you weekly take on us politics and society on al-jazeera. 0. hello there i'm the star and this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes wrestling for the future of bella reese a rally in support of the president has just begun after crowds were passed into the capitol but about a russian ambassador has become the 1st senior government official to back the protesters who are calling for alexander to rob believe. a new supermarket chain opens in venezuela paid for by iran wants behind the iranian push into territory so

far from home. and trying to keep a dying language alive we need a kenyan tribe that has just a handful of traditional speak it so that i'm going to go with the sports as leon complete the semifinal lineup in the champions league they knocked out manchester city to set up a showdown with favorites fine. but the struggle for the future political direction a better recent may be coming to a head opposition protesters are due to begin a march for freedom in the capital minsk and just a little over an hour they say it will be the biggest ever but right now thousands are already packing into a central square in support of president alexander lukashenko many of them have been brought in from outside minsk convoys of buses seen entering from other towns and cities. over the past few hours as they were traveling in

a better russian diplomat became the fastest senior government official to officially backed the opposition protests ambassador to slovakia. says he's shocked by the stories of the torture and beatings of protesters who came out last week over the disputed presidential election. i stand in solidarity with those who have taken to the streets of cities with peaceful marches with the voices could be heard . i sincerely hope that the future of my country will be based on the conditions of all sectors of society and representatives of various political forces. have suffered for this right while our correspondents have fastened is in minsk for us a step out that pro-government protesters to how diverse is that crowd. thousands of people are now streaming into the independence square the same square

where just 2 days ago thousands of opposition supporters were demonstrating asking for the. steps down so now this is a very different atmosphere here lots of buses trucks truck parked here but people have been brought in with trains as well it's kind of a subdued atmosphere i would say there's no my church cheering going on there are people carrying national slack. people seem to be just standing around a bit a bit confused and there are some reports that the president himself is going to speak. well step we're also expecting another day of and the protests today i believe they're due to kick off in just about an hour or so they really don't show any sign of abating are we expecting the crowds out again. yes we do and this was supposed to be the largest a rally so far of the opposition has announced and they were also planning to come

to this independence square where we are now they have at the last minute change that plan because of everyone of course is very worried about a possible. provocations between the 2 groups and that could lead to of course a very dangerously escalating situation here in belarus where many people are kind of worried about indeed and stepped the better russian ambassador to survive here voicing his support for the anti-government protests could others follow suit are we seeing some serious cracks now appearing in the leadership here. but this is definitely significant he is the most senior diplomat. he was the last one basically who has still served in the soviet union he is comparing. acts of police earlier in the week with the acts of stalin even the violence that's been used so he's completely condemning it and make it very clear that he is on the side of the opposition and also on the side of the strikers of these workers who have

been striking in factories as well so this is definitely a significant sign that there are serious cracks appearing in look at him we have to wait and see how many people or if people are going to follow step fasten our correspondent on the ground for us in the better russian capital ments where we bring you all the latest from there throughout the day thanks very much step for now let's bring in alexander alexander chopped off he's in london he's a political analyst who covers batteries for i attest market alex we've been watching these extraordinary proud and minsk under tad by the government's response so far do you think this is a turning point for the country i think definitely this is unprecedented political mobilization and by the roots in in the years of its independent history we haven't witnessed anything of this so what's in the past nearly 30 years so obviously the events show significant changes happening in the society but whether they will be

sufficient to change the leadership at the top is yet to be seen our correspondent step you just heard from over the last few days as i've been talking to her she's been describing how the police have largely been absent over the last few days of demonstrations some of them even joining in is lucas' hankers support waning within the groups that he needs to maintain what's going on now behind the scenes. i think the police is is acting you know with no forceful response right now because it is the government tactic to do so most probably look at sion case playing the game off a bad call good cop trying to stay in power i think the intention of the other recent later ship is still to attempts to stay in power and notes to give up so it doesn't mean that the violence would not necessarily you know is over and it's mine to actually come. well ysaye that he wants to stand how he's

