who gives. 6. black or white. 0. batteries for more mass protests amid reports a top diplomat is now backing the movement for political change. hello there oracle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. plea the u.n. also for more money for lebanon we're live in beirut where volunteers a stepping in to help those in the. u.s. postal service is accused of trying to undermine upcoming elections as president told trump pushes to block mail in voting.

and trying to keep a dying language alive we meet a kenyan tribe that has just run full of traditional speakers last. valorous is opposition is preparing for what it says will be the largest peaceful march in the country's history as it tries to push out the president there are reports a high level diplomat has become the 1st government official to declare his support for the protests as a video has emerged of the bellary. saying he stands in solidarity with those who have taken to the streets less chenier added the country's future should be decided by people from every sector of society. well organizers of sunday calling on families and workers from every sector including the military to come out and

demand that president alexander lukashenko step down. russia's president has agreed to help to ensure the security of belarus and reports from minsk. euphoria instead of fear on the streets of minsk after security forces stayed away from large rallies which right around the capital in the past 2 days was a. former military man came out to denounce the violence used by security forces in the past week where. i have come to show that your army in reality is with a nation it always has been a 1000 tell the minute of silence at a metro station where 34 year old alex. was killed during protests last monday the memorial house new slee with the funeral quickly turned into a mass rally. i understand i could have been detained and beaten or dead like this one i consider the president of belarus to kind of. is an illegitimate

president this president must be judged he should get the strongest sentence possible women carry photos of injured detainees who were beaten and tortured by riot police during protests it could be your son his banner reads motions 4 have been running high here in this crowd anger frustration but also fear and sadness in . the state. because of police violence. with protests and strikes spreading around the country president look i shankar called flight emir put in asking for help in a significant turnaround employees of state television networks joint in as well. in the show which i just want to say defending bill. bruce is no less important than defending this whole zone of our allies to set an example for the rest. don't

stand strong the wave will go on that way. but analysts don't expect put in to go out of his way to help look at shanker to remain in power the question is desperate for allies he's relationship with is a really quite badly shaped at the some people say that look africa has a bit the. touch of reality that he's a learned to both of the east and the west so now he is desperate a put in this is lost hope a but put in hospital acted in a way a signal that he is quoting to rescue will question cut any cost so far a possible russian intervention is not in the minds of these protesting by the russians who are increasingly dominating the country streets their immediate concern is to get rid of luka shanker and to have free and fair elections step pass and al-jazeera meant his present donald trump as defending the man he appointed as

postmaster general despite accusations he's trying to sabotage the system head of november's election the postal service has warned that millions of mail in votes may not arrive in time to be counted mike hanna reports. protesters gathered outside the new postmaster general steve c. home. to joy was a prominent republican fundraiser and those here in so steve's effectively assisting president trump in what amounts to voter suppression former president barack obama in rare public criticism accuse the president off and i quote me capping the postal service for political gain. detroit has slashed overtime fired or reassigned key management figures and ordered the decommissioning of 10 percent of mail sorting machines the department's inspector general has confirmed to

congress that an investigation into problems in the postal service is under way but president trump has only praise for his appointee making reference to his own campaign slogan yes he's a fantastic man he wants to he wants to make the post office great again you ever hear the expression he wants to make the post office great again. and the president repeated his absolute opposition to mail the info you are going to have. a catastrophic situation with universal mail in votes and on top of it the democrats aren't willing to give the people the money and the post office the money polls indicate that more democrats and republicans are likely to vote by mail vote ironically president trump himself will be costing an absentee vote in an upcoming primary in florida the difference between an absentee vote and a mail in ballot is largely procedural in the form of voters' request permission to

vote by mail but in the 2nd case voters need no approval and simply post in their vote in all cases the vote is mailed it's difficult to see why the president sees one process as acceptable and the other as fraudulent. concern about the impact of failures in the u.s. postal service on the election is becoming an increasingly bipartisan issue we could see a dramatic increase in the volume of mail of people returning their ballots which we would absolutely determine has to be done in a timely fashion so here ruins vote is counted there's no doubt that the postal service has a long term financial challenge and those who need to be dealt with but now it's not the time to be cutting back services sitting in congress is the democratic party coronavirus relief bill that includes

