helping change the face of india. announces iraq. by historic choice presumptive democratic presidential candidate joe biden picks. as his running mate and the reaction from the president has been swift. she's a big tax raiser she's a big. slasher of funds for our military and she's got a lot of difficult things that she's going to have to explain. live in doha everyone come out santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera a week after the beirut explosion and people mourn with

a mix of grief and rage as more evidence emerges the government ignored warnings also mexico's former president and the netto get sucked into the scandal in latin america valving bribes from a brazilian construction company and better resists opposition leader takes refuge in the. government is accused of violence against protests. for the 1st time a woman of color will run for the office of vice president of the united states the much anticipation the presumptive democratic nominee joe biden chose a comma harris as his running mate for november's election in a tweet confirming his pick biden praised senator harris as record on social justice here we go have a great honor to announce that i've picked to feel a fighter for the little guy and one of the country's finest public servants as my

running mate. and here is the reaction from comma harris herself she tweeted joe biden can unify the american people because he spent his life fighting for us and as president he'll build an america that lives up to our ideals i am honored to join him as our party's nominee for vice president and to do what it takes to make him our commander in chief will start with the support from alan fischer. has been the favorite to fill the democrats the peace look for some time i've been here . she brings a high national profile as a former presidential candidate a senator from california. and family connections to biden she was close friends with his late son both because this is my belief child of a mother from india and father from jamaica she takes 2 important boxes as a woman of color. search and dynamic 4th and really good message right she's really good at talking about complicated subjects and made very clear

to the audience in to the american people former attorney general of california she's used her skills as a prosecutor in senate hearings to pick apart arguments put forward by the company station but that all title has also brought criticism during her tenure as attorney general there are a lot of questions raised about her going us to intervene in a variety of types of cases including our police excessive use of force our geisha as well as areas around drug policy that could really become a problem. in the 1st democratic presidential candidate debate she had a tense exchange when she said joe biden's past few on the segregated schools was harmful but in modern u.s. politics it all seems a long time ago smocked and charismatic she's been the front runner for a reason and 55 more than 20 years younger than the candidate she's seen as the

next generation of democratic leader alan fischer washington. has a bit more on exactly who count. is now this report from heidi in maryland on the attacks from the trunk campaign which have already begun. kamel harris ran for president by rushing to the radical left president trump's 1st response to the selection of camila harris as biden's running mate was to tweet this attack ad voters reject an heiress they smartly spotted of funny she is. a person that's told many many stories that weren't true she is very big into raising taxes she wants to slash funds for a military a level that nobody's can even believe harris's supporters say that's not true they see the california senator as a pragmatic moderate and someone who's worked hard to avoid the label of leftist medic at his daily coronavirus briefing tuesday trump said he was surprised that

joe biden picked terrorists because she's accused biden of racism she was very disrespectful to joe biden. and it's hard to pick somebody that said just respectful when she said things during the debates during the democratic primary debates that were horrible about sleepy joe and i would think that he would not picked. while trump is brashly been dicked of biden has cast himself as a compassionate candidate his selection of kamel harris as running mate may have been a calculated choice to highlight his willingness to move past personal conflict so let me take this opportunity to welcome her to the race. for vice president mike pence will face terrorist on a debate stage this fall echoing trump's line of attack he accused terrorists of being controlled by the left i mean we all know look joe biden of the democratic party had been overtaken by the radical left so given their promises of higher

taxes open borders socialized medicine and abortion on demand it's no surprise that he chose senator harris in announcing harris as his pick on twitter biden called her a fearless fighter the 2 will appear in their 1st joint campaign event as running partners on wednesday joe castro al-jazeera maryland. the matter is howard university in washington d.c. they've been tweaking their congratulations i knew we had from now on because he's an assistant professor of political science at the university he says there is still not enough women of color in office. and i think it's really significant we've never had a woman at the top of the ticket to vote for like this i mean we've had their payroll of course but we've never seen i think a woman like senator conlon harris so absolutely i think this is as significant as a barack obama moment and hopefully you know she'll be able to parlay this into