been on the phone to moscow satiny to ask for support but it does seem that there's division sending caution within the kremlin on how to approach this i think there is because of obviously russia is that political and military ally of belarus and russia obligations within this alliance have of these obligations are limited to external threats so sending russian forces into by the roots would be only legal from the you know from the perspective of international law only if there is an external threats about the roof such as invasion by other 3rd parties which is obviously extremely likely. what we see now the key threats to the current governments to the current administration of location comes from the grassroots movements from the city society in civil society and by the roots and this is not covered by those alliances which means cars with muskets so also what

then moscow has options and what might moscow want from minsk in order to prop up your gas tank his regime now. i think that the kremlin is watching to see the direction of the events on the ground in both the roost and if they think that it's a very you know they need to keep power i think they will use in various methods primarily diplomatic economic and political i still skeptical that you know a russian invasion is is likely in brothers. but they are probably also calculating other options and whether a change at the top in belarus could be also an option they can work with so well it is sometimes described as europe's last dictator and there have been protests and batteries in the past which were quite when i was saying this resignation from

the ambassadors have archaea do you think others could follow suit is this time different. i think we are starting to see some cracks in the system in terms of the of you know loyalty off officials and of the police and security forces being tested at the moment we only see individual cases of people actually showing their solidarity with the protesters and largely the elites are still supporting look at shanta but again it might change if specially if the peaceful and nonviolent protest activity continuous particularly in the in the in the shape of labor strikes which will have an economic effect alex culture of that political risk analyst i attest markets thank you so much for joining us on out of there great to get your insights alex

thank you. well u.s. president donald trump is defending the man that he appointed as postmaster general despite accusations he's trying to sabotage the system ahead of november's election the postal service has been warning that millions of mail in votes may not arrive in time to be counted mike hanna has the story. 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 focus suppression former president barack obama in rear 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 of his 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 in vote you're 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 were absolutely determined 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 a 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 well bruce fein is a lawyer and a former associate deputy attorney general under president ronald reagan he says that the current 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 an atmosphere 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. there is plenty more ahead on this news hour including a shortage of funds built here how much more money lebanon needs to repair the explosion damage. beaches coated with oil and riches we'll have the latest on the imagines he plans to sink the stricken japanese ship. and in sport with joe we've got basketball action as portland plays their way into the n.b.a. playoffs.

protesters are back on the streets of thailand's capital calling for political reform hundreds have taken part in the latest protests to demand reform to the political system and the monarchy student led groups have been demonstrating for the past month when haye is at a protest in bangkok. this is the largest rally that we've seen so far thousands of anti-government protesters coming here to the heart of the capital city bangkok to continue their campaign to try to force the government out they want parliament dissolve they want to new election they want the military draft the constitution to be rewritten and they also have called for reform of the monarchy that is a very dangerous and sense sensitive subject in thailand because the monarchy is protected by very strict laws designed to prevent criticism and defamation of the royal family violating those laws can lead to long jail terms we're seeing

a very diverse crowd this time the rallies over the last few weeks have been led mainly by university students and they still very much form the core of this protest but we're seeing many other sections of thai society represented here a lot of older people and also perhaps worryingly for the governments we're seeing members of the ridge protest movement that's a group that we saw on the streets in huge numbers back in 2010 staging very long anti-government protests on the streets of the capital city that ultimately led to a violent military crackdown. as wayne was saying protesters are demanding improvements to their lives many hopes that last year's election the 1st since the military coup 6 years ago would restore democracy but the new parliament chose private chano chum the military leader who led that crew to carry on as prime minister the opposition accuse the military of rigging that voters in an earlier this year the high court disbanded the opposition future forward party accusing it of violation and election law by accepting alone the party controlled

a 3rd of parliamentary seats thousands of thais protested it's also not the only party that's been dissolved in recent she is rights groups say the government has cracked down on dissent using physical violence intimidation and spying on critics well let's now bring in province on an associate professor of type politics at the center of the southeast asian studies at kyoto university have been thank you for being with us the protesters that we are now seeing on the streets demanding change not only in the government but also in the monarchy and that can be dangerous business in thailand and a human rights organizations have documented some very violent consequences for activists that have done that in the past what do you think has pushed them to want to take these risks now. well i think since the official coronation we have seen the expansion of political power of the current team on this also coincided with the current corporate situation i deemed

a students most of them felt that they have been let down by them or not you know in terms of paying attention to the economic hardship of the people at the same time we also see you know who have now living long term in germany enjoying his life without you know once again caring for his people so i think these prescriptions sort of at it are at this point in time that's why we have seen them you know proportioning a reform for them or not this is not the 1st time but i must say this time is very serious equal be a turning point for thai politics and it's also been very much student led i've seen and over the course of the protests we've seen a number of references to teen literature in pop culture can you talk us through the strategies that some of these young demonstrators are using here were definitely emerged i mean something emerging out of context we have seen as you said you didn't let young activists most of them best sickly 1st time boarders 'd

as well so or we could see clearly the disconnect disconnection between quick a party and student us where we could say that they are basically genuinely in support of democracy without any political party backing them up they have a lot of strategies they use you know the social media mob promoting their campaign they come up with you know artworks new way of protest they are so daring you know making bad nurse wish you know compare. this new language even would say when we come to criticizing the one i have not seen anything like that before haven't you mentioned curve it earlier and i'm curious as to how this pandemic has played into things talented seem to manage the infection fairly effectively but it has also decimated the very important tourist industry for thailand you mentioned economic pressures is that do you think the main driver of what we're saying now well i think it's part of the problem i would say is the main problem as you said the

government has dealt with whole wheat rather will but beneath that you also see the opportunity that the cop would use in using coal week to silence critics up to government and also a critique of the war not just like any artist society right now when local we test me exploited for political reasons and at the end because of that you know that also had happened with the whole situation as well that become a part of the problem that a student has called for reform so what we were talking about some of the political parties that have been dissolved earlier and one of them is the one that nominated the king sr i believe as its prime ministerial candidate for the elections last year what's become of her now and just how organized is the opposition. i guess the day they keep being and watch for are on the situation i think they are put in awkward situation for there to come out to support the student debt could be blamed for supporting and the middle east element knowing that this building now become

the one that he for them not doing anything at all they would also be condemned for not helping out the still down right so as for the looking older sister i think she has come out in in recent weeks and days. basically supporting this weekend but not being more than that i think right now just didn't have a lead you know even moving forward their protest we all hope that political part the specially opposition party would take the pseudonym on and put it back in the public in the poem and reprocess well as you say a potential turning point here for thailand will be watching very closely here on out as there haven't touch on pumpin from cheers or university thanks so much for sharing your thoughts here on al-jazeera now the japanese ship that ran into a coral reef off the coast of mauritius last month has now broken up bad weather is reported to be hampering plans to tow part of that wreckage out to sea for sinking

in deep water the ball carrier fleet fuel oil into a marine reserve and also on to beaches that are popular with tourists or about nanny reports sea water flooding in oil using out the japanese owned vessel and the rock a share has split apart and the oil is there spreading along the pristine coastline of eastern rishis the ball carrier run into a reef or printers the 3 weeks ago a 1000 tons of oil spilled into the ocean presenting a huge danger to really wildlife some unique to the country the area boosts colorful reefs mangrove forests protected wetlands and pristine beaches. an environmental emergency was declared last week we are facing another threat of an over 50 tons of fuel against building in the logo and in the long term we're also looking at the in the longer term impact of toxic elements containing the ship like

