commodified zone and sold a game. to toil by day. only to be violated by night. slavery a 21st century evil continues with bridal slaves on al-jazeera. the biggest rally in belarus is history more than 200000 march admits to demand the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. terms of a robber you want your arms their allies my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes japan's of as its worst economic contraction in decades as the coronavirus pandemic batters business and expos. also us politicians are being

recalled from their summer break to vote on laws to protect the postal service and it controversy over at malin voting and. i was near oh yeah they were kidding. i have never. gone in a matter of seconds we meet some day residents who've lost everything they've worked for. back into the program runs is calling on the e.u. to back anti government demonstrators and burn the roofs a week of protests against president alexander lukashenko culminated in a huge rally in the capital minsk on sunday now the opposition accuses looking shanker of rigging the election and want him to face justice for alleged torture but he's not backing down start passing reports. they went from fear to

defiance and from sadness to anger in just one week. never before have so many people in bellows taken to the street to protest hundreds of thousands marched through the main avenues of minsk to demand the president look at shankar to step down. we won't forgive you de chant the accounts of torture and abuse of thousands of detainees has also angered look at shankar supporters people who were never interested in politics were protesting here against the i also just happening as the recent nation we acknowledge the people can have different political views and preference us but on the no condition can people be beaten up and raised in the police station as in eyes and ears and he must go away we don't need and as a blood with just me and peace and where. we want just honestly election whilst

a plan of the kind of guy the woman many voted for in last weekend's election has gone into exile or campaign or money or kolesnik over addresses the crowd. she was she would be bulldozed the more we go on expressing our dissatisfaction the sooner change will come. for the 1st time in 26 years we feel that we are free european nation and we are together together we shall when. i'm president and see him say i meant that i won't change in 2000 we find only 5 and 4 times that some i'm going to be up to 65 i was in a desperate attempt to show he still has support because shankar organized a pro-government rally earlier in the day a few 1000 people were brought in on buses and trains. i need to bring you much

they don't understand they're tearing the country apart there will be no below troops the embattled president sounded emotional and one day again that foreign forces are trying to destabilize belarus before there was a lot of jets are on standby within 15 minutes reachable border this is not for nothing nato forces a rattling tank tracks at our doors military power is building up on the western border of our country his words were lost on these protesters they called for a strike and to continue demonstrating for as long as the president clings on to power step class and al-jazeera. the crowbars pandemic has had a huge impact on the world's 3rd largest economy japan just in the states worst contraction in decades its economy shrank by a historic 7.8 percent of the 2nd quarter or annual rate of 27.8 percent while analysts say the pandemic has caused a slump in personal consumption including restaurants tourism and other sectors

it's also resulting in a sharp drop in exports of cars and car parts michael parent is president of the shin good suit news agency he says it'll take some time for japan's economy to recover. japan seen nothing like it since the country was destroyed in world war 2 so yeah i'd say you very much fits within the the bounds of what's historic and in the case of japan it's not simply a function of the krona virus so though this last quarter clearly was relayed that japan's recession actually began in october of last year when the when the government raised the consumption tax rate from 8 to 10 percent so essentially it took a big hit in the last quarter of 2019 and then the coronavirus effect began to come in in 2020 so the japanese economy is in a world of hurt yeah japan does seem to have had some particularly i would say

somewhat unique features that make it harder for it to recover then perhaps some other advanced g 7 countries so for example you know the japanese business technologies were generally although japan you know you have an image of japan's and high tech country probably in terms of the way that it functions in its daily business practices it's actually been very low tech you know some decades behind you know uses a fax machines and and all face to face there was never really a chance a move towards digitization that was done here in a serious way and so i think that one of the major problems they faced is that when people had to move to teleworking and people had to move to more digital solutions japan was pretty unprepared for that compared to other advanced economies new zealand's prime minister has delayed his election by 4 weeks as the country looks to contain a 2nd to corona virus outbreak just into that she made the decision to push back september's election after consulting with rival political parties and the

electoral commission to come to new zealand's largest city old friends went back into lockdown following a new outbreak of cases. well as the crow virus continues to spread across latin america. renewed restriction or spot protests in the colombian capital. reports from. streets have been cordoned off in this commercial area of central as another 2 weeks long lockdown comes into effect in 7 neighborhoods of the city shops are closed but hundreds of informal vendors are still trying to sell their products. police on foot a motorcycle way. we haven't received any help from the mayor we were promised $20.00 a month and food aid i haven't seen it we need to be outside working because hunger doesn't wait. on saturday dozens of shop owners took to the streets to protest

