need our support the civil defense the volunteers that they are speeding up the chiefs and the houses the families the

houses were destroyed because they don't have any capacity or they don't. they are not able to cook and to prepare any meal in their houses because of the reception we are receiving a lot of the nation and we're buying food with this donation plus we are sitting in kind donations greens all types. tomato paste everything with sending this donations to a catering for our donors that used to support us and they won and they offered to open their kitchens to cook with the chef and to support us in huts means and to be able to distribute them so they were able to cover almost $3000.00 to $400.00 meals per day as a as a lunch other than the snatch other than the justice other than the breakfast that

is offered through these. iraqi military says a turkish strong strike has killed 2 men dissolve iraq's border guard and the driver of the vehicle they were in the attack took place near city con in northeastern iraq near the turkish and iranian border is the military is calling it flagrant aggression. egypt has reopened its border with gaza the rougher crossing will be accessible from both sides for 3 days it's 1st time in 5 months that people wanting to leave or enter will be able to do so our son's health ministry says those entering gaza will have to undergo a $21.00 day quarantine period. the son of former saudi intelligence agency says 2 of his siblings have been illegally imprisoned in saudi arabia. jobbery says it's part of the saudi government efforts to force his father to return to the kingdom saddle dobry has filed a lawsuit in the us accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin some arm of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago is down canada where police and private

security guards are reported to be giving him increased protection. protesters on the yemeni ident of so-called trial have demanded an end to what they're calling their separatist transitional council which is backed by the united arab emirates took control of the island in june protesters urged the return of government institutions and displayed banners supporting yemen's president and the island's governor. thailand's prime thailand rather prime minister is warning demonstrators not to violate the law the latest protest in days of rallies led by student unions was on the outskirts of bangkok almost $4000.00 times demanded the resignation of prime minister pray you with channel char home to an end to military rule i also question the role of the monarchy which is a taboo subject in thailand when haye is in thailand he says the momentum of protests seems unaffected by the prime minister's warning. there's no sign that the

. comments by the prime minister warning the protesters to be careful about what they say will put them off and remembering also on friday night that 2 of the protest leaders were arrested charged with sedition before being released on bail that doesn't seem to be putting them off or are they on monday night of course again we had that very large rally on the campus of university the organizers are planning another potentially larger rally on sunday on the streets of the capital city so no signs that they're going to start to play these protests down the government i think is in a difficult situation now they need to decide whether they crack down on the protest movement which is something they've not been afraid to do in the past ending it potentially before it becomes much larger all they allow it to continue in the hope that it will eventually fizzle out the danger with that approach of course is that it becomes much larger as i mentioned as just a student protest and potentially attracts people from other sections of thai

society and the discussion about the role of the monarchy that we mentioned becomes much broader and therefore it becomes much more difficult for the government and the security forces to bring it to an end. the crackdown on media freedom in tanzania is intensifying the government's ban to all outlets from broadcasting foreign content without its permission and to any foreign journalists working in the country will need to be accompanied by government official new law means reporters must seek approval to cover stories relating to the crown a virus critics say the ban will affect the ability of the media to report on the presidential elections later this year catherine so is in nairobi and says it's not only the media feeling the impact of the crackdown. there's also fear among the ordinary tanzanians themselves people afraid to speak out against issues that affect them fearing that the government is going to arrest them and things like that a lot of people are saying that this may not be objectivity people saying that journalists

covering because of the fear are going to you know fall sense of themselves and is going to not want to be objective just specially when it comes to the opposition and like i mentioned it also comes in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic again journalists are not allowed to cover or report on coronavirus only a few people are supposed to speak on coronavirus that the president the prime minister the health minister and his deputy and the journalists are only expected to cover issues and directives by the government when it comes to coronavirus obvious being increasingly on governments that is how bent on controlling the health and political narrative in tanzania and you know a lot of critics really worried about that especially in this very sensitive period . britain and france are working on a new plan to stop the growing number of boats carrying migrants crossing the english channel britain's immigration minister made in else went as he held talks in paris hundreds of migrants including unaccompanied children and small overloaded

don't have been intercepted during the past week one of the world's busiest shipping routes. we had a very constructive meeting with out french colleagues in paris this morning we have reaffirmed our unshakable shared commitment to making sure this route of crossing the channel is made on viable it is facilitated by ruthless criminal gangs it puts lives at risk and it is totally unnecessary we have worked on a joint operational plan i revised the new operational plan with the objective in mind of completely cutting this route and we're going to be working at a pace in the coming days to make that plan a reality for greece has called for an emergency e.u. summit that's growing dispute with turkey of oil and gas drilling rights turkey began exploration on monday in an area of the eastern mediterranean sea claimed by both countries greece says the survey is illegal and the threats to regional peace

and security turkey's foreign minister is refusing to compromise. at this point no one can say turkey has not shown good will we have shown it but there is a country with ill intentions on the other side so whoever is looking for someone to blame can blame greets. and 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. more than $20000.00 adelong town protestors flouted social distancing and mask rules to march and burn earlier this month politicians say elements of the far right and left are trying to generate resentment of the government's health policies from that came reports. 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 for example that was. 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 there is the authorities face an ethical dilemma. i was a man 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 the ministerial mantra jurong this pandemic has been to follow the science to trust that the experts who