the batteries toxic paints and other elements going to the ship which we see been to see and contaminate further. so the damage of the work actually is not a short term damage it's a very long term damage the japanese ship big company has issued an apology on its website saying it's willing to pay compensation for damages japan and other france responded to calls for assistance joining thousands of local volunteers who are bracing the clock to protect the wildlife and some have got creative. using boobs 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 this vest casing why the ship came so close to the shore it was supposed to stay at least 16 kilometers away many there fear the spill could

impact the local economy for decades and do irreversible damage to the local wildlife nervous about the al-jazeera now a baby whale has been freed from an anti shark net off the east coast of australia rescue teams took about 4 hours to release the calf was trapped. well sightings are being recorded almost daily as they complete their migration there to a 59 whales caught and shark nets in the past 15 years of diet. firefighters in california are struggling to contain a huge wildfire near the border with nevada high temperatures making their job even more hazardous with crews narrowly escaping the blaze on a highway near reno the national weather service is warning of fire tornadoes near los angeles 3 other wildfires are also burning destroying buildings and causing about curation order is. well let's get some more weather that rob i think it is a change of season finally do it out in california couldn't they because we don't

get around the high summer to what seems like an early winter to be honest if you look at a year of the swirl of cloud here out of the bay of biscay and that has been advancing cloud and rain through 1st british isles in france is going to keep moving eastwards that is a rapid change because we were in the thirty's what less than a week ago in the british isles but it ended up with rain which cause flooding this is is the sasco surviving for example and now it's spread across the whole of the british isles this is the forecast well for the rest is day to be honest still particular culture moves but the non shore breeze is only 15 edinburgh that's not so good this $24.00 in london it's not exactly ideal for what is a continuing or maybe just started cricket season to test cricket south 100 not to going on for calls for london is not particularly when it's one nor is it outside the ordinary import of your temperatures but is a big change what it was that there is still hot weather around in eastern europe for example the baltic shore of germany we've got 30 degrees celsius people are

enjoying the sunshine well make the most of it because although much of eastern europe and the central med is still pretty well we could even say hot out and they don't necessarily last what it is 70 last even in minsk for example we go from 29 to 24 by choose day as what he's creepy kind of rain gets there that this is it it's the expansion of the low you saw in the bay of biscay it's all moving slowly east germany through eastern europe leaving was suggested maybe only the fast science is reliable would be late summer sunshine so if you want some reliable sunshine was a good place to go in sicily enjoy it thank you and i'm sure have. still ahead for you here on al-jazeera 150 days of lockdown and counting argentines question the effectiveness as the infection rate their clients but also hear why the entire government and that could oil gainey has quit. miss south korean golfer is on target for a winning return on the p.g.a.

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in a new documentary all just 0 explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data data live on al-jazeera. hello again i'm the south let's remind you of our top stories here this hour thousands of people have gathered in bellary says capital for a pro-government rally that comes amid increasing pressure on president alexander you can send up a top diplomat has become the 1st government official tobacco opposition protesters demanding political change. us president donald trump is defending the man that he

appointed as postmaster general despite accusations he's trying to sabotage the system ahead of november's election the u.s. postal service has warned that millions of mail invites may not arrive in time to be counted. and anti-government protesters in thailand are rallying in the capital bangkok calling for political change there they're demanding an overhaul of the government and a rewrite of the constitution. now a new iranian supermarket chain has opened in venezuela's capital it's the latest symbol of the growing political and economic alliance between tehran and caracas and also a sign of defiance against u.s. sanctions our correspondents in yemen reports. in the remaining tractor enhances the entrance of the guy sees this spanking new mega supermarket in caracas is certainly. located on the edge of caracas his largest on the country's 1st ever iranian supermarket offers products such as garlic shampoo and sweets flavored with