a $25000000000.00 injection into the postal service a bull where president trump insists he will not accept in its current form mike hanna al-jazeera washington bruce fein is a lawyer and former associate deputy attorney general under president ronald reagan he says the president is trying to whip up controversy on an issue he has no control over. clearly political gain president trump has no authority 0 under the constitution neither does congress to prevent a state from deciding to accept mail in ballots electing electors for the president so he can say what he wants he's powerless to do anything about it this is a state law issue it's been that way for 230 years now it may well be he's just trying to create atmosphere to suggest that if the states go ahead and do this his supporters should be skeptical of accepting the outcome if you want to challenge

the outcome but even then he's powerless really to influence those ultimate decisions as which votes are valid or not and the only test case we really had when you had more than one slate of electors claiming that they were authorized to vote it was decided by congress this is 876 they've created a commission that decided whether or not one slate or another should be accepted so even when it comes to determining whether or not the fraud that mr trump alleges is proven or not it's outside of his hands it's in cook the hands of congress south africa or is it easing coronavirus restrictions off to confirming a drop in the number of new infections it's moving to a lower level to which means that a move fairly or limits on economic activity a month long ban on cigarette sales and alcohol will also be lifted and people will be allowed to travel between provinces. the move to level 2 means that we can

remove nearly all of the instructions on the resumption of economic activity across most industries. economic activity would be allowed with the necessary and appropriate stringent health protocols and safety precautions in place. a japanese ship that ran into a coral reef off the coast of russia has split apart spilling more oil into the sea take years apologize and offer to pay for damages as more about money reports environmentalist's fire the spill will do damage to the local wildlife. the water flooding in oil to get out. the japanese own vessel and the rock a share has space apart and the oil is there spreading along the pristine coastline of eastern russia says. the ball carrier ran into a reef a point does need 3 weeks ago a 1000 tons of oil spilled into the ocean presenting

a huge danger to marine wildlife some unique to the country the area both colorful reefs mangrove forests protected wetlands and pristine beaches and environmental emergency was declared last week we are facing another threat of another 50 tons of fuel against being in the logo and in the long term we're also looking at the in the longer term impacts of toxic elements containing the ship like the batteries toxic paints and other elements counting the ship which we see been to see and contaminate further will go so the damage of the work actually is not a short term damage it's a very long term damage the japanese ship it company has issued an apology on its website saying it's willing to pay compensation for damages to japan after front responded to calls for assistance joining thousands of local volunteers who are bracing at the clock to protect the wildlife and some have got creative. using

booms made from human hair and husks from sugarcane to soak up as much of the oil and sludge as possible the island of 1300000 people relies heavily on tourism many are angry the government did not act quickly enough it blamed bad weather for the slow response and is investigating why the ship came so close to the shore it was supposed to say at least 16 kilometers away. many now fear the spill could impact the local economy for decades and do irreversible damage to the wildlife. the. still ahead on mountains there are. in bangkok where protesters are preparing to escalate their campaign to try to force the government out and reform the highest institution in thailand's. feeling the strain argentinians question the effectiveness of their coronavirus long as the rates of infection continue to climb.

but. i know that plenty of warm sunshine across most southern areas of europe central regions are all the more unsettled plenty of cloud across the central and southern regions of the u.k. but to the north and it just it clear sunny skies and still fairly warm as well this highland cooling off the water there i have had some thunderstorms up into scotland it's left plenty of mud like this so this white lived in making the most of it to cool off and then of course shake off all of that very muddy water not northern sections of germany it's fine it's dry and warm plenty of people out enjoying this particular beach lots of really good social distancing going on there plenty more sunshine as a go through sunday not so out across the west that rain really pushing in across france northern areas really across the low countries and then through monday it extends really quite rapidly across much of the u.k.