whatever her future political aspirations are. as a black woman in her forty's i've never had an opportunity to vote for a black woman for an office of this tight and that is very historic and i think when you look at black women and executives across the country see the the utter lack of that i mean there's never been a black woman governor of any state in this nation and that tells you how far we have to go when you can still count the number of black people who've been senators who've been governors on one hand now there's certainly a lot that happens at the local levels and at the state levels but when you talk about black women in executive leadership that is very rarefied air and if you also there on the fact that she is half indian also that is even a rarity in jail at this point so it tells you how far we still have to go the nation. on to other news and it's been a week since the huge blast in bay ridge that killed more than 200 people and

destroyed much of an already suffering city on tuesday a community united in their grief to on to the lives lost and a lot of was there in beirut. on. a moment of silence for the dead the wounded and the missing church bells rang alongside the muslim call to prayer for a few moments at least this deeply divided and broke. nation came together. lebanon remembered a moment that changed the lives of so many people it's been a week since the explosion of beirut port destroyed lives and homes just meters from the blast site people gathered to demand justice and accountability so all

those in power knew about the explosives a report on the risk the lives of the people the should be an international investigation because we don't trust the lebanese investigations lebanese authorities including the president knew there was a large stockpile of ammonium nitrate at the port. but the 10 firefighters who died in the blast were not aware of the risks when they were sent to put out a fire of unknown origin we're up against incompetence we're all up against corruption we're up against all that system that got us where we are today and it's the whole system that is wrong it's also system that is flawed we want bury our dead before we bury their corruption before we bury them the blast deep in then already dire economic crisis which pushed half of lebanon's 5000000 people into poverty aid agencies are distributing food and medicine filling the void left by a government that has long failed to provide basic services the state is close to bankruptcy this is all that it got from the doctor and the hospital loans of course

. that's why am i lost my job 1st and i lost my home and i love my god from schools private hospitals were owed billions of dollars by successive governments which left the public sector ill equipped and underfunded i just want to say to the international community if you want if you can help the institutions that really. were substituting. the country and the government's role towards its people it will be very interesting step the government has now resigned though it will remain as a caretaker ministration until a new cabinet is formed. these people want what they call an independent salvation government but there are others who still support the sectarian system that they believe protects them they want a national unity government that will bring back the same political elite. that is what people fighting for a new country fear they have the will but not the tools to bring change. french

president in and where mcconnell is leading an international initiative to solve the crisis he says lebanon needs fundamental change and a new political order he didn't elaborate. beirut israel's military says it struck hamas targets in gaza in response to blue. ones which cause fires being sent into its territory pictures of the airstrikes of emerge on social media the army says similar balloon fire attacks targeted southern israel earlier this week israel has been threatening to shops its main commercial border crossing with gaza in retaliation a state department watchdog says 829000 u.s. arms sale to saudi arabia was legal but it did not assess the risk of civilian casualties in yemen the trumpet ministration issued an emergency declaration to push through the 8000000000 dollars deal to 2 gulf arab states without congressional approval the chairman of the house committee on foreign affairs has

described the report as deeply damning for secretary of state my pompei oh and the administration there is a new twist in the scandal that's rocked latin america navigations have now been made against former mexican president and the opinion yet though it's alleged he took funds from the to break construction firm that's admitted to paying bribes in 12 countries including mexico john heilemann has more from mexico city. it's going authorities have been after those who were for quite some time and they managed to get him he's been extradited from spain where he's on the run and what he has said according to the attorney general is that he's fingered ex president. and his finance minister luis feed the guy and he said that they instructed him to pay more than $4000000.00 worth of bribe from this from a construction company a brazilian construction company called a lot of pressure to pay compelling consultants in the 2012 election race in enrique pena nieto his campaign he's also alleged that enrique pena nieto vigor i

