these testing triggered cancer birth defects of me to the local population. secret saudi people in power on al-jazeera. raising the stakes that only thousands of fast food workers join the protesters demanding a new election despite a call from the president to get back to work. hello again and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the 0 denouncing a deal described as a stab in the back palestinians protest against an agreement between the u.a.e. and israel. new zealand extends the lockdown and its largest city as the tries to

work out how the coronavirus made a comeback. and as research is race to find a vaccine for private 90 we ask if safety could be an early casualty. right now thousands of people are out munching through better roosters capital as the protests continue to grow over last weekend's disputed presidential election well it has just gone 5 pm and minsk and people are back out on the streets again the treatment of detained demonstrators is also fueling the anger of the protest is nearly 7000 people rounded up during demonstrations there over the past few days workers from several major state run factory as of now also walked off the job in the past few hours opposition politicians but manage to come on sky has spoken from

lithuania asking people to join mass rallies across the country this weekend but she says they must be allowed to do so safely. i mean the. we need to stop the violence on the streets of belorussian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful message votes in each town on the 15th and 16th of august all belo russian president alexander lukashenko also appeared on state t.v. a few hours ago with a warning for people going on strike. the. people must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just $2.00 days. while stuff ason is covering all of this for us from the capital minsk. the protests are still ongoing you can hear and see and it's a bit of

a different mood now it's very festive police has not intervened for the last 48 hours or so. but also because they have been simply outnumbered by the crowds that have been spread around. but also around the country not only here on the streets. also at at least 26 factories large factories companies nuclear power plants tractor factories factories. has been striking it's a very widespread right now so. to release at least. help. earlier still lots of relatives who are still waiting to hear from their loved ones who are still inside. but the people who have come out have

told absolute horror stories about the torture that has been going on inside as you can see and or report. torture and abuse inside cramped detention time due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. the violent police crackdown on mainly peaceful protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the locals shankar's former supporters the call for him to step down has resonated around. the detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to tade even if you just came out of a shop to see what's going on you got detained. i was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs

and let you go the fact that i'm here now it's clear what i chose. to call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around belarus after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the streets and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. when. my son is a student at the law department he's not an alcoholic more a drug addict i don't want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country it's very can the 21st century if they don't stop it will burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. if you think. you got. around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at

a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what government troops have done to their own people serving police officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he won't follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence. any longer. european and u.s. ambassadors in minsk laid flowers have to square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protest and to leave all those who have exercised this right while the protests are swelling police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears for teams of national still not as diverse and we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end it. will stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten

and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems so confused. why look might have been able to silence kind of russians for many years this time they're determined to have to stone him for 23 time. dramatic scenes detention centers but i can report now that the oldest son you saw earlier ilya has been released overnight with light injuries but serious enough to be brought to the hospital the genie is definitely out of the bottle here in belarus where this is going to lead to nobody knows but the kind of sky has just released another statement saying she is ready to discuss a transitional government as she calls it with the authority she sat based on the figures study opposition has they have won with 60 to 70 percent of the vote but so

far has not offered any dialogue with the opposition so meanwhile pressure will definitely still go up on him all in foreign ministers are due to discuss the situation in belarus very shortly as an emergency meeting that was actually called to address a standoff between greece and turkey and both countries claim waters in the eastern mediterranean greece says ankara has started searching for oil and gas in its waters now switzerland has offered to try to mediate the conflict to defuse tensions charlie angela. beneath these waters in the eastern mediterranean lies a growing source of conflict on monday turkish warships entered territory that both greece and turkey claim as their own escorting a ship carrying out seismic surveys on the sea bed searching for oil and gas on wednesday greece's prime minister issued a stark warning. in response to turkey's deployment of its fleet we have also put our armed forces on alert i'm confident that all greeks have

the same absolute trust in the capabilities of our armed forces as i do at the same time though we remain in absolute political and operational readiness we are also mobilizing our diplomacy notifying our friendly nations and alerting our allies and partners we are not alone in this effort one of those analyze is france who sent in 2 fighter jets and this naval warship to sail alongside greek forces but turkey is plowing ahead with plans to issue gas exploration and drilling licenses in the disputed region within weeks this shows the exclusive economic zone to greece turkey and cyprus as defined by the united nations it accords greece 71 percent of the aegean sea and turkey 8.8 percent but this is how turkey redraws the same map claiming much of greece's waters as its own and this is the area where turkey has started looking for oil within itself to find waters but that infringes on greece's