against the new measures they dressed in mourning saying they were staging a funeral for the dying retail business in the city. the retail trade dies every day the corn team is killing off the retailers the retailers can't take it anymore we have to pay rent. growing in this in other countries in latin america as a struggle to deal with persistent high levels of infection or well. as mayor said she hoped this will be the last lockdown before cases start to decrease in september she asked people to be patient as the city goes through the peak of the outbreak. also reinstated some stay at home orders mandatory lock downs are being imposed on sundays and family reunions have been banned as cases soar once again you know a country with one of the highest number of deaths per capita and where people

advocate nor the rules. is fine but people don't listen they say sanction people but do. i think those who have family gatherings being sanctioned no nothing happens left in america has accounted for almost half of all the coronavirus related deaths in the world in the past 7 days an alarming trend that has left most governments with few options but to remain oppose restrictions which have become increasingly difficult to enforce alison the template to. the new measures making the use of face musts mandatory in public spaces across spain have sparked protests in madrid thousands of people took to the streets of the spanish capital they chanted slogans denying the existence of the pandemic and accusing the government of violating their rights spain recorded nearly 3000 new cases on friday bringing the total to more than 340000 the highest in western europe. well the

u.s. house of representatives is being recalled to vote on legislation to protect the postal service the postmaster general an ally of president trying to pose made cutbacks to the department and has been summoned to testify before a congressional committee it comes as protesters accuse new to joy of trying to sabotage the mail network ahead of november's presidential election my kind of has more from washington d.c. . for the 2nd straight day protesters gathered outside the postmaster general's home they can use him off sabotaging the postal service with a view to restricting mail in ballots in the election essentially backing president trump in what many view as naked voter suppression the american people have already you know where we're not progress slowly boiling in a pot we see what's happening and we're going to fight against it we're going to

exercise our power and we're going to get rid of this corrupt of the story was the president created this situation and then my my estimation and many others i mean this is a maneuver by him to. to improve his chances in the election and of it's all it's all about he and mr joy there. the poor and the strings here democrats in congress of mt summoned louis detroit to appear before an oversight committee in a week's time and if mr joy refuses to appear. he should be stamped return to sender he shouldn't be allowed to be the postmaster general let them do all this destruction he can answer to the american people what he is doing the oversight committee chairperson carolyn maloney has also proposed to pull that would reverse

the changes droid has made since taking over in may be using clued into over time the firing or reassignment of senior managers the decommissioning of at least 10 percent of automatic mail sorting machines and even the removal of large numbers of mail boxes all this he has maintained in the interest of cost cutting house speaker nancy pelosi says she's calling house members to interrupt this summer recess later in the week to vote on the bill the postal service is the only government department with a public approval rate of over 90 percent and pelosi has moved puts immense pressure on the republican controlled senate to also return from recess and consider the bull or face a massive public backlash if passed by the senate the final question will be whether it would be signed into law by president trump who has expressed full

support and confidence in a postmaster general who is both a major donor and friend mike hanna al-jazeera washington. still ahead here on al-jazeera troubled waters why girls as fishermen are caught up in cross border fighting between palestine and israel. demanding a new election and constitutional reform students are leading the call for change in time and. hello there more of the same across much of the middle east and dry and also fairly dusty the winds have been fairly strong well into basin piece the cloud just streaming along these a southern coastal areas across into oman and down across into yemen could just see want to choose showers developing as the day progresses on monday and the winds

a say fairly strong and really blowing that sand and dust a long way south as you can see pushing on towards the u.a.e. and even those northern sections of oman over the next couple of days but the winds are fairly strong all the time it is on too bad $43.00 in doha on choose a still the mid to high forty's elsewhere 47 in kuwait city bit too much is not cheap bad for the eastern end of the madrigal is nice on shore flow so 29 is the high in jerusalem then down into africa central regions the usual thunderstorms and we will see some heavy rain through tanzania and also across into uganda as we go through monday but also want to shout was 3 central as the mozambique and crossing across the into zimbabwe as well but all the while rather unsettled through much of south africa these coastal areas in particular this front is sliding by air of low pressure just to the south of that the winds a fairly strong say it'll feel cool certainly for the next few days time a little bit below the average and certainly feeling quite important is both with showers for the next few days.

but. it began as a green holiday been turned into a public health disaster. one o one east investigates how a cruise ship became the source of one of the stray lived largest covert 19 outbreaks on al-jazeera. every generation has a higher per machine. ours is just stay out. of america watching all visit with the whole rom the reminder of our top stories by

the roots has seen the largest protests yet against alexander lukashenko 7 days after an election in which he was declared the overwhelming winner and which the opposition says the vote was rigged but the long time leader told supporters he won't be calling in the election and accuse nato of mobilizing forces of the border . the coronavirus pandemic is not a huge impact on the world's 3rd largest economy trans gross domestic product shrunk by record 7.8 percent in the 2nd quarter. and the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says the chamber will vote later this week on legislation to protect the postal service it's a bit claims that president trump is using it to suppress mail in voting. thousands of people have joined student led rallies in thailand's capital calling for political reform and the biggest anti-government protest in the years now they're demanding a new election and an amended constitution and as wayne hale reports from bangkok