directed him to pay bribes to lawmakers to congresspeople to get votes for reforms that ex-president meek opinion it was trying to push through in 20132014 so it sounds big and it is for a couple of reasons the 1st one is the old oppression this brazilian construction company has really become synonymous with with with corruption across latin america ex presidents have fallen in peru in brazil different government and public officials in various countries of being convicted in relation to corruption embezzle and scandals involving this company but in mexico up to this point not have been convicted no one had been put in jail and convicted as a result of this so people are thinking that this might be the start of that process. we'll get an update on the world weather in a moment and then the world health organization warns infections are spiking in

latin america despite months of coronavirus locked arms and tanzania's government cracks down on just what journalists can report. hello they're mostly hot and dry across much of the middle east mostly case guys as well across the northern sections and then of course we have seen a few more showers and a fair amount of trout across areas towards the south but this is a situation across into sound of the rains of the light or the last few days but these unesco listed buildings of course have been crumbling around people is on the civil defense workers out there trying to salvage what they can now there is some more rain in the 4 cars it is lighter than we have seen lately and then to the north away from there the winds are strong coming through iraq of course is hot and dry and look at this on dust once again being blown away to the south 43 in doha on

wednesday by thursday the time it's a little bit higher the winds a little bit stronger and we could really have a fairly hazy day with us around meanwhile for the east and into the mediterranean tom it is not too bad 29 in jerusalem with a fair on shore flow then down into central africa plenty of showers and thunderstorms heavy really all the way from the northern areas of tanzania up through uganda out across towards the west and then to the south it's mostly case guys got some fairly strong winds on wednesday along the fall caper cross into a cape town those winds will work their way eastwards along those coastal areas thursday but it does at least mean it's mostly warm in port elizabeth with a high of 20 on saturday. that. is what you are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the japanese imperial army. for the so-called comfort women of the 2nd world war decades have

passed but the trauma lives on. whitney's follows the story of the women who campaigned with unwavering resolve for an official apology for this appalling chapter in history. the apology on al-jazeera. for the top stories this hour on al-jazeera presumptive u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden has picked senator come a harris to be his running mate for november's election irises the 1st woman of color to be on a major party ticket. there's

been a vigil to mark one week since the massive blast in lebanon's capitol which killed more than 200 people it was a moment of silence and beverage to remember the victims and allegations have been made against former mexican president and they campaign yet or in connection with the scandal that's rocked latin america he allegedly received funds from other brecht brazilian construction to help pay for his 2012 election campaign. pandemic news from around the world we start with the world health organization report warning about worrisome spikes in latin american countries that had initially controlled coronavirus operates the region is the current epicenter of the pandemic and the economic effects of long lock downs are also sparking protests he reports from colombia's capital bogota. policemen use a blanket to carry the body of a 1000 victim in this morgue in the volume in capital. as ospital struggle to cope

with the number of dead in the poorest country in latin america. plastic bags are used to cover workers' shoes when proper protective gear is not available bodies left out in the streets or stored in the chapel relatives say they have to wait for days to collect the body of a loved one in the. reality is that it's all collapsed when it comes to care in the clinic for patients of moderate conditions as well as in intensive care the more has collapsed in this critical situation we didn't expect it will be so many bodies . believe he has been ill prepared to cope with more than 1000 cases in almost 4000 deaths and the situation has been worse and by days of protests and roadblocks. with people angry at the interim government of the dinin and yes. presidential elections for a 3rd time the road blocks are making it difficult for oxygen and other medicine to

reach hospitals. and well a 2nd wave of $1000.00 infections and a growing political crisis has seen angry citizens take to the streets especially in mineral rich areas where the poor are demanding more economic aid and healthcare support at least 3 indigenous protestors have died and 17 people were injured in clashes with the police. with the oil companies producing thousands and thousands of somalis a day while the could come a communities of the poor in our basin are submerged in the greatest poverty and with this corona virus pandemic that still does not cease we've seen their total abandonment due to the absence of medicine or medical assistance. latin america is seeing worrisome spikes in infections even in countries that had initially controlled the virus colombian tuesday passed 400000 confirmed cases become the

