play an important role in checking in with. ringback the democratic national convention begins a virtual event rituals say joe biden formally named the party's presidential candidates. live from doha and i'm kemal santa maria this is the world news from algiers. protesters in belarus heckled president alexander the shanker while the main opposition leader called on the military to switch sides. also tear gas and stun grenades by the demonstrators in sudan demanding faster change a year after

a power sharing deal was signed. and the tough life lessons found is in tajikistan send their children back to school knowing they may return with coronavirus. a big moment in the race to the white house says the democratic party holds its national convention to formally name joe biden as its presidential candidate coronavirus pandemic of course still raging so this year's event is being held virtually we will have the vermont senator bernie sanders speaking a little later and also former 1st lady michelle obama headlining the 1st night speeches we've already heard a small part of that speech i know joe he is a profoundly decent man guided by faith. he was

a terrific vice president he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he doing this since he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone who's lived a life that the rest of us can recognize more now with alan fischer his of the white house alan just thinking about michelle obama the reception she would have gotten in front of an audience that would have been huge it would have been a big t.v. event i wonder how it's all going to pan out now virtually. was going to be very interesting isn't it but it's a moment of american political history because we have never had a virtual convention certainly the conventions of become such a big deal since the late 1960 s. all through the 1970 s. but they become a vents for t.v. it was $976.00 the last time that

a leading party candidate arrived at the convention not knowing whether he had enough force to secure the nomination that was gerald ford and ronald reagan so it will be different but there will be some similarities as well there will be celebrity and dos ment's there will be the gaveling into action and the singing of the national anthem there will be musical moments and there will be keynote speeches but it will be different this time because normally you get one person who makes a big breakthrough with their speech to the convention and they're healed of the future of the party it happened to an illinois state senator some time ago his name was barack obama but tonight there will be hearing from bernie sanders that's important because he want to sure that the democratic party is a big tent and everyone is on board behind your bike and you remember 4 years ago there was a lot of animosity between the clinton and the biden camps sort of the clinton and the bernie sanders camps not least because the day before the convention wiki leaks

dropped some of the e-mails that said jested that perhaps the nominating process was rigged there will be michelle obama as well and they'll also be a speech from joint k.c. now you're probably thinking i recognize that name well he ran for president 4 years ago for the republicans he was a very popular governor in ohio this time is giving his backing to joe biden for joe biden well this is the start of 4 days that crones almost 50 years in politics finally the man from pennsylvania the senator from delaware is going to get his party's nomination for president. i am back before just as the primary process got under way if you would have banked on joe biden winning the democratic presidential nomination the idea he would be in a position to unveil a vice presidential pick as he did last week would almost have been laughable he lost heavily in iowa he had little better in the next 2 contests but was saved by

a win in south carolina a diverse electorate just days ago pressing the pundits in the clear this candidacy yes that was a key moment when the democratic party saw him rather than bernie sanders as the man to beat donald trump when i'm sure his convey was that there's no way that you're going to be able to get most of america or britain and as we saw that happened in the primaries the people that support brady and war is just they do not show up at the polls before super tuesday when several states hold nominating contests key rivals dropped. him a clip a short step to citing gave their support he won several states enough to make victory look inevitable and so closest rivals elizabeth warren and bernie sanders dropped out to joe biden had all but secured the presidential nomination i think joe biden won with experience also because they coalesced around joe biden because

they realize donald trump didn't want to peace joe biden joe biden has already spent 8 years in the white house as barack obama's vice president he's been their own politics for almost half a century but he's never had to campaign like this is a pandemic changes the face of presidential politics there are no big rallies no crisscrossing the country to speak with supporters it's no virtually all virtual got only democratic senate small gatherings lisi help joe biden to excel on the crisis has allowed him to highlight the president's actions something one expert believes helps the challenger. he doesn't have to travel to 50 cities and travel to 4 and 5 cities and in one day he's able to kind of you know lay back and rest as a 77 year old man so i think you've got hope so and in addition you know all the mistakes that your dad president trump is making you know that of course you know

close 216-5000 lives i think and counting i think that you know that helps joe biden 3 decades after his 1st presidential bid joe biden has arrived where he wants to be he's finally convinced his party he's the man for the job no he has 11 weeks to convince the country well it's certainly going to be an interesting evening we're just an hour away from the convention being gavelled into action they are all going to talk about how america can become united united in the fight against the pandemic the economic crisis and also racial injustice for joe biden well his big night is on thursday when he makes his acceptance speech donald trump he's been on the campaign trail today he'll be on the campaign trail for the next couple of days he likes to be front and center and he's been complaining about all the coverage that the democrats have been getting well eventer buckle up because there are 4

nights of the democrats dominating american prime time television and fisher at the white house thank you allan we move on to other news the belorussian president who is told striking workers there one being new elections unless his opponents kill him protesters across the country have made it clear they want alexander lukashenko out and the main opposition leaders spent an attack on a skier says she is ready to lead a transition and is calling on security forces to switch sides meanwhile e.u. leaders will host an emergency meeting on the issue on wednesday the latest from minsk and i would step us. strikes are now snowballing around better loose one after the other factory workers joining in truck tractor a matter of fact with most of the country strategic industries are now experiencing large scale strikes. yet what we don't agree of injustice the people in power haven't listened to him for 26 years they run away they don't want to listen to all

of us they don't want to know anything about their problems. the workers chanting no more fear assigned it out to 26 years of living under look or shank us auto repairing rule they are ready for change workers have now arrived at the factory or to find out was to try and guess right and you can actually see people coming out from inside the factory also present the cash was in his face right workers who resigned in an unprecedented move workers started shouting at the president a man who has long been referred to as the father of the nation. used to thank you i said everything you can shout go away. even previously most loyal media like balanced television went on strike broadcasting an empty studio in the morning protesters gathered to pressure the station to stop airing

government propaganda and start telling the truth including about a violent police crackdown last week during election protests if. the recent television national television will start covering this information like what was actually done on the streets i think that the regime will fall soon or you have gamey palin resigned last week from his job as one of the main anchors to interact in our country started working. information about. people. and we are. we didn't. show this information on our t.v. channel so there's a reason it's impossible to work like these possