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i'm down in jordan this is down to 0 live from doha also coming up france are set to boost its military presence in the eastern mediterranean calling on turkey to halt oil and gas exploration that's raised tensions with greece. mothers called out to their loved ones are among thousands locked up since the disputed election in belarus. and lebanon puts a new estimate on losses from the beirut last for more than $15000000000.00 as residents say they may never be able to repair their. joe biden and camilla harris have appeared on stage together for the 1st time as running mates in the race against president trump for the white house they presented themselves as the right team to lead the u.s. through the coronavirus pandemic and the national reckoning of the racism. as

a child of immigrants she knows personally immigrant families in richer our country as well as the challenges of what it means to grow up black to do in america united states of america her stories america story the president's mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression and we're experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change america is crying out for leadership mike hanna joins us live now from washington d.c. mike this was a very different campaign event in the time of the pandemic but how important was it that camilla has made a good 1st impression at this divestment. it was very

important indeed as she has established a reputation in the senate as a forceful speak a very fearless interrogator of those who appear before her in senate hearings but still it's a question of introducing herself to the why the american public this a critical issue in terms of getting high visibility at this time of pandemic to be able to create a common agenda with their running mate joe biden and to be able to find avenues in which to get their message across during the weeks leading up to be election a mike there was acrimony between both of them during the nomination process is this something they have now about come do you think i'm what what does couple of hours bring to the ticket and to voters in the run up to the election. well there was a great deal of acrimony between them during that campaign for the presidential candidate from the democratic party come of the heroes was exceedingly critical of

joe biden on a number of levels however when she dropped out of that ratio immediately threw her support behind joe biden and it's very clear that joe biden has chosen her for one very good reason and that is he is demonstrating to the public that he is not going to put a lackey in the deputy position he wants somebody who will criticize him he wants somebody who will be forceful and appointing her is a very effective way of doing this in terms of what she'll be bringing to the ticket it's a whole lot in fact she's a very popular politician in a number of circles she established a very strong reputation as an attorney general as a district prosecutor so she has the background there but what she also does of course is that historical fact that she's the 1st black woman to stand in office from either of the 2 parties this is a very important factor and we heard as well joe biden referred there to the fact

that she's the daughter of immigrants this is something that the biting campaign hopes will resonate with millions of americans who are in the same position mike thank you. france will increase its military presence in the eastern mediterranean president emanuel micro is also pushing turkey to hold on and gas exploration in disputed waters that's heightened tensions with greece well the standoff escalated this week with the arrival of a turkish research vessel accompanied by warships turkey and greece have competing claims to natural gas reserves. just on orders in order. or do you know that the human scuttle the risk of an accident lurks when so many military assets are gathered in such a contained area the responsibility lies with the one who gives rise to to succumb instances will remain firm in our commitment to international legality and the power of diplomacy to resolve even the most complex issues we will never be the one situation yet self-restraint is only one aspect of our power no provocation will go

on and so that we have demonstrated that we will respond if necessary and we will do so again if it is required or charles cup john is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations he says nato members are increasingly worried about the potential for a confrontation. it's escalated of late in part because aaron won is pursuing a more ambitious foreign policy he showed up with forces in libya he signed an agreement with libya that demarcated new maritime boundaries in the mediterranean metro of the greeks crazy so they went out and forged an agreement with egypt now you have the ship showing up a turkish ship just off shore of the greek island and i think the french are trying to say hold on we're going to try to cool the temperature here before things get out of hand nobody wants to go to war nobody wants to see to nato members mix it up on the other hand when you have this many naval vessels when tensions are this high

when you have turkish exploration this ship that you mention is taking seismic soundings the 1st step in drilling for gas you know things are are in a kind of dangerous place i think in some ways you're seeing an all hands on deck diplomatic response because there is a conversation taking place between the u.s. secretary of state and the greek foreign minister nato is is trying to rise to the occasion the e.u. is going to hold an emergency session so that's a sign to me that people are really worried about the situation and keep in mind that you have a backdrop of tension over syrian refugees coming from turkey to greece over what heir to one has done in turning the huggy sophia into a mosque so there is a lot of fuel to fan the flames at this point between greece and turkey the u.s.

