i mean to me leading left wing figures to understand why that's politics have lost ground to some dramatically. latin america a joint in time moral on al-jazeera. 'd demands for political change echo a round the bell of russian capital thousands gathered to remember a man killed during protests against the president now the kremlin's getting involved. hello again. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iran hails what it calls a humiliation for the u.s. as the white house fails to get its way at the u.n. security council and extend an arms embargo. why a small scale coronavirus outbreak amongst children is becoming

a big concern for doctors in peru. and expressing deep remorse japan pledges never to repeat the tragedy of conflict as it marks 75 years since the end of the 2nd was. a day of mourning and memorial and batteries has turned into a day of mass protests and even louder demands for political change thousands have gathered in the capital minsk as the funeral is held for a man killed during protests over the disputed presidential election regular chants of leave aimed at president alexander lukashenko echoed around the square the same time has made it clear he does not intend to step down and has also spoken to russia's president seeking support. well our correspondents to fasten is on the

ground for us in minsk step we've been watching these protests all day people paying their respects to alexander time but also their anger and to finds. exactly a month near pushkin's guy ask where i'm that's where the 34 year old car mechanic was killed on monday evening when he was caught up in the protest it's still not clear how he died to authorities say that he had some kind of firecracker in his hand which exploded but his body was found with a very deep chest and lots of people were paying respects very emotional seeing so many people crying bringing flowers whole families there with small children as well and when the crowds were swelling throughout the day until maybe 10000 it's very difficult to have to say they were also screaming and shouting for the push and pop to step down they say he is not are legit that the president i mean longer

. will step as we've seen as well as reaching out to moscow where could that lead. yes of course people have been watching it here as well and we've been asking people what they feel is going to happen are they afraid is this another threat by the president to scare people but that doesn't scare them at all they're deterred today is still keep coming they say this is not going to chase us away they also say putin is a smart man he's not going to intervene in this we are here to fight for our own country or independent and they will continue to do so step over the last few days we've seen members of the police and other forces getting involved with these protests even hugging protesters and now there are more protests planned we beginning to see more cracks in the security services and potentially the government. yes i think there definitely are cracks

in the. regime right now also we have to know that in the last maybe 48 hours or so police have been completely absent in physical from to streets here it's a festive atmosphere and it really has a breath of freedom for people in probably something they've been longing for for a long time so do release and the army are taking a step back and it doesn't mean that they're not supporting the president any longer because it could be part of their strategy but we also have seen for example before mubarak troopers from the air force were here also to join the crowds we also have seen former military man but also active police officers throwing away their uniforms say they were ashamed to be part of these troops that have inflicted so much violence and injuries to their own people stepped past live for us on the streets of men's can't you very much step. well anti kremlin protesters in eastern

russia have been showing their solidarity with their neighbors demonstrating in minsk they carried signs saying long live bellary for weeks now they have been rallying in cover of sgt against the arrest of the region's former governor sergei fergal was detained last month he's accused of medicine 15 years ago when he was a businessman but he denies the charges now iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in october after the u.s. failed to get a 13 year ban extended just one nation one other nation i'm sorry back to in a voters at the u.n. security council the dominican republic france the u.k. germany and 8 other members abstained and the white house is threatening to find other ways to bring back sanctions but iran says the u.s. has never been so isolated. better yet. the u.s. has worked for months to prepare a resolution to his iran and it could only get one vote supporting it from a small country the dominican republic you see how they've been humiliated the

recent 11 countries abstained into voted against it was because they believe the preservation of the j.c. pure way is essential for the interests of the region and the world yesterday was a political achievement through iran and a political failure for the u.s. when i was speaking in poland u.s. secretary of state my pompei are said his government would not give up. this was a serious mistake we regret that the united states simply want to extend a set of rules have been in place since 2007 and as we have said before the united states is determined to make sure that the iranians and this regime this theocratic regime doesn't have the capacity to inflict even more harm on the world and so we'll continue to work on that and i think there are a lot of people on that heard it privately on this trip that understand that it is not in the world's best interest to allow this arms or barbara to expire i hope they will find the courage to say so publicly and assist us in the ensuring that this arms embargo is extended well yes but to options he's