country with 8 highest total the world on a per capita basis longest fatality number at this time among the worst in the world which has out here considering an extension of a number of restrictive measures that were supposed to be this week alison that. you see then is trying to find the source of a new outbreak which has put its largest city oakland back into lockdown for cases of the 1st local transmission of corona virus in more than 100 days and there are questions about whether the general election will still go ahead next month now well our primary focus of course is on the response in these immediate stages over the next few days we do need to ensure that we're giving ourselves as much flexibility as possible to deal with what we loon over the next 72 hours pallam and dissolving does mean that if we needed to convene powerman for any reason we

wouldn't be able to do sorry we've therefore decided it would be prudent to defeat their the dissolution of parliament by at least a few days to preserve all options for if if needed reconvening comment or if needed for that this is of the date of the general election. and across the tasman sea australia has recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic 21 people have died in the past 24 hours in the state of victoria the epicenter of a strenuous resurgent outbreak melbourne the capital of victoria is under a strict 6 week of lockdown if not time curfews and mandatory mosque where they can gauge with more from camera it's not the news anyone wants to hear that the deaths unfortunately too surprising given the high number of people in hospital in intensive care with this virus the government says that 16 of the new deaths linked

to the aged care sector which has seen huge problems right across these can demick and on top of that the number of new cases of people testing positive the coronavirus remains in the triple digits there was another 400 in 10 people in victoria who tested positive to cope with 19 on tuesday but if we do want to look at some positives and we do because there's a lot of doom and gloom the government said that. it's the 1st time on tuesday that there has been a drop in active cases played 19 in victoria and that is a number that victorians are holding on to given that this process is really hurting the economy we've locked down measures to be in place for at least another 5 weeks but the premier daniel andrews has said that if faced numbers don't drop further some restrictions could be in place until the end of the year old next year either. college football in the us is being postponed across several states because

of coronavirus the multi-billion dollar industry will be put on hold until early next year in the west in the midwest in parts of the south the season will start as usual but with fewer games president trump is opposed to such moves tweeting recently that quote student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled. the european union has formally withdrawn part of cambodia's preferential trade status that's done this after a review of labor and human rights issues it means around 20 percent of cambodia's exports to the e.u. are now subject to terrorists from within state among the demands from the e.u. is that the treason case against band opposition leader kim be dropped that trial there is continuing. it's been a 3rd night of unrest in better roads as anger and accusations of election fraud continue to grow over the victory of president alexander lukashenko thousands of opposition supporters have been detained during the protests which began after

sunday's vote opposition candidates take on the sky is now in the through any of vasant reports now from minutes. after she suddenly disappeared from belo on monday night video of step plan at the can of sky emerged on tuesday morning of her in lithuania who just. i made a very difficult decision it's a decision i made absolutely independently so the my friends nor my family nor the campaign staff could influence it in any way the presidential challenger urged belorussians to stay safe and sad she wanted to join her children abroad shortly after her 1st video appeared in nada showed her reading a statement urging belorussians to stop protesting opposition leader maria kolesnikov us asked the kind of guy i was locked in a room at the office of the election commission for 3 hours with 2 unknown men she went there to complain about the election result which gave

a 6th term to president alexander look at shankar i think she was pressured because of course. we men are meant. to present from. authorities. out for all these out internet news out here laura. everybody will understand what happened i the departure of the main opposition challenger happened while thousands of ballarat protested for the 2nd consecutive night against what they say was a fraudulent and rick election. because shankar was been in power for 26 years at one more than 80 percent of the vote police and soldiers responded to protests with violence and detentions thousands were taken and many are missing. at the tension centers around the country relatives are waiting for news this woman says her son was detained after the election on sunday night she hasn't heard from him since all

new in the put my heart is breaking he had no molotov cocktail no stick he wanted to see it because he wants to live in a free country but he was beaten. for the past 2 days we don't know where our children are only a few of us know the children here yesterday one man was told that is relative wasn't here when he shouted his name he responded. who complained with the kind of guy and another wife of an opposition figure is now the only woman of the so-called 3 young for still in palo ruth she condemns the government's response to the protests it's all for. it's can be used to 1st century of europe and of course. my heart is with the russian people you're not afraid. of got any threats your. show must go on. an eerie calm here on the streets of men's compared to previous night police seems