military has released a video which it says shows iranian forces boarding a ship in the gulf off the coast of the united arab emirates u.s. central command published the footage on twitter saying you can see 2 iranian ships and a helicopter next to the ship was believed to be sailing under a liberian flag the iranian government has yet to comment on the incident. now hard times here that's the message from the u.k. finance minister as britain officially plunged into a coronavirus led recession the economy shrank by 20.4 percent between april and june that's the biggest drop on record and is worse than most other major economies about 730000 jobs have been lost since march when lockdowns were 1st imposed the government wants more will go in the coming months and the bank of england doesn't believe the economy will get anywhere near its previous performance until the end of next year we're talking about this a few months ago i said hard times were coming and today's figures show hard times

are here hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs and sadly many more will but i will say to people all the tough decisions lie ahead for all of us no one will be left without hope or opportunity france is saying its highest infection numbers since restrictions were eased back in may the health ministry says it's recorded more than 2500 new cases at least 18 people have died in the past 24 hours australia's victoria state has reported another 8 deaths from coronavirus that's after the country recorded its worst day of the pandemic on wednesday victoria is the epicenter of australia's outbreak its capital melbourne is under a strict 6 week lockdown with night curfews and compulsory ma schools. at least one detained protester has died in belarus after police crackdown on demonstrations against the president more than 6000 people have been arrested during 3 nights of

often violent protests denouncing alexander lukashenko as landslide election victory critics at home and abroad say the vote was rigged many opposition figures have been detained or forced to flee the country including the question goes main election rival. officials say look at shankar one about 80 percent of the vote is in extending his 26 years in power steadfast in reports from minsk. worried about the fate of their loved ones relatives and friends outside his detention center in minsk child cries of support without knowing if they can hear it. or you are all heroes they scream at us calling out to their sons and daughters wives looking for their husbands after days of arrest many are still missing a 17 year old boy was released after he was arrested while sitting on a bench in the city center he says he was severely beaten. riot police came to me with 6 men and started beating me when i grabbed this take this started to beat me

even more and sprayed something in my face it was burning when i asked for medical aid they did not help me volunteers are trying to help locate the thousands of detainees president alexander lukashenko has condemned those detained describing them as a criminal underclass because the core of these so-called protesters are people with a criminal past and those who are currently unemployed those who don't have a job walking the streets and avenues that's why i'm kindly urging everyone who is unemployed to get a job police violence has increased and bellows during the 3rd night of protest with the dash koreans and cars attacked from randomly. but that did not deter hundreds of women from protesting to condemn the violence a march for peace and fair elections by. didn't look at shankar who has been in power for 26 c.s.s. he won sunday's disputed presidential poll with more than 80 percent of the vote to claim many in bellows of cold observed and can't trust

a police man wearing black all these women are wearing white carrying flowers as a sign of peace stop beating us is their main message women have been leading the growing opposition movement against look a shanked us government with 3 women dominating the election campaign now again women are defiant and are risking arrest they can come to your home they can break the door in your apartment they can catch you anywhere when you go shopping or go to the hospital they can find you and detain you will be you yet you still i don't . and sounds to die for peaceful bella roost and for fair elections on the streets drive a show their support for the protesters including bus and truck drivers that emotions running high after what have been traumatic days for many belorussians it seems unlikely to strategy a fired insta government is using will work step 5 and al-jazeera mints. time for a short break here on out is iraq when we come back

a plea for negotiations in taiwan after a hong kong journalist on that tourists were arrested under the new beijing impose national security. and ethnic violence plans again in these times are down troops are deployed in a 24 hour curfew was imposed more in the spring. and the rain is still very much in the 4 calls across much of asia you can see here on the satellite this huge swathe of clouds as across northern and western areas this is containing all the very heavy rains that is a go through thursday it's a very vigorous from this one and if we are producing very heavy amounts of rain up into the northeast of china and trading down to cannes across into north korea it does tend to stay away from south korea the still a chance a few shots and could see some heavy spells into northern sections south korea