a senior lecturer electra in middle east politics at the university of bradford he explains the significance of european countries not backing the us and also why it's likely to be temporary. i don't think this is a declaration of solidarity with their own in any sense of the term even britain made it very clear that they are still extremely concerned about iranian foreign policy they are extremely concerned about so many other issues that they probably agree with the united states when it comes to iran but britain decided to side with allies. and for them at the moment the most important objective at least for degree maining all month of the president trying presidency is basically preserving this deal with the hope that maybe maybe if there is a new president in the white house for 5 months 9. 100 revitalised.

over the last basically since 2008 the european powers more or less they maintain their consistent message that they really on so many other issues with the united states when it comes to any missile programs when it comes to foreign policy in the region when it comes to violation of human rights inside iran was when it comes to this is the sticky issue preservation of the deal the european seem to be very consistent and that's. almost unprecedented calm the gap between between europe and the united states in my opinion basically this issue has been the single most important disagreement between europe and washington over the last 3 or 4 years. well while he was in poland the u.s. secretary of state also sealed the deal with the polish defense minister to redeploy troops from germany to poland might compare is in warsaw at the end of a 4 nation tour of central and eastern europe around $4500.00 u.s.

troops are currently based in poland and more than $1000.00 will be added the pentagon announced last month that $12000.00 soldiers are being withdrawn from germany nearly half of those are said to be moved to other countries in europe the u.s. is calling for a thorough and transparent investigation into this month's report blast and evidence capital more than 200 people were killed when ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse exploded we can never go back to an era in which anything goes up or through the borders of lebanon. had to contribute to the situation the i think it's very important liberties of people how. best to do that. every state every sovereign state control has its its ports and its borders thoroughly imagine that all of us would like to risk return to that and not have anything goes atmosphere that we've seen in recent years well much of the focus now another on is on rebuilding both the damage city and the damaged economy the u.n.

and aid organizations have just launched a $565000000.00 appeal to try to help estimated costs of recovery in beirut go as high as $15000000000.00 the u.n. says 6 hospitals 20 clinics and $120.00 schools were damaged lebanon was already under serious economic strain before the blast inflation was soaring the cost of basic goods was rising and now its health system is also facing added pressure at a time of a global pandemic the u.n. says half of the covered $1000.00 infections that were just diagnosed in the past 2 weeks alone. i spoke to the un resident coordinator and she told me just what they're working on in terms of trying to help rebuild the city. into phase one we have 2 missing 2 component there is the gold mine save me a military leak and that's all it was last week and we started this week really putting together or what is needed for the early recovery for the reconstruction

this is this is there are number off structure are 2 issues that we need to address which i'm not only related to needs and the impact of the blast but also some gaps in times of infrastructure in terms of social services you address of course the government is a huge is related to corruption i don't so a number of all 3 problems related to a crime and or a system their reasons are and ongoing that much needs assessment and we should be able to have a clear idea of the needs by buying the 20th of august based on that they will be part it is a ship of the different set of the different repulse trucks and restore ration there will be are a mix between the calls for action and we still ration but we are not talking only about the reconstruction the physical reconstruction of the infrastructure it's also related to social protection and social safety nets to access to electricity to access to water it's access to have so the result

a lot of that needs to be addressed and obviously are why at the working level who are also working with some of the ministries of these those who are involved it is very much are an independent assessment that is going on. still ahead here on al-jazeera and millions of votes could be missed why the u.s. postal service it is warning every state that it could fail to deliver in time for the presidential election. we also take a look at why hong kong exports to say that al course in the middle of the escalating dispute between china and the us. hallows seasonal rain in china has moved a long way north almost is not an extent i would think it's certainly been affecting the korean peninsula as more heavy rain to come for north korea than that