advise them know best opinion polls suggest the vast majority of germans agree but some among the minority who don't are taking to the streets to show it. whatever the consequences of their actions dominic cain al-jazeera. as anti racism protests in the us in europe grew so too did the mons for the removal of statues linked to slavery our test is toppled and vandalize some others were moved by city leaders but in a coastal city in benetton and west africa is going the other way restoring monuments from the slave trade era where had a mohammad has. this speech in been in may look like the perfect holiday destination but with a sinister history in the 17th and 18th century it was a slave trading ports from where more than a 1000000 men women and children left africa for their often fatal voyage across the atlantic been ins government wants to restore much of the area including

historic monuments. it's part of a $1000000000.00 development project aimed at promoting tourism and confronting its role in the slave trade. further inland stone carvings of captive villages forced into slavery and onto ships by rival tribal chiefs this tall guy says it's vital to acknowledge the past. is the most marked city in the history of slavery that's why beyond the movements claiming the cause of black people we want the sites that have known history to be restored so that the history doesn't die. remnants remain in we does nance cave and aka texture portugal britain and france built forts to protect their profits. nearby a renovated museum showing african colonial history from a church bell brought by roman catholic missionaries world maps and tools to imprison slaves said the most. this emotion i have every time i

see those chains that were used to chain the slaves our grandparents our ancestors were deported by the colonisers it makes me relive that hurts a bit more but it's our story and we have to accept it. and ins leaders say the heritage site will ensure that future generations are educated about their ancestors. given that there's a i came here this morning because i was missing some information about my culture which is what i came to visit and after the visit i really appreciate the idea of the state showing us what we need to know about history of our country was used. by that these are not things we usually told at school or never daylight if it continues like those who have some very beautiful thing is and will be able to properly represent our country. as many in the americas and europe debate how the slave trade should be remembered for many in bed in understanding and confronting

sensitive relics of the past could pave the way to move forward. mohammed al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera in sports dallas life helped the n.b.a. canvas with an epic comeback oscar all action in just a month. already

the only. time now for sports has santa thank you very much can one of the top seeds in the n.b.a.'s western conference a fall and an unlikely game went on monday night. got the l.a. lakers over the line against the denver nuggets the bron james had 29 points and 12

assists for the lakers as they ended a 3 game losing streak but it was coups muzz 3.0 with less than half a 2nd left on the clock that saw them a secure 124-2121 victory the playoffs begin next monday. and we just like it's a get better no matter who's on the floor like it's a bad it's a mean you get a rhythm going to the playoffs. you know we need it wasn't there finishing line up but you know we want to work i think that can help us get better. you know so i mean it kind of gave us you know if he was going to get to get a win again. and that us mavericks pulled off their biggest comeback in more than 4 years covered from a 22 point 3rd quarter deficit against your touch us the mavericks eventually winning 122-2114 the jazz have already secured their playoff spot.

celtic in aberdeen have had their next 2 matches in scotland's top football league called off for off to play as a broker on a virus lock down rules in the case of reigning champion celtic's player traveled to spain but failed to quarantine on his return this is just nor acceptable. you were asking members of the public if you d.f. don't even ask members of the public to make huge sacrifices in how they live good lives and the vast majority all members of the public could doing that and it's not easy we can one of privilege football players just decide to they're not going to to border and to be by leverkusen to reach the european leagues semifinals and to winning $21.00 in dusted off all of the games being played in germany behind closed doors no games have a place to leg because of this disruption of course by covert 19. and a penalty in extra time from bruno hernandez saw manchester united beat f.c. copenhagen united have already lost 2 semifinals the season in the english f.a.

and cups uniting behind the hash tag we want to play many american college football is our aiming to save the season the amount of west and middle american conferences that have already called off their seasons that due to corona virus to the bigger college competitions are set to have meetings and later this tuesday to decide if they can begin a scheduled next month leaving players that have taken to social media to everyone involved to follow health guidelines. going to mars means your job is safe in this season that's why i'm here as one back i don't care about worried about don't care about me because this is and i know some of the young guys they made it they might not get it but for me for being with us all to work out putting in this is easy sacrifice in our shores not to think about that we go out there the club you know just put yourself at risk you put that scene with coaches and muslims in

a race and i and i can have them and you know us a college is are a breeding ground for a huge number of professional athletes around 85 percent of the n.f.l. is made up of play is who have come through the college system the 5 big conferences the old guys at the highest level of collegiate football in the u.s. none have yet counseled their seasons college football brings in the bonds $7000000000.00 that was of revenue every year and many coaches want the season to start on time we feel and i feel 100 percent certain that the safest place for our players in regards to coronavirus is right here where their structure where there's testing where there's medical supervision where they have motivation to make smart decisions to stay away from the virus because if they don't they're going to lose what they love and lose their opportunity to play football. on the line to his value to the l.a.

angels to home runs as angels and at oakland's and 9 game winning run he now has 6 home runs and 11 rb eyes in his prosthetic games last year tryout signed a 12 year 426000000 dollars contract with the angels the richest deal in the history of baseball. to surface with a head for heights have had their skills recognize america's the highland he as used to paul france have won the big wave awards for overall performance of the year the titles reflect the greatest number of outstanding performances in the most of a diverse number of venue's over a 12 month period. and that's always well for me we'll have more for you later on but for now i hand you back to camp. but as the news about go away though i'll

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