through friday but really at least a bit of a break that some really across into most of japan but that system which impacts north korea that will head up towards her on friday that is some very heavy rain that could well lead to some localized flooding and very heavy rains as well throughout much of south asia they've been particularly strong through central and northern regions over the last few days we've seen some flooding coming out of the house stays on the city more in the full cost the rains a site particularly heavy in and around the whole region but topper to ash will be seeing some particularly heavy emphasis to downpours over the next couple of days and in fact could be picking up in some areas as much as half a meter of rain but again that rain pushing on west was just on down into go drops and again those rains training right there are down across the west along the line of the western ghats. sweat tea is. and sometimes blood but for them it's what their dreams are made of.

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presence in the eastern mediterranean to monitor a growing dispute between turkey and greece of oil and gas exploration the standoff escalated this week with the arrival of a turkish survey vessel escorted by warships. and the u.k. has entered its deepest economic recession on the record g.d.p. fell by more than 20 percent in april and june the height of the coronavirus locked down. lebanon's president has put out a new estimate of damage and losses from last week's biotech splosion more than $15000000000.00 it's a bill that lebanon will be unable to pay in its current financial crisis the world health organization meanwhile says half of the city's health clinics and hospitals aren't functioning. as i'm speaking of people who've lost their homes and businesses. rich or poor the beirut explosion didn't discriminate 10 people died in the luxury seaview apartments that overlook the port and alice assad's house. she and her 2 children had left home half an hour before the blast they

raced back to find this. alice pays a rent fixed in the 1960 s. the common practice here if the landlord can't afford the repairs or release the funds home will probably stay like this i now must lead the most important thing is for the kids to have a place to sleep comfortably with food we will not starve but we need our home back . businesses too must find the money to rebuild if they think it's worth it. this country was already enjoying an economic crisis after a shortage of foreign currency last year. sent its currency into freefall i don't know if you if you will be able to put more money into it i don't know we need help not only us. everybody. it's on the 70000 homes and a so far uncalculated number of businesses were destroyed or damaged when 2750 tons

of ammonium nitrate exploded at beirut port last tuesday. a dozen schools also need rebuilding this is the city's oldest the school of the 3 doctors in the challenges huge explosion of the scale is exceptional before rebuilding you have to appraise the structure see if everything can hold up sometimes you have to consolidate sometimes you have to destroy to rebuild so it will take real building expertise. every homeowner every business every institution needs glass and building materials and nearly all of that is imported. so they need dollars. but their money is locked in inaccessible bank accounts for many here it's effectively stolen by political elite that's been running the country for decades. so the pressure is on parliament to appoint a new prime minister and

a new cabinet and it's been made clear to them that they'll be no international funds for the city's reconstruction until the parliament ends the dominance of iran backed hezbollah and its allies french president emanuel says he wants to see progress by september the 1st bernard smith al-jazeera beirut. china has warned the us that those who play with fire will get burned and follows a visit to taiwan by a senior american delegation u.s. health secretary alex is the most high profile official to visit the island in decades it's infuriated beijing which views taiwan as a breakaway province washington insists the trip was only meant to examine taiwan such as the battle against the coronavirus. taiwan's president saying wayne has called on china to use dialogue instead of oppression in hong kong on monday hong kong police arrested 10 people including a newspaper a high profile pro-democracy activist under a new national security law leaders have had government would support the people of

hong kong what they do they even though i once again solemnly called in the beijing authorities that when the people are taking a stand together and fighting for something the government should find ways to resolve disputes instead of oppressing the people and depriving them of freedom and human rights only by having a sincere dialogue with the people of hong kong can dispute speed result and can hong kong society return to cam al-jazeera as adrian brown explains why taiwan's president is focusing so much on hong kong. when you are leader of taiwan you have to do what you can to raise your international profile because of course there are just 15 countries that recognize taiwan was dying when on wednesday was addressing the hudson institute that's a conservative think tank in washington and she had many themes to her through her addressed but i think the central one were her comments about hong kong she said that the world had been saddened to see that the beacon of freedom of being extinguished in hong kong she said that the ties between hong kong and taiwan go