line takes you back more or less through beijing and then towards the west it's all pretty humid and quite stormy in places hong kong big example but the real heavy rain is probably going to reappear in places like beijing is running on sunday and again on tuesday in the forecast as this plenty to go for the korean peninsula but the trend is take it funnels it can do and it's helping to dampen down the far as not part of siberia you may be pleased to hear further south will the seasonal rain here is going south so we're seeing more in sumatra in parts of borneo but it's still a wide extent of potential sundress as far north as the philippines and as far south or east as java so if you pick any one city and take the forecast next year just take manila it's likely to be sherry or sundry on the the next 3 days or so in the monsoon rain in india is pretty widespread it's reaching pakistan and still it is

in bangladesh which is the big surprise with the heaviest rain probably in somewhere like jharkhand. a global pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me steve clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u.s. politics and society on al-jazeera. there is no channel that covers world news like we do we revisit places of state under 0 really invests in them and that's a privilege as a journalist. the in. the end.

that's remind you of our top stories here the fallon the president of batteries alexander lukashenko is resisting calls to step down as thousands rally again in minsk demanding political change a funeral was held for a man killed there during the days of unrest following a disputed election. iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in october after the u.n. security council overwhelmingly rejected washington's bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on terror iran's president says it's a humiliation for the u.s. . the united nations has launched a 565000000 dollar aid appeal to help with course explosion recovery efforts and behaviors that one was already under severe economic strain before back loft. now the u.s. postal service is warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the

november presidential election but actually arrive in time to be counted there is expected to be a huge rise in mail and voting as a result of the coronavirus pandemic president donald trump has tried to restrict the method because he claims it susceptible to fraud castor has more. the reality is there's very little time to change the deadlines for when voters would have to request these mail in ballots and when they would have to send it in but that is what the u.s. postal service in these letters and warnings delivered to $46.00 states and the district of columbia says what have to be done in order to guarantee that these ballots are all counted in time now all are wondering though whether or not this is part of president trump's all out battle against expanding mail in ballots for this upcoming presidential election of course the u.s. postal service is an arm of the federal government and president trump has been accusing without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive fraud i should

add he has actually requested a mail in ballot for himself and for his wife for this upcoming election the greater context of all this of course is that democrats have historically turned out more when they are allowed to vote by mail president trump is trailing in the polls and many are accusing him of putting putting pressure on the postal service and intentionally sabotaging it as we near the election day. police and chile have used water cannon against protesters demonstrating in the capital santiago several people demanding rights for the indigenous people also arrested reports. this small group of activists are protesting the detention of $27.00 indigenous matthew chafey including their leaders philistine occurred over who's accused of murder was the police in the chilean capital santiago responded

with this prison sebastiaan piñera has promised to crack down on violent indigenous protests. and i hope we're here to support them up which are political prisoners who are on hunger strike we're supporting solace deano and was. on the sea international is calling on the chilean government to establish dialogue with the prisoners thanks in this public letter it says it's extremely concerned with the conditions they're being held in 19 of the detainees on hunger strike are still awaiting trial the government accuses them of terrorism was there's been a rise in violent protests in the last 3 months beyond which an outcome poor rebel groups at a factory and dozens of trucks on fire just over a week ago in the southern are o'conner region where 1700000 people live. on friday president pinera met angry truck drivers who are threatening to go on strike because of the arson attacks at least 50 people have been arrested recently. 6

the violence has included destruction to a couple of municipality buildings and radar its regional airports as well as a train derailment. that the majority of the indigenous people in chile live in poverty most of the land has been sold off and the forested over the years there is no could. be a long standing debate about me or the both do so regularly within the boundaries of the territories nothing like that ever happened in a long time so there are all these struggles that also related with the existence of terrorist acts and violence even from the state so we talk a lot about about groups of people of the mysteries but also you have to remember that only julian state has managed to several members of indigenous. groups