date syrup all exotic items have been israel in slick and liquid and chill and his wife a little bit it's the 1st time of come it's spacious and has a wide variety of products it's a bit more expensive but i guess it's because almost everything is imported. to make gussie's supermarket chain says it's a private company in that is willing to do business. but the only person authorized to speak to us on its behalf was the 1st secretary of the uni me an embassy who seems well versed on the subject but and their mother. was one of the best sellers right now because of the pandemic is a vegetable based on the septic hand made from sweet beetroot also toilet paper napkins detergents and liquid soap also the typical things like past and rice has. been israel has close ties with iran date back to former president although chavis but under current president nicholas my little the 2 opec members have become even

closer as both faced tough u.s. economic and political sanctions in maine a fiver reining in gasoline tankers brought desperately needed fuel to venezuela despite u.s. threats to intervene. the u.s. state department says the iranian supermarket is the quote latest example of a growing alliance between 2 pariah states iran's ambassador to the israel and tells al-jazeera his country has every right to establish commercial ties with whom it pleases and both of them with a do so for the others not them of the american governments charges mean nothing to us they're worried that we're providing food and medicine to venezuela they want countries like iran venezuela and cuba to suffer from the sanctions all they want is that people to suffer until they are by washington's orders. the ambassador denied us reports that the mccaskey supermarket chain is run by iran's revolutionary guard iran is also providing technical support to venezuela's

crippled oil industry it's unclear what it's getting in return except perhaps in israel and gold which is also subject to u.s. sanctions but there's another explanation solidarity another way of demonstrating the ancient proverb that the enemy of my enemy is my friend you see in human al-jazeera. well u.s. president donald trump is vowing to reimpose u.n. sanctions on iran by invoking a controversial move known as a snapback that follows the u.n. security council rejecting a u.s. resolution to extend the iranian arms embargo the us president has also crossed out on whether he will join russia's call for a summit of world leaders to try to defuse tensions. also says he is considering imposing a ban on chinese tech giant alibaba the move would add the e-commerce company to a growing list of chinese firms facing punitive actions in the u.s.

on friday trump gave the owner of popular video app to talk just 90 days to sell its american assets the u.s. president says the tech firms pose a threat to national security. the united nations says it's $200000000.00 short of donations to help repair catastrophic damage to beirut ports the lebanese are counting on international aid to rebuild many made homeless by the huge explosion are relying on volunteers charities and friends president michel aoun says all aid will go to people who need it u.n. 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 the education because we don't want to undermine the future a few bone and the children the really need to go back to school and to get all the psychological support food security and obviously we don't want to move into in

terms of food in terms of availability of do we need to flour but also to make sure that we still belong to that nation the green supply and our correspondent stephanie decker joins us now live from the ground in beirut steph i can see the port there behind you what's left of it where are we at with the investigation into just what happened there. well the investigation is really only just beginning in the sense of the forensics can probably give you a closer view of work going on and this is a devastated port we are going to have the f.b.i. the federal bureau of investigation joining the lebanese efforts in trying to find out what exactly happened that will be under the auspices of the lebanese it is not in an independent investigation you also have the french and you also have a french helicopter carry your here which came in with 700 soldiers which are here to offer infrastructure engineering support aid and also help in this investigation

you do have the other part of investigation which is 25 suspects have been arrested these are port officials security officials customs officials their names of not been made public and we are expecting the judge in charge of the investigation to start questioning them tomorrow that is all the details that we have so far of course people want the devastation you've seen over the last 10 days or so of what is it inflicted on the city on the capital on the people people have lost their lives they've lost everything destroyed their businesses destroyed lost family members there's a real sense of wanting answers here but of course that is going to take time it's going to be a huge forensic investigation that officers are not going to be expected any time soon so if as you say demands for answers i mean we saw thousands take to the streets in the immediate aftermath with calls for accountability for this what's become of the now. you know well this weekend it