and that with line of rain as well at the same time pushing across into germany and trading down into northern areas of clay but for the next few days in berlin so much is coming down steadily but really not see about a toll still close to the average for this time of year rather more unsettled in london the temperatures though again not too bad about $23.00 degrees that some heavy rain on monday turning a light of i choose day a cloudy day for the middle of the week and then in paris we have got the threat of scattered showers and thunderstorms for the next couple of days wednesday should be dry but a fairly cloudy day nonetheless. frank assessments seeing back in yemen. like it didn't suit this it's an informed opinion which is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown in many parts of the old immediate region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after the use of proxy does not

the recent big interest of the libyan people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. are again you're watching out of there has reminder of our top stories this hour the opposition in better routes is promising the largest peaceful march in the country's history this comes amid reports the country's ambassador 3rd back here has become the 1st government official to back the protests. yes president donald trump is defending the man he appointed as the head of the u.s. postal service despite accusations he's trying to sabotage the system headed november's election states have been warned that millions of mail in votes may not

arrive in time to be counted. and the japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef immerses last month has some parts pulling more oil into the sea turkey has apologized and offered to pay for damages. israeli police have removed demonstrators demanding the prime minister's resignation thousands rallied outside benjamin netanyahu his official residence on saturday night protests have been taking place for weeks against his handling of the coronavirus emergency and his corruption trial another large rally is set to begin in thailand as protesters continue their push to remove the government and reform the monarchy the mainly student led demonstrations are calling for significant changes to the royal family's role in society which is considered a taboo subject in thailand where in his report contains some flash photography

there's a new generation of protesters in thailand and they're daring to go with few others have at times they have been gathering in the thousands and speaking about an issue that supposed to be off limits. i just want to say that to speak out about the marquis something that we can do the real family is protected by laws designed to prevent criticism but these protesters who are mainly students say they won't stay silent anymore along with calling for elections and a new constitution have announced a set of demands to reform the monarchy and reduce its political power the student who announced the demands on stage is wanted by police but if it had all that i have mixed feelings i'm glad that i've started a conversation i think that i'm playing a crucial role in this movement but at the same time i feel bad because we've been suppressed for far too long and many people have been too afraid to speak up so far protests by royalist groups have been small but given the strong language from the students they could grow in the meantime they're choosing to lay complaints with

police but people have the right to protest but you have to do it correctly you have to follow the rules and the laws are not criticized the monarchy. that criticism and questioning the role of the royal family has increased since the death in 2016 of king jr day who reigned for 70 years his son long corn spends most of his time in europe but has strengthened his position amending the constitution and taking full control of palace assets since 932 thailand has been a constitutional monarchy and the king as head of state is supposed to have limited power but in reality he is the ultimate political power and that's what the protesters say they want to change they're not looking for an overthrow of the monarchy but an overhaul of the system for gathering peacefully and calling for that the protesters are risking their freedom. or the american bar if i'm arrested i will ask for bail because that would prevent me from talking about politics i'd

rather spend a few years in prison and come out swinging thailand has a history of political upheaval and violence and given the unprecedented nature of these protests more could be on the way when hey al jazeera bangkok the united nations says as $200000000.00 short of donations to help lebanon repair catastrophic damage to beirut port the lebanese are counting on international aid to rebuild many made homeless by the huge explosion of relying on volunteers charities and friends president michel aoun says all aid will go to people who need it and workers in lebanon say they're trying to ensure that donations are distributed properly. and immediate needs are really covering very specific sectors the 1st one is about it occasion because we don't want to undermine the future of human and children they really need to go back to school and to get all the psychological support food security and obviously we don't want to have any

interruption in terms of food in terms of i believe military of the wheat or in flour but also to make sure that we start belies activity that nationally grain supply. decker joins us live now from beirut as that there's a desperate need for humanitarian assistance would help people guessing. i think one of the amazing things when it comes to tragedies is how people come together we're actually in a restaurant a bar restaurant which is functioning and open up what they're doing is giving up morning time in their kitchen will take you into the kitchen where the chef has been cooking through their cooking around 500 meals every day to be distributed among those who need it most and this is just one example so they're making hot foods they're also making sandwiches because as you were mentioning there around 300000 people have been made homeless 70000 homes destroyed and if you look at before the tragedy you even had the issue of the economy here people don't have