to put chere activists accuse the government of failing to uphold their historical monday night. but the government insists it is open to dialogue without divine. on to 0. 0 when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic peru as one of latin america's west hip countries the health system there has been pushed close to breaking point as cases have sought now doctors at the national children's hospital are raising the alarm over a small scale but worrying new outbreak john heilemann has a story show. some of the latest tiny covert pay she seemed through at the national children's hospital some board. the country's case and death rate are among the highest in the world and while they're still very few of the seriously you did this young the number did begin rising in july and that's warrior. and also . we have seen a 2030 percent increase in the numbers of children hospitalized and in the

intensive care unit. dr franklin mendoza blames it on one thing more than. parents' behavior leaving children to play together in parks in shopping malls or family visits that's what's leading the increase in infections among children. serious coby cases among children still very far from widespread the most of those here already had other medical complications. as in other countries the virus is affecting children is different from the symptoms shown by older sufferers. it's not the same as the adult infection which causes lack of breath after about a month they've been developing pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome which affects several organs especially their heart. the staff are doing their best to

help them learning new techniques as they go it's tough for them to. it's really painful having to submit a little one doing to beijing or a ventilator we know we have to do it because if not the patient could die. and scenes like this make it worth it. thank you for coming i'm so grateful to you for taking care of my baby i want to thank you thank you thank you so much god bless you all. the team here are hoping that this sudden increase in cases doesn't go on and that there will be more patients heading than into the unit john homan does either. now russia says it's begun manufacturing its new vaccine for coated 19 and the 1st batch as will be rolled out within 2 weeks doctors will be the 1st to be immunized before the general public the government institute which develops the drug says it will produce 5000000 doses by december russia's coronavirus vaccine

said to be the 1st to be approved in the world is raising concerns about safety well south korea has tightened coronavirus measures following the highest number of new daily infections there in 5 months restrictions on gatherings and other activities have been rolled out in the capital seoul and surrounding areas but that didn't stop a large demonstration against president in center left government of a new real estate policies and scandals involving leaders of edges of his administration. who are the viruses silently spreading in various places in their daily life such as churches stores work schools and cafes making you see even more concerned the government believes that if we feel to overcome this crisis our country could enter the root virus resurgence that many countries around the world are undergoing while many british tourists vacationing in france have been forced to cut short their holidays there and that's because the u.k. imposed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming from there as well as the netherlands and

malta but measure which went into effect early on saturday morning was introduced after a surge in infections in those countries france is a very popular vacation spot for u.k. holiday makers it's the 2nd most visited country after spain now moving on and deepening hostility between china and the u.s. is hurting hong kong on several fronts many in the city are worried about beijing's new security law as well as the economic retaliation from washington adrian brown reports. during the past few weeks so much has happened so quickly in hong kong none of it good according to more and more foreign leaders who worry about the city's future as a business hub caught in the middle of the dispute between mainland china and the united states a small exporters like this watch manufacturer from the end of next month hong kong exports destined for the united states would have to show they were instead made in china a largely symbolic move but critics say still

a setback for hong kong's identity i was pretty angry of the so on i mean it's all very disappointing because. i spend my last 4 to 6 years trying to create a brand of. bring to the world what i believe is the quality side of it in hong kong president donald trump says he's ending his country's special trading relationship with hong kong retaliate for a sweeping national security law that china's government imposed on the city more than 6 weeks ago on thursday trump warned that hong kong's days as a global financial center were finished because of china well this is a snapshot of an economy that was already in trouble before covert 19 or worsening sino u.s. relations and what worries people here is that the u.s. strategy seems to be that to hurt china you have to hurt hong kong and that's not acceptable says the city's comma secretary as

a deliberate attempt to sort of undermine hong kong separate custom territory which is a very important purpose for hong kong as an international trading center yet some people here say the u.s. action is justified because few other countries are prepared to stand up to china's ruling communist party the same way we wish that the world can know all on c.c.p. is an evil party and we also want them to hear on both boys a hotel that. the reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they are intervening in hong kong's internal affairs if u.s. is not sanctioning china who else is going to do so china's leaders are accused of putting hong kong's freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this city's economy adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. now japan the emperor has expressed deep remorse for his country's wartime past its