was quiet there were no protests you saw those large protests people try to storm parliament the army clamped down very hard using tear gas and also but basically what you have now in place officially is a state of emergency that was approved by the parliament so it's given that the army. more sweeping powers let's say to clamp down to arrest to rage to censor media if they need. to try and control the crowd but i can tell you. many people thought the thousands would continue to be on the streets because of the anger because of the extent of what happened because people will blame what happened here fully on the elite here that it is complete negligence of allowing $2700.00 tons of ammonium nitrate to be so close to the heavy populated capital so we're not seeing that anger on the streets but there are calls for more protests there are calls for independent investigation so we're going to have to wait and see how the street pans out at the moment certainly people more concerned with cleaning up the rubble patching up their homes and trying to figure out where to get their next meal from many people who have lost most of their savings when it comes to the economic

crisis it is a very very difficult situation here right now and of course stephanie deca there live for us in the lebanese capital beirut with all the latest thank you very much today. the u.s. a food and drug administration has given emergency approval to a new saliva test for covert 19 it follows a successful trial by the yale school of public health on pro basketball players in the n.b.a. researchers have found that the so-called saliva direct test is nearly as accurate as a nose swab and using saliva may also detect the illness earlier than other methods and is also significantly cheaper. while south africa is easing coronavirus restrictions because of fear and factions there it's getting rid of nearly all limits on economic activity by now moving to a level 2 and that also allows travel between provinces and also the end of the ban on cigarettes and alcohol sales the move to level 2 means that we can remove nearly all of the restrictions on the resumption of economy captivity course

most investors. you can only get to v.t. will be allowed with the necessary and appropriate stringent health protocols and safety precautions in place now new quarantine rules ordered by the mayor of colombia's capital have provoked protests by unemployed workers there and shop owners in bogota say the restrictions of bankrupting businesses a stretch to equine has been imposed in 7 neighborhoods only one person per household can now go out daily to buy essential. for many argentines also questioning the effectiveness of the coronavirus stock down there despite almost 5 months of restrictions argentina still has one of the world's highest infection rates reports from the capital buenos aires. 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 businesses have remained open and schools have been closed it seems to be working for they're going to write an essay to it to avoid contagion when people can't sit on the grass of 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 $6000.00 new cases reported on friday alone in manhattan found 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 quarantine 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 brigs that was a big mistake that we're paying for today. many are simply bored of staying indoors and frustrated that when they are allowed out there's nowhere to go yes and we've received it 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 if you see that . 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 and 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 a low but more difficult to impose at the infection rates rise or more more people

decide to leave their homes than before and they're all to 01 osiris or brazil's a famous christ the redeemer statue has reopened now after months of closure due to the pandemic that's despite the country failing to control the spread of the coronavirus with around 526-0000 new cases every day and it's the world's 2nd worst affected country with more than 3300000 cases. of british tourists have been scrambling to return home after the you came posed a 14 day quarantine for travelers coming from the netherlands malta and france that measure was introduced after a surge in infections in those countries challenge reports from london. lou. scramble the british press has called it dash a messy mission but questionable french and bad puns aside this is be no joke for thousands of british and french nationals on thursday evening the u.k.

government gave them just 30 hours to make it back or face quarantine on a rival that just seems completely disorganized it just seems awfully ridiculous but. hey. you know i have driven for 11 hours with right so you know getting back to make sure that i don't have to stop us like this it really hurts very ports airports and railway stations people struggled to make last minute changes to their travel arrangements i panicked bought a ticket spent 200 pounds on that she got up a 4 o'clock in the morning went down to nor and. basically huge bastards to get in exchange for those who missed the only 3 g.m.t. saturday morning deadline it's 2 weeks of staying indoors and minimal social contact this is that this is even hopelessness level i have my own business the clients that will booked up the next 2 weeks i've had to push them back