maritime territory according to the e.u. and the un. turkey did postpone exploration last month following a truce brokered by germany but when athens signed a new maritime deal with egypt last week ankara vowed to defend its interests are looking to resume putin in hog goods image of greece's attitude in the aegean and the mediterranean is malicious we don't have to zines on anyone's rights but we won't let any country take away our rights e.u. foreign ministers are hoping to resolve the standoff through dialogue at the emergency summit greece stated that it is ready to sit on the table and discuss with their kit and all relevant parties in the region as long as all the meat dairy presence in the region is withdrawn you cannot share. discussions where you have naval vessels from the needs are there very small job growth again. although the 2

sides seem on a collision course both say they share a desire for dialogue and diplomacy. out of there. is monitoring developments for us from london. there is an appetite for dialogue and appetite for discussion but it's looking very much like a gunship diplomacy at the moment given how much military hardware is currently present in the region of course the french have sent navy vessels including a frigate they said 2 fighter jets as well to cyprus turkey obviously has naval vessels warships in the region protecting its survey ship the greek military on high alert is one of the being reports in the greek media of greek submarines actually being scramble to the region to keep a close eye on what turkey is up to adding to all of that we've heard from the greek foreign minister a member of a solo this morning who's accused from solve stirring up the situation these accuse

the e.u. of power in parading greece by immediately coming to greece is a come what may. on top of that although there is a suggested an appetite for for talks at the indication coming from turkey is that switzerland may well play the role of mediator we wait to see what e.u. foreign ministers say later whether they are even discussing the possibility of punitive measures against turkey or indeed whether they will accept the possibility of a diplomatic solution to this very soon still ahead here on al-jazeera we visit some georgia hospital and they raise a building so badly damaged in last week's explosion at stellenbosch operational. class why the treatment of so-called comfort when and during world war 2 is still at the many issues for south korea and japan 18 years of.

hello there the rain still very much in the forecast. all the areas of asia without somebody go clear skies into japan and also right they down into these all central and southern areas of china but as a 3 saw the ray will increase again coming eastwards across towards the korean peninsula wanted to show likely into south korea but really it's sunday that is when we'll see some very heavy downpours across north korea but again mostly fine further to the south wanted to scout achiles across into japan and we say the bulk of china is fine and dry shallows and further to the south of this if you those in hong kong and the same across into taipei very heavy rains 3 will central and eastern areas of china plenty of again in the last few hours and we seen some funny it a new day there was a sunny deeper on the streets on his sunday causing plenty of problems on the streets as well the traffic really getting back to when you've got the roads like

this now the symbol rate in likely n.c. new delhi but that is not where the heaviest rain will be likely to be odisha west bengal is an air of a pressure which we're watching closely but slightly bringing the very heavy rain also some pretty strong winds funneling up into northern areas of the bay of bengal but through saturday and sunday those rains really extending across central regions out towards the rest raw just on the west and gas and we could see another $300.00 millimeters of rain. stories and light. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world that celebrate the human spirit against the on . al-jazeera satellites gangs.

the with her for her for. hello again i'm a star let's remind you of our top stories here the sound crowds are back on the streets of belarus for a 6th day of protests over the disputed presidential election and a violent police press down amazing ears foreign ministers is getting under way with some calling for sanctions on the government. and turkey has his out of france after it bolstered its military presence in the eastern mediterranean foreign ministers are also discussing growing tensions between turkey and greece over oil exploration in the area. and the turkey's president is also threatening to suspend

ties with the united arab emirates he's angry about a deal between israel and the u.a.e. to normalize relations u.s. president donald trump helped to broker it as part of that agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians say it's a betrayal to their cause alan fischer reports from washington. it was perhaps unusual that the president of the united states would announce a treaty between 2 other countries but that's what happened in new york law office this is a truly historic moment the president said talks over the past year that brought what will be new in as the abraham a court to be signed by the united arab emirates and israel at the white house in the coming weeks this deal is a significant step towards building a more peaceful secure and prosperous middle east i do cite the u.s. ambassador to israel and his son in law a senior advisor jerry cush know his middle east peace plan was released in january