back many years and she also said and this was her only real reference to china without naming china she said that while some countries well the world has been distracted by covert 19 other countries have been targeting democracies around the world now why does all this matter well you know at the moment taiwan is a country which is basically regarded by china as a breakaway province to be taken back from by force if necessary president xi jinping had warned just a year ago that the people of taiwan had better accept that one day sooner rather than later they will be reunified with the motherland and the premier of china leak a chunk addressed the national people's congress just a few months ago and he didn't refer to a peaceful reunification with taiwan he simply referred to a reunification so that has led to increasing speculation that eventually china

will resort to force to take back this renegade province and in fact many analysts will tell you that the chances of that happening a greater now than they were 5 years ago. but here's a government says it will maintain 15 percent tariffs on european jet make the air bus and 25 percent levies and other european goods the european union's been trying to resolve a 16 year old dispute about aircraft subsidies that the u.s. says the e.u. hasn't done enough says it profoundly regrets the u.s. decision to keep tariffs and place on its aircraft. and all like curfew has been imposed in the eastern sudanese city where there's been 3 days of violence medical sources say at least 25 people have been killed since fighting broke out in port sudan between rival ethnic groups fighting last year also brought about a state of emergency even more but in khartoum explains more of the background to this unrest. first of all let's look at how this has been unfolding this is not the 1st time we see tribal clashes between the beni armor and the nuba tribes it's been

going on for years now and has escalated over the past 12 months for the last year we've seen fighting resulting in the deaths of dozens and injuries of hundreds we've seen a state of emergency imposed their will that was eventually lifted but it kind of gives you an idea of the wider context of not just the eastern part of sudan but really the whole country tribal identities and ethnic identities do play a role in how things unfold on the ground now in port sudan between 2 individuals from opposing tribes from the bench and the move the tribes that eventually pulled in members of the same tribe so we've seen the government responding by sending more troops yesterday the prime minister is due to brief the security and defense committee tomorrow to try to figure out a solution on they've called for calm the newly appointed civilian governor has imposed. a curfew in the eastern city so they are trying to mitigate the tribal

clashes between the 2 sides but this needs to be addressed at the root the root causes of this conflict needs to be addressed now those 2 sides as i said have been clashing for several years now which has escalated over the past few months no solution no deep rooted solution has been found yet and for many they think that it's an idea an issue of who actually deserves to be in port sudan who deserves to be identified as part of the east and who is actually somebody who is overstepping on a territory that is not various so a lot of issues right now at stake mostly the issue of ethnic identity and tribal identity and who belongs and who doesn't and it looks like every government does not step in which is something that activists have been called for then this violence will continue. prosecutors in mexico open their corruption investigation into former president of the rick opinion they're looking into allegations that link him to a massive bribe risk. john holeman reports now from mexico city. when mexico's

ex. was extradited back to the country from spain on corruption charges it was inevitable he'd start talking and now he has telling prosecutors that x. president enrique pena nieto and ex finance minister luis b. the guy ordered him to pay more than $4000000.00 in bribes to consultants helping with the 2012 election campaign. he says up bribe money came from brazilian construction joint oda bresh already at the center of latin america's biggest corruption scandal all of this is according to mexico's attorney general who put out a video on tuesday. in the case of auto brecht this individual is saying there were a series of bribes. one thing that it's important to know it's about this the attorney general said in this video actually that he's is only just looking at the evidence to support the soyuz accusations that's a video and so recedes and they'll have to see if they can move forward with this

they haven't even called in the ex-president of the 8 finance minister 'd to give their state. but raul almost who's been investigating the case for an anti corruption organization says it's already been proven that money was paid from older brush. and more. there are a series of indications that beneath the new about the benefits being given to other bridge in concrete days before one of the brothers was baiting 2013 he met with marcello at the branch in that presidential residence they talk about what a bitch is investments in mexico and a few days later the brows were transferred. presidents and public figures fell across latin america in the wake of the old brush scandal which began around 5 years ago but not here in mexico where literally no one was put in prison up until now and that kind of impunity is what mexicans would like to see. change the date did another public got if enrique pena nieto is charged with groff it would be