some times are touching a sensitive subject with calls for reform of the monarchy. in big numbers they came to the center of bangkok to escalate their call for change protesters gathered around democracy monument a symbol of what they say thailand doesn't have. i can't pick the fact that the government is so corrupt it's been in power for far too long and things aren't getting any better. after weeks of peaceful protests led mainly by students this was by far the largest and most diverse attracting thais from different sectors of society including other groups who staged mass rallies in the past. that well i'm glad more people have come out today the pair of young people and students alone can't force change we need everyone to work together. the protesters say thailand's entire political system needs to change including the monarchy it's a dangerous and sensitive issue to take on because the royal family is protected by strict laws designed to prevent criticism. demonstrators also want the government

gone and on thursday thailand's prime minister the army general who led the military coup in 2014 addressed the nation he urged unity at a time when the economy is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic only. right now we must focus on the economic survival of the 10s of millions of people here let's get the economy going 1st get that done by working together then we can look at fixing the other issues collaboratively later but the protesters say the pen demick is proving and highlighting one of their points that thailand is an economically unequal society and must change. to political protest but there is a sense this is something different a movement centered around the generation making unprecedented and wanting something profoundly different for thailand. in recent weeks the government has warned the protesters to be careful what they say and arrested 3 protest leaders

but if that was a tactic to try to scare them and bring an end to the movement it hasn't worked and judging by the size of this crowd it may be having the opposite effect when hey al-jazeera bangkok. right please in mexico city her fired tear gas to disperse protesters and violence against women the crowd broke through barriers that have been put up around monuments and marks and spray painted on statues around 10 women were killed in mexico each day there's been an increase in the murder of women since stay at home measures aimed at stopping the spread of covert 19 were implemented in march. at least 11 people have been killed during a 5 hour siege at a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu a suspected car bomb and shoot out of the elite hotel lido beach in injured 40 others government officials and a police officer were amongst the the armed group al-shabaab has claimed

responsibility. for the attack as at the end i can buy a car full of explosives was rammed into the front gate of the hotel then attack us from al-shabaab stormed into the hotel and started shooting at everyone they came across i saw many dead bodies on the ground the situation in there is really miserable. so barbara his government is accusing the head of an influential group of catholic clergy of being evil and trying to promote a civil war that follows a statement from the country's bishops that was voted out at an all catholic churches on sunday blaming the government for economic collapse and human rights abuses are number of anti-government protesters have been arrested and eventually tortured during a current in recent weeks or low but as a former spokesman for the opposition movement for democratic change he thinks it's unlikely the church in zimbabwe will let this issue escalate. is one of the key christian players in zimbabwe and i know i know from experience that don't mean

born and bred in this country that the end of the day the change will coupons if it is central role in the lives of more skip or use my back and i get please say that this is 80 to 90 percent of zimbabweans practicing christians or this somehow believe in christianity so the end of the day the church is a very important board deep in the lives of the majority just the people of the public and promoting not the kind that it touches some of the most you know not prominent peacemakers i can mention him by now and that is that father dennis will go nori is that people we meet in a very huge role in the lead but it's not this country and i believe that there's also the people you've been with blame the media telling. them the 27000 transition from the mugabe government to the muslim government so i believe that people like the problem cannot be and for the minute to be you know and have a look at the ninety's in their own right and i don't see them letting this thing

getting out of control. the united nations says it's $200000000.00 short of donations to help lebanon repair catastrophic damage to beirut port after a blast earlier this month before the explosion the people of lebanon were already battling an economic crisis that has been a smith reports from the capital many of those left homeless are relying on volunteers charities and friends. like many other lebanese and want to seal has always managed to get by no matter what was thrown at him the conflict or economic crisis but now it's different measures to bennett going on there i walked around 8 kilometers he says as he describes trying to get medical treatment in the aftermath of the port explosion that sent a devastating shockwave through beirut. i think he has something going. down. and there are new areas ion 70 year old antoine eventually found a hospital to treat the injuries to his head and arm now he relies on free help and

volunteers to address the woods after the explosion the whole story has changed ok as if the middle class has gone with explorers there's normally class at all so people are coming seeking medical support food clothes house cleanups whatever you think they need just got bigger the blast destroyed or damaged around $50000.00 homes affecting 300000 documents lebanon's currency has lost 80 percent of its value against the dollar and there are tight restrictions on how much people can take out of the banks and inflation is running at almost 90 percent so what little money there is people need to spend it on daily necessities there is no spare cash rebuilding. mañana blood it from me from my head i'm gonna work 35 years in