to be in control at least for now but after thousands of the tensions and violent government crackdown pressure on to step down will only grow step. meant. opposition supporters in mali have gathered in the capital bamako for a major anti-government protest they've been demanding the resignation of president abraham since june he's been accused of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption on monday the constitutional court swore in 9 new judges hoping to calm the political tension. authorities in sudan have imposed an all night curfew in the eastern ports city of port sudan after 3 days of violence medical sources say at least 25 people have been killed since the fighting broke out between members of rival ethnic group. tanzania is in forcing a new crackdown on the media under a new law coverage of the corona virus pandemic will essentially be silenced and

there are fears it will also prevent fear and balanced reporting on the presidential election later this year support from katherine sawyer. being a journalist in tanzania is becoming increasingly difficult new changes to the media low forces local media organizations to get government approval before publishing or broadcasting material from international broadcasters the legislation also compels foreign journalists to be accompanied by government minders while out reporting the calm down comes 3 months before the general election. some media rights groups say the new regulations aren't a complete surprise now get into a situation where it seems almost. to say anything to do journalism in a critical and independent way this is these are not regulations or amendments that are coming out of nation these are part of the trend seen in recent months in

recent years by which seems to have been ratcheting up and. opposition leaders already complaining that they're getting and bam media coverage in the run up to october the election they accuse president his government of introducing policies meant to stifle media and political freedoms the regulations also calm during the coronavirus pandemic government guidelines make it impossible for john alist to report on the disease unless the information is coming from the president prime minister the house minister always deputy counties you see what it is we have to have this policy is not just for journalists the government is denying citizens the right to get credible and correct information and to express themselves without fear we are hoping they will be consultations between the government and journalists to reach a middle ground that can enable us to do our jobs for police. officials from the

communications authority say the regulations are aimed at streamlining media operations improving the quality of broadcasts and holding media stations accountable to in correct or biased reporting generally say they're dealing with a government intent on controlling the message catteries soy al-jazeera. sticking to the headlines on al-jazeera and presumptive u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden has picked senator come to harris to be his running mate for november's election she is the 1st woman of color to be on a major party ticket and was the favorite to fill the democratic vice presidential slot she's previously served as california's attorney general is the 1st woman to hold that job over the u.s. president has been quick to take aim at the house donald trump said she's a liar and

a surprising choice for joe biden jews were number one draft pick a list she has she works out she did very very poorly in the. primaries as you know she was expected to do well. and she was headed up the road around 2 percent. a lot of money here a lot of things happening and so i was a little surprised that he picked her in other news there has been a vigil to mark one week since the massive blast in lebanon's capital beirut which killed more than 200 people. this one moment of silence held to remember the victims people walked through some of the worst hit neighborhoods and march towards the lebanese parliament. israel's military says it struck hamas targets in gaza in response to balloons ones which

cause fires being sent into its territory the army says similar balloon fire attacks targeted southern israel in this week israel has been threatening to shut its main commercial border crossing with gaza in retaliation. a state department watchdog says a 2019 u.s. arms sale to saudi arabia was legal but it didn't assess the risk of civilian casualties in yemen the trumpet ministration issued an emergency declaration to push 38000000000 dollars deal to 2 gulf arab states without congressional approval and allegations have been made against the former mexican president and break opinion yet though in a scandal that's rocked a latin america he allegedly received funds from abroad a brazilian construction firm to help pay for his 2012 election campaign up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera the stream is next. history has called it the great in the 1st episode conscription draws hundreds of thousands of our troop troops into both sides of the conflict their story is rarely told but had

a huge impact on the course of the. world moonwalk through our but my own knowledge is even. there i watch a welcome to the streaming home edition today. the clitoris it's there fiji settlements around the world how is it in the help of 3 guess we will look at the conditions where they are working the challenges of handling kovac 19 and what help they need i know you will have ice chains for them said you know what to do we have a huge conversation it is live right now if you have questions you have concerns about refugees wherever they may be around the well line up is more than happy to tackle your questions if you got stories.