but he played a key role in this new a court i would like to say to the people of the region muslims jews christians that this does give hope that the problems of the past do not condemn you to a future with a conflict there is a. a lot of hope and a lot of potential and this will benefit you and this will also benefit people here in america as part of the accord israel will suspend but not cancel plans to annex part of the occupied west bank speaking to al-jazeera mustafa barghouti said if there was a peace deal it should have been with the palestinians this. is nothing but a stab in the back with the palestinian. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had earlier cheered the coronavirus task force meeting of his government but left abruptly telling those present you'll soon find out why but while speaking in jerusalem he will be aware he may leak political

support domestically for shelving an existing plants. with the polluter shalom from president trump put the annexation into east peace plan those who criticize me should know i said time and again that an exaggeration only be made in accordance with the united states without that it is worthless and it will damage the settlements so there have been discussions of various levels between the u.a.e. and israel for years it seems now each was preparing the ground for this announcement from the official twitter account of the e leader mohammed bin ziad a simple statement during a call with president trump and prime minister netanyahu an agreement was reached to stop further is really an exception of palestinian territories the u.a.e. and israel also agree to cooperation and setting up towards establishing a bilateral relationship the idea is that both leaders will visit the white house in coming weeks to sign the deal with donald trump center stage he obviously

believes that this will help in the run up to the presidential election in november but rarely are american elections this cited by events abroad particularly during a public health and financial crisis alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house. well palestinians in occupied east jerusalem have been protesting that agreement they gathered in the courtyard of the x. a mosque after friday prayers as you can see some trampled on pictures of abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin ziad as well as the iraqi flag israeli troops have since tightened security in the area while our correspondent hari force that is in west jerusalem with reaction and more on that protest at a mosque. it was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u.s. part in carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the hill to adhere to at least publicly if not in the

background policy of having a resolution in the israeli palestinian conflict known as ation with other arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron in the south of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even comes from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u.s. should not have gone along with this from the u.a.e. perspective what they're saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued the occupied west bank from the threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel that's seen very differently of course in ramallah which is where the policy leadership is headquartered they see this israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land

not having given any major concessions it's all to the palestinians while attending to the coronavirus pandemic now in new zealand has extended a lockdown and it's the largest city as authorities try to contain a new outbreak that restrictions in oakland to keeping non-essential weapons at home have been extended by 12 days and the rest of the country will be on a low level for that same period testing in contact tracing up i think ramped up to 30 cases were detected this week investigators are trying to find out just how the virus reimagined after more than 3 months with no transmitted infections. in keeping with our precautionary approach and you zealand's philosophy of going had in going. today cabinet has agreed to maintain our current ceasing for an additional 12 days bringing us to

a full 2 weeks in total well michael bacon is a professor of public health at the university of otago and a member of the advisory group for the government's covert response he says investigators are looking into several possible sources for that outbreak. the outbreak occurred in the community which is obviously a red flag if you don't know the source the most likely source of course is people in one of the managed team facilities and we still have thousands of new zealanders coming back to the country and some of them are infected they haue in these facilities for 14 days quarantine interested and there's a reasonable chance that the virus escaped from there were some creature by security and started this outbreak we have to look for alternative sources that may be coming from a seaport or could be coming from a flight crew for example who have somehow avoided the usual cautions i mean this

is one of the challenges of elimination as a strategy is with very well in tombs of health we've got the lowest code mortality in the o.e.c.d. and the economy has got spent very well and i think part of the elimination approach is you have to manage our brands and the government is deceiving this outbreak control theory aggressively just as we did we need eliminated the pindi a mic in match which took and 2 months to get rid of the virus so this is part of the elimination approach and we hope to be back on track again in a few weeks on air france has declared paris and the area around the city of los a as red zones where the high corona virus infection risk to create gives all territories the power to impose nearest directions on the millions of people who are left back at follows a sharp increase in the number of new code 1000 cases over the past 2 weeks and that has also prompted the u.k. to now require travelers coming from france to quarantine for 14 days. people who

are in france or indeed holland or on to other places that were announcing the seedling who were added to the corn seamless people can stay and finish your holiday but you have to be aware you will have to corinth you know after that and that is mandates free afraid because we do need to protect the low rates we've managed to establish in this country and that does apply u.k. wide so all 4 parts of the united kingdom scotland northern ireland wales and england all moving on this together this evening. iraq has recorded 4000 new corona virus infections that's the highest number for a single day nearly 70 deaths were also reported a sharp rise in cases as overwhelming hospitals already stretched by decades of conflict and sanctions a curfew in a number of cities has been extended to try to contain the spread of the virus or beirut's hospitals are struggling to cope following the damage from last week's devastating port explosion 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the