money in the lebanese town to devalued by 80 percent what this means is that people can't afford to buy food they can't afford to fix their houses so these initiatives are crucial and it really is the community we're just you know it's very small question we're just going to have a give back and 1000000000 are gassed. and it's this is a lifeline because the government has been notably absent when it comes to any form of aid of help on the ground it's volunteers it's young it's old people you know cooking or giving money or also plastics a lot of the plastics because so much gloss was blown out of all the windows pretty much across the city so you have volunteers putting plastic up carport and to protect you know flats homes are going to bring in to kohn now who is the he's the manager of young restaurant so tell me a little bit about why you are doing this incredibly initiative. when you need someone to help the people who look there are those with their teacher. volunteers

people who are going to go do they need. to go to somebody who can keep standing who are grieving almost every day far from to be in the. it's the budget in the form of the computer 101 for a few years of the budget that you mean for people who doesn't or what i'm getting . and little bit about your from beirut how do you feel about what's happened when you look at your city in the state that it's in now your 1st up or risk of all. along that she was forced into doing anything close or similar what. i believe her because from the point. if you don't. think that. or is providing means. and if you look at the bigger picture reconstruction people who need help food water are rebuilding the city i mean how much money is going to be needed. if it's. going. to go

with disaster. for the. towns ever built is it going to be. very difficult. as you see them all realize that everyone who lives and they want to spend it together is hoping to have each other any way or another and i've received at least communion with julia very very nice i'm very nice i'm sure from all the people that are trying to make the best for me. thank you so this is just one example of as we said you know what's incredible is to see how the city in the people have come together to help each other when it comes to you know the 1st basic items now which is feeding providing water and fixing shelters there is a long road ahead here in or out when it comes to rebuilding the city it is devastated billions of dollars are needed a lot of aid is dependent on conditions of reforms are going to be very difficult these are difficult difficult times for lebanon stephanie deca live for us from

beirut thanks very much stephanie. equitorial guinea's government has resigned in the wake of a defining economic crisis triggered by the pandemic president. criticize the prime minister and his cabinet for failing to fulfill policy objectives also dissolve the cabinet back in 2018 a new government is expected to be revealed in the coming days. president donald trump has vowed to trigger a controversial move known as a snap back to reimpose u.n. sanctions on iran declaration comes a day after the u.n. security council rejected a u.s. resolution to extend a rainy and arms embargo has also cast doubt on whether he would join russia's call for a summit of world leaders to defuse tensions people in argentina have now been in lockdown for 150 days yet the country has one of the highest rates of new covert 19 infections in the world and that is leading many to question how effective the

shutdown actually is a report from one of the areas. it doesn't look much like a quarantine these residents of one osiris enjoying the glorious winter sunshine and escaping one of the world's longest lock downs since march their movements of him restricted of the essential business is have remained open and schools have been closed it seems to be working but they're going to need and i say to avoid contagion people can't sit on the grass at the benches they can enjoy the public spaces with a mask on and always respecting other people's distance. covered 19 infections are now surging more than 6000 new cases reported on friday alone in manhattan from the world is the truth is the only medicine we have is to limit as far as possible the circulation in the meeting of people. the president blames the setbacks on those who don't respect the rules he has extended the lockdown until the end of august.