marking 75 here since it surrendered to allied forces in effect ending world war 2 and he hopes the tragedy will never be repeated but there was no apology from prime minister shinzo who is thanks to the war's dead for their sacrifices here voided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which is cause division between japan china and south korea well aren't richardson is an expert on the region she says prime minister has changed japan's security policy. japan has made a lot of apology both of paid reparations and normalize their relations with many of the countries that they did have conflicts places there are still some ongoing issues some of the victims especially in china and south korea the countries that bore the brunt of japanese imperialism still pursuing their own forms of justice look what a long time the conservative party and the ruling liberal democratic party has been

pursuing mullally way in it's the fence and security policy a lot of officials believe that that peace constitution is quite outdated because it was signed in the context it was kind of enforced upon japan by the occupying u.s. forces and. it was sort of enacted in the context of the immediate post-war when the u.s. was to develop tries to plan but now that. almost immediately after that the cold war broke out and the u.s. and japan signed an alliance so almost even by that stage the peace constitution was sort of hitting at a kind of expiring day and certainly prime minister abbott has made that the. primary objective is to change that piece constitution then you haven't managed to change it it's very difficult process that i think he has political legacy will be that he has changed the status quo of japan security policy by finding ways to work

around. well the u.k. is also commemorating the end of world war 2 ceremonies have been held to mark the 75th anniversary of victory over japan day. your service and your sacrifice. through the ages prince charles paid tribute to the 10s of thousands of british and commonwealth troops who died during the 6 year military campaign in the asia pacific region the war in europe had ended 3 months early and maine 1945 following the surrender of nazi germany. india has seen another record in daily corona virus infections it's confirmed more than $65000.00 cases despite that the prime minister praised the country's handling of the outbreak around remote he said almost $1.00 trillion dollars would be injected into infrastructure projects to boost the economy he made the announcement during a ceremony celebrating india's independence day which marks the end of british

colonial. coronas a big crisis but it's not so big that it can stop the victory join yourself from mind india today it is our priority to take the lives of people the economy out of the fix of coronas soonest possible to cure old b. of the national infrastructure pipeline project we will spin moving $1.00 trillion us dollars. hello again this is alistair and these are the headlines the president of better is out xander is resisting calls to step down as thousands rally again and minsk demanding finish will change a funeral was held for a man killed during the days of unrest following the disputed presidential election steadfast and has been amongst the protesters. lots of people were paying respects very emotional scenes many people crying bringing flowers whole families there with

small children as well and when the crowds were swelling throughout the day until maybe 10000 it's very difficult to say they were also screaming and shouting for the shankar to step down they say he is not are legit that the president i mean longer startline a guy is. iran will be able to start buying conventional weapons again in october after the u.n. security council overwhelmingly rejected washington's bid to indefinitely extend an arms embargo on terror on iran's president hassan rouhani says the humiliation defeat for the united states the u.s. secretary of state called it a serious mistake the united nations has launched a $565000000.00 aid appeal to help with port explosion recovery efforts in beirut lebanon was already under severe economic strain before the blast russia says it's begun manufacturing its new vaccine for 19 and an initial batches will be rolled

out within 2 weeks doctors will be the fast to be immunized before the general public british tourists have been scrambling to return home after the u.k. imposed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming from the netherlands a multi and fronts that measure was introduced after the 3 countries report reported a surge in corona virus infections the u.s. postal service is warning that millions of mail in ballots cast for november's presidential election may not arrive in time to be counted but the postmaster general is a supporter of president trump and has warned of such things. the japanese emperor has expressed deep remorse over his country's wartime past on the 75th anniversary of the surrender at the end of world war 2 but there was no apology from the prime minister the next stop it's the bottom line. the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure for nandan to turn its back on beijing in the u.k. it's finding itself corpse between 2 superpowers with details coverage israel's missed

opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to talk a little bit from around the world human rights groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentina's security forces. 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 they're.