a bank he saved and bought his own home this is what's left of it a dream of a quiet retirement with his wife andrea and their 2 daughters is in tatters nobody . this time from the government do it today what happened in iraq what. do you want what do you have what nothing i but i bought near. here in lebanon on. i after 70 years old where i go now to rebuild and twila and tens of thousands of others need foreign donor help that cash will only likely be released when this country has a cabinet and prime minister acceptable to the international community talks on who make up that government continues between the political elites who control this country burn it's made out of syria beirut. israel has last night strikes against hamas positions in garza's border towns over the past week israeli forces have carried out repeated nighttime attacks which it says are in response to rocket

attacks and fire bomb sent into its territory well israel has also closed the fishing zone off the coast of gaza in response. to reports that means many fishermen and i were able to make a living. at duncombe badger has been working the next gaza city's harbor the years . he says people here rely on fishing as an important source of income. but israel has now shot off the fishing zone off the coast of gaza after cross border fighting with palestinian activists. says fishermen here are bearing the brunt of the. you know. the quality of the fish fish has been limited for a long time the seas closed borders are closed everywhere is closed it means we don't have any alternative to work. gaza has

a population of about 2000000 people or more than half of them live in poverty that's because for more than 13 years they've lived under israeli addiction imposed blockade that severely limits travel trade with a devastating impact. of the. 4200 fishermen lost work 1000 fishing boats were also stopped working there are 50000 palestinians who depend on fishing sick does as the only source of income which is also important for food security doesn't exist anymore because of the siege. many say the blockade on gaza is making a living conditions impossible. for us the name can only up well if the siege continues things will escalate because the palestinian news cannot accept that the slow death continues the sea just more dangerous than the war. the fishing zone is patrolled by the israeli navy those who defy the band risk being shot how about the

what i would what are they are we work on a daily basis to get food for our children if we don't work there's no food. some fishermen are venturing into the mediterranean in search of a catch they say that's a risk they're willing to take. the al-jazeera. the new iranian chain is open to venezuela's capital it's the latest symbol of the growing political and economic alliance between tehran and caracas and a sign of defiance against u.s. sanctions or latin america you see in human reports. in the rain in tractor enhances the entrance of magasin as this spanking new mega supermarket in caracas is certainly an eye opener. no pated on the edge of caracas is largest on the country's 1st ever iranian supermarket offers products such as garlic shampoo

and sweet flavored with date syrup all exotic items have been israel in slick and liquid and chill and his wife the american in the morning it's the 1st time i've 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. gimmick gussie's supermarket chain says it's a private company in that israel had to do business but the only person authorized to speak to us on its behalf was the 1st secretary of the riemann 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 anti 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 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 given israel that 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 venezuela tells al-jazeera his country has every right to establish commercial ties with whom it pleases and both of them with their do sell their soul to the others not them of the american government's 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 their sanctions all they want is that people to suffer until they are bay washington's orders. the ambassador denied us reports that then the gas the 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. your child is there with me the whole rama reminder of our top news stories bellerose has seen the largest protests yet against alexander lukashenko 7 days after an election in which he declared an overwhelming victory which the opposition says was rigged but the long term leader told supporters he won't be calling a new election and accuse nato of mobilizing forces at the border. well the krona virus pandemic is a huge impact on the world's 3rd largest economy japan's gross domestic product

shrunk by a record 7.8 percent in the 2nd quarter analysts say the pandemic has caused a slump in personal consumption including in restaurants tourism and other sectors of the u.s. are speaking at sea pelosi says the chamber will vote later this week on legislation to protect the postal service it's amid claims that president trump is using it to suppress mail in voting as the postmaster general a trump ally is summoned to testify before a congressional committee mike hanna has more from washington d.c. this what effectively reverse all the changes that have been made by louis did joy in the months since he has been head of the postal service changes which many are arguing particularly democrats in congress could impact really heavily on the election later this year in particular on the mail in voting which many people are going to turn in turn to because of the ongoing pandemic new zealand's prime

minister has delayed september's election by 4 weeks as the country looks to contain a 2nd coronavirus break it comes after the largest city all cloned went back into lockdown following a new break of cases renewed lockdown orders have come into effect in bogota despite protests against 5 months of long term business owners rallied in the colombian capital against 2 more weeks of strict measures in 7 districts they want to merge claudia low purse to find ways to revive the struggling local economy. at least 11 people were killed during a 5 hour siege at a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu they suspected a car bomb and shootout at the elite hotel on lido beach in just 40 others government officials and a police officer were among those that the group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. of those stories on our web site al jazeera dot com more news of me in half an hour here on al-jazeera but next it's what i want east

to stay with us. home to an extraordinary. on the front. delivering. into some of the toughest living conditions in this. unique 6 part series. of the remarkable people who work. in this on al-jazeera. to. get. to sydney for the 1st time last year the ship was greeted with fireworks and celebration. everybody was. now the ruby princess is famous for all the wrong reasons.

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