because the number of infections is rising and the already struggling economy is feeling the strain chimes are increasingly questioning the effectiveness of the restrictions on. the current teen was used as the only measure it was not accompanied as it could have been done by a strategy of early detection isolation and blocking of bricks that was a big mistake that we're paying for today. many are simply bored staying indoors for straighted that when they are allowed out there's nowhere to go yes i mean if you see that it's very difficult since it affects every aspect of life the social the human the economic and some of the health measures are too much. there are many things we can't do a lot of customs but it's what we've got to come to terms with and we have to let those who make the decisions get on with it. a study released this week by the university of one osiris also found that the consumption of alcohol or medication

for stress during the pandemic has increased dramatically the author it is of found that for the lock down measures to work effectively they need the support of the majority of the population easier while the figures alone but more difficult to impose is the infection rates rise and more and more people decide to leave their homes. there are 201 osiris the un agency is warning that as many as 200 languages spoken in africa may disappear within the next century one of them is your content it's already crossed a fide extinct but is still spoken by a few in kenya while the web went to dull dull to meet some of the last surviving speakers. what about the autobots or about the autobots where there are fewer than 10 people in the world who can speak the acronym the language. to reduce i.q. use one of them he doesn't know exactly how old he is but when we met him before

the global pandemic all of the remaining speakers were over 70. now we're moving along with it as does the imminent with. the language of the yard an ethnic group of about 4000 people most now speak other languages they live in the hills of central kenya near the town of dull dull this nearby building used to be a center for yahoo culture and language it was built about 20 years ago with charitable donations people used to sit around the fire here and sing songs about 7 years ago it was abandoned during a conflict between some group and messiah a neighboring ethnic group both more populous and both with their own language still in use so the cultural artifacts and books that were kept inside were taken

away and put in storage and the gathering stopped but about the arc of people used to be hunter gatherers living in a nearby forest to read you now heard livestock instead. the massai a larger ethnic group of herders moved into the area about a 100 years ago these people realized if we embrace masai we. turn to transact easily with these people we can own the cattle and the coral became with the language the rest of to reduce family don't know how to speak. they speak the messiah language my home his daughter when i speak swahili with her friends. i would like 10 to speak at school she can learn it at home because i don't know it if she learned in school then she can teach us. but one school so that we can see it's mostly english it's been the language of education and business in

kenya ever since british colonise ation and it was white british settlers who displaced the messiah into the ark is homeland. this traditional yaku song about living in caves and hunting in the forests. it's a way of life that's long gone. and soon the language and the culture and identity that come with it gone to. malcolm webb al-jazeera dog kenya. 'd the with al-jazeera these are our top stories about his opposition is promising the largest peaceful march in the country's history a new day of rallies comes amid reports the country's ambassador to back has begun the 1st government official to back the protests u.s. president donald trump is defending the man he appointed as the head of the u.s.

postal service despite accusations he's trying to sabotage the system ahead of this election states have been warned that millions of votes may not arrive in time to be counted. south africa is beginning to lift restrictions after confirming a drop in the rate of new coronavirus cases the country is moving to alert level 2 which removes nearly all limits on economic activity and people will be allowed to travel between provinces. the move to level 2 means that we can remove nearly all of the restrictions on the resumption of economic activity across most industries. because only kitty beauty will be allowed with the necessary and appropriate stringent health protocols and safety precautions in place a japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef and marshes last month as part spilling oil into the sea to caves

apologized and offered to pay for damages. the united nations and lebanon says it's still almost $200000000.00 short of donations to help cover the immediate aftermath of the beirut explosion people are counting on volunteers and charities for help and immediate needs are really covering very specific sectors the 1st one is about it occasion because we don't want to undermine the future of human and the children they really need to go back to school and to get all the psychological support food security and obviously we don't want to have any interruption in terms of food in terms of availability of their wheat or of flour but also to make sure that we start the lies are actually that nationally grain supply those are your headlines are we back with more news on al-jazeera after inside story. on counting the cost how powerful banking and political clout is destroyed lebanon's economy controversy about trump's troy's to oversee latin america's recovery from the i'm demi company

awarded billions for a gas plant that wasn't even good. counting the cost on al-jazeera. the people versus the president anger grows in belarus against the disputed election alexander lukashenko so will these protests topple his 26 years this is a story. hello and welcome to the program on iran cohen protests already in by the roots president alexander lukashenko has maintained a tight grip on power since 1900 full silencing nearly all forms of dissent but his controversial.