unfortunately so it's affecting my business i'm self-employed so it's not easy but that's the way it is. didn't. other complications for those facing quarantine when they return a boss is saying they should take this as unpaid leave and self isolating children missing the 1st few days of the new school year another chapter in britain's seemingly endless saga of covert 19 chaos or a challenge al-jazeera london. now the government and equitorial guinea has resigned in the wake of the deepening economic crisis caused by the pandemic the president's 2 door obiang criticized the prime minister and his cabinet for failing to fulfill a policy objectives he also does all the cabinet 2 years ago a new governor. it is expected to be announced soon but massive oil reserves mean equitorial guinea is actually the richest country per capita in africa but more than half of its almost one of the half 1000000 people lives below the poverty line

of young is the world's longest serving head of state excluding kings and queens the president of the former spanish colony seized power by overthrowing his uncle in a coup in 1909 his son to door in obiang is vice president and he was convicted of embezzlement and from 3 years ago swiss prosecution is auctioned off 25 of his suit because of the money laundering case last year the slump for demand for oil caused by this pandemic has wesson's the country's recovery from recession 6 years ago well money you could say is electra at the university of aberdeen in scotland he says the government's resignation is unlikely to lead to meaningful change. this is a government. or the head of state is part of leadership that has been in place or wired a long time the 979 and i from any family has the neutral. ends so the entire. family has kind of

captured the state completely so you cannot really need in the name of the head of state. b.m. for the economic crisis so when something like this happens you have to blame someone else so he's kind of pushing away the blame onto a government that is it's a trick that was happened before in 2019 in the afternoon again so it's not really it's that kind of drama that doomed to live peace as a situation it's not a new new cool change so the tour again is very dependent on oil for it's your sources it is there we just entre in africa because it was as one of the smallest population in africa so when you take the oil money and divide it by a local mission when a capital income comes very high that there in reality is that the oil when you

goes to very very few people at the top so a list the dependence on oil corruption that's today will be our nominee and our war governance is the real problems. in. now a 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 classified as extinct but is still spoken by few in kenya our correspondent malcolm webb went to dull dull to meet some of the last surviving speakers. or about or. on about 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. yobbos who. were young. now

in an angle of those those. were. the language of the yard and 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 that about 7 years ago it was abandoned during a conflict between some borough and messiah neighboring ethnic groups 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. trust with these people we can own the cattle and the country came with their language the rest of the readers family don't know how to speak. they speak the language home his daughter when i speak swahili with her friends you know. 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 and i want all of us but 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 and. 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 to come with it gone to. 'd malcolm webb al-jazeera told of kenya. are still ahead in the sporting and painful death of professional cyclists hitching a ride to the tour de france that's all coming up a check. golden i'm told stories from asia in the pacific on al-jazeera. in 2008 al-jazeera documented a groundbreaking school. preparing some of india's poorest. children for entry into

its toughest universities ready. we return to see other students on the screen helping change the face of india. supa 30 announces era. i. am with the bat.

kind of down time before north out here thank you french football team are celebrating having reached the semifinals of the european champions league for the 1st time in a decade they beat manchester city 31 in their quarterfinal lisbon thanks to a late double by reset and barely had already beaten eventis in the previous round and they'll have to beat another big team if they're going to reach the final in the semi's they're up against the favorites by in munich they thrashed barcelona 8 . reports critical of your city your crowd i think appetite comes with eating and our confidence as a group is increasing the results show it will still be the underdogs against byron but when you are in the champions league final 4 you can say that you deserve it and if we reach the final we will have deserved it that's for sure. the table with these guys to break his line in the quarter finals sold 3 years in

a rural. position we are out i think with these guys has done it deserve we deserve you know to go through in goal to reach the semifinals but we are not table but life is is how you stand up again in the next season or went to try again so yet again man city failed to make it in the last 4 instead it's 2 german sides in 2 french sides who make up the semifinals in lisbon it's all the lights against paris such a man on tuesday and then leon take on by in on wednesday it's already semifinal time in the europa league later on sunday manchester united take on sylvia in the 1st of the games in cologne man united are aiming to avoid what would be a 3rd semifinal defeat this year but their manager also has an eye on next season as well we have to use it as preparation for this tournament but also 'd it's it's almost a pre-season for for next season because. it is not very long until we have to get

going again. as for severe there was an unwelcome birthday present for one of the academy players traveling with the 1st team 17 year old one lucia sanchez run through a tunnel in training only to get a smack in the face no serious damage done though. right basketball now on the portland trail blazers have squeezed into the n.b.a. playoffs they claim the final spot the victory over the memphis grizzlies again their standout player with $31.00 points the trailblazers reward is a 1st round playoff series against the top seeded l.a. lakers. this new is cardinals baseball team made a winning return from their coronavirus shutdown they've not played since july the 29th because of an outbreak in their squad with 18 games postponed but they beat the chicago white sox twice in a double header on saturday. and the playoffs continue in n.h.l. i thought he gave a gets cold nights beat the chicago blackhawks on saturday to take

a 3 nothing lead in their 1st round series is best of 7 so one more victory for vegas will be enough. ahead of india's cricket board set of congo and he has called m.s. tony's retirement the end of an era in his 16 year career india's most successful captain lifted all 3 international trophies the world cup the t 20 title and the champions trophy it's expected the 39 year old will still play in the indian premier league cricket presenter and common a commentator mark nicholas told us what made dhoni so special. the ability to believe in the things possible no game was ever lost you had to apply as much pressure on the opposing applying on you and if you did that he did it a very subtle way most calculating sas in a sing kind of way. i think that he's bred the belief that you should do it your own way because he played cricket his old ways so obvious so much

a great mixture initially of flair and then of calculating sation. extraordinary which actually over career and i think he spread out through his team that ability to be yourself under pressure and the billeted to believe in yourself under pressure and so there was a great discipline developed from that. that perhaps hadn't been there before but i think it's a calm i think that over excite over a lot of situations driven perhaps by crowding but also by players under pressure he was able to settle down and and get his players to play themselves to the situation rather than react. qualifying is underway for this year's indy $500.00 american marco andretti was fastest on the 1st day marco who's the grandson of racing great matthew and try to get an average speed of 372 kilometers per hour and heads into the top 9 shootout often under longer who's trying to complete racing's triple crown failed to make it through and will start $26.00 out of $33.00. alonzo

will return to formula one next season with no lights be up against an increasingly dominant there was hamilton the 6 time world champion will start sunday's spanish comprehend pole position for a record extending 92nd time in his career to make valtteri bottas joins him on the front row saturday was a brutal day on the bike for some of the world's top cyclists just 2 weeks out from the start of the tour de france race favorite remco evan pole crashed out of the tour of long body in italy somersaulting over a bridge into a ravine the 20 year old belgian's team says he'll be sidelined for some time with a fractured pelvis and lung damage denmark's yacob slow put in a solo surge to victory ahead of new zealand is george bennett and a painful time in the same race for germany's national champion maximillian a shock man a car driven by a member of the public got in his way sherman still managed to finish 7 his team

say he is fractured a collarbone. and they go tearing to deafen a leader was left with a shredded jersey after crashing midway into the 4th stage but for most raw glitch recovered to retain his yellow jersey by 14 seconds 3 of the top 4 finishes in last year's total frons have already quit the race to go for c. who came milly's the windham championship into the final round in north carolina the south korean had a super day on saturday the highlight of which was this hole in one on the 3rd and she didn't even know it going in until the t.v. crew told him and he almost said a 2nd hole in one on the 12th kim finished up with a round of $62.00 in a 2 story played as he goes for a 2nd victory at this tournament. that is useful for now it is back to the south thanks so much well don't forget you can always find a much more on our website including all the latest in the aftermath of that explosion and 11 and that's 100 there a dot com and that's also it for me for this news out but i'll see you shortly.

the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure but none to turn its back on beijing and the u.k. is finding itself corp's between 2 superpowers with detailed coverage israel's missed opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to talk a little from around the world human rights groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentina security forces.

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