almost unheard of the country's presidents have long been seen as untouchable. but we still a long way off from that happening even if it does and questions remain if this announcement was just the political points were just this one way or another will be served john home in. mexico city. u.s. schools are starting to reopen even though the coronavirus pandemic is raging through many parts of the country it's become a major political battle between the white house and officials in barrie states with students caught in the middle particle hand reports you can dream big dreams and you the trump administration clearly wants schools in the u.s. reopened highlighting its position with the recent vice presidential visit to a school in north carolina the wrist for the worst poses to healthy children is very low a few days later the same schools leaders forced 4th graders to quarantine after student tested positive at a nearby campus a vivid example of the problem facing educators parents and their children this

country does not have a nationwide testing strategy and it's the same with reopening schools it's been left up to the states and counties to decide what to do jeff gregorio a superintendent in arizona wrote an op ed about how excruciating his decision has been he tried to do summer school 3 teachers in one classroom teaching online they took all the steps they were supposed to yet they all got told that one teacher died 10 he still reopened safely that was no school district it would be safe we have more cases. afraid 'd people will get sick and they'll take it home but if he doesn't the republican governor says it will cost his district money so he's been trying to put precautions in place inside the classrooms using shower curtains and plexiglas we could lose 5 percent number or budget like many things now the idea of reopening

has exposed the political divide with republicans more likely to want to reopen schools well more democrats favor learning remotely and teachers across the country are getting involved protests in from chicago to new york florida to minnesota is just not safe you know and i think of them are a day when it comes down to is you know we're scared you know we're scared we don't want to bury a student or bury a calling some americans are looking for another option like danny stratford whose oldest was about to start kindergarten on law and they have the sample schedule still going on days like they started it not me and they don't and until 4 pm for a kindergartner yeah so i was there's no way i don't think it really any 5 year old to do that special so she's found a couple of other families on facebook to homeschool together taking turns but that is not an option for many and for an estimated $12000000.00 students young there is

online learning because their families can't afford internet at home meaning a country that already has huge disparities and education and income inequality is about to be that much worse for millions particle hane al-jazeera. quick reminder all the news of course on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com that's al-jazeera dot com. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera joe biden then kamel harris of appeared on stage together for the 1st time is running mates in the race against president trump for the white house they presented themselves as the right team to lead the u.s. through the coronavirus pandemic and the national reckoning over racism as a child of immigrants she knows personally how immigrant families are richer our

country as well as the challenges of what it means to grow up black to do in america the united states of america her stories america story the president's mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression and we're experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change america is crying out for leadership france will increase its military presence in the eastern mediterranean to monitor a growing dispute between turkey and greece over oil and gas exploration the standoff escalated this week with the arrival of a turkish research vessel accompanied by warships. the us military has released

a video which it says shows iranian forces boarding a ship in the gulf off the coast of the united arab emirates u.s. central command published the footage on twitter showing 2 iranian ships and a helicopter next to the vessel it was believed to be sailing under liberian flag they were in government as yet to comment on the incident. firefighters in the u.s. state of california are battling a massive brush fire on the outskirts of los angeles it's burning in the angeles national forest and spread out over an area of more than a kilometer and a half the sheriff's department is also residents nearby to have to leave and the president has put out a new estimate of damage and losses from last week's beirut explosion more than $15000000000.00 it's a bill that lebanon will be unable to pay in its current financial crisis. so those that were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the bottom line statement thanks so much 5.

hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question with less than 3 months left to the u.s. elections what do americans really want let's get to the bottom line. in less than 90 days americans are going to decide whether president trump or his democratic challenger joe biden will run the country for the next 4 years even though most polls put biden ahead especially in the crucial swing states it's risky business to predict which way the race will go and there are a lot of black swans or what i call unexpected events that can happen between now and then to get a closer look at the pulse of the american people these days we turn to.