lebanese capital are still not functioning leaving the city with a major shortage of hospital beds bandits neath reports. from new life to near death in the blink of an eye. this is the maternity unit of st george's hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. on the 9th floor omar 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i open my eyes and he looked at u.t. at 1st i he was screaming his heart out. had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i don't. i'm here don't be afraid omar says. get out i'm scared that's your. beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running

at that point the very next thing i wanted to do was just put some shoes on because there's debris everywhere there's glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at u.d.c. it and he was barefoot as well and was standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case of the i.c.u. and this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see their parents or dying or in the very particular case dr noone has 110 child cancer patients with his unit damaged he's been driving across 11 on trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another $25.00 health facilities are not functional according to the world health organization there's also been a surge in corona virus and that's

a particular risk for child cancer patients with compromised immune a-t. lebanon's hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff. and to this day it's been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids but i mean even they come and speak to us about it's everywhere everybody's talking about it's on t.v. it's everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that we still get our own time where we are very very. i mean it's very painful. yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy he's getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon he'll burn it smith al-jazeera beirut south korea's president one day in the has a valid to highlight the plight of the country's last surviving women who were

forced to work in japanese brothels during world war 2 as recorded remarks were part of a ceremony held in the city of china and it's the 3rd year the memorials been held to remember the victims who are known by their captors as comfort women the issue continues to be a thorny one between south korea and japan robert pride has moved from seoul. the location of the japanese embassy in seoul is also the site of a permanent protest against japan's wartime atrocities protesters accuse the japanese of still not properly atoning for the treatment of so-called comfort women taken from korea to work in imperial army brothels during world war 2 other sporadic protests here a picture of the troubled relations between the 2 neighbors such as this campaign to boycott japanese goods that followed a long running court battle to force japanese companies to compensate the korean

victims of wartime forced labor through d.-day this goes against international norms in that case we have no choice but to respond so we should handle this to avoid that happening through additional japan did respond imposing trade restrictions that damage south korea's high tech manufacturing despite appeals from seoul. we hope the japanese government would more actively and sincerely respond to ongoing efforts to resolve this issue through diplomatic channels because. this deep rooted on a master tape has even affected the handling of the coronavirus with japan accused of imposing unnecessarily harsh restrictions on south korean problem while clearly hurting both countries neither seems able to hold back from taking a swipe when national pride is at stake the latest spat this monument to the comfort women built in a botanic garden with

a man bowing in apology bearing an uncanny resemblance to japan's prime minister shinzo our day people say but this artwork doesn't refer to our bit at all if that person is then that will be good despite japan's insistence that wartime grievances were settled years ago many south koreans say they're still. waiting for the japanese apology brought al-jazeera so. i don't and this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines crowds back on the streets of batteries for a 6th day now of protests over the disputed presidential election and a violent police crackdown a meeting of foreign ministers is getting under way with some of them calling for sanctions on the government step basson is in the capital for us. it's a bit of a different mood now it's very festive for police has not intervened for the last

48 hours or so. but the key also because there have been simply outnumbered by the crowds that are being spread around not only the capital minsk but also around the country not only here on the streets people are protesting but also at at least $26.00 factories so large factories so states companies so nuclear power plants tractor factories truck factories said that much more here and minsk has been striking our mission so it's a very widespread movement right now turkey is president is threatening to suspend ties with the united arab emirates he's angry about a deal between israel and the u.a.e. to normalize relations u.s. president all trying to help to broker it as part of that agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory all palestinians have been protesting against that deal demonstrators gathered in the courtyard of the

aisle x. a mosque in occupied east jerusalem they say the agreement is of the trail of their cause. france has declared paris and the area around the city of los a as red so and with a high coronavirus infection risk the degree it gives authorizes the power to impose new restrictions on the millions of people who live there and follows a shop increase in the number of new carbon 1000 cases over the past 2 weeks that's also prompted the u.k. it to now require travelers coming from france to quarantine for 14 days iraq has recorded 4000 new infections the highest number for a single day that nearly 70 deaths were also reported a shop rise in cases as overwhelming hospitals already stretched by decades of conflict and sanctions well those are the headlines next stop it's the strain stay with us here on al-jazeera. on counting the cost how powerful banking and political plans to score it but on the controversy about trump's points to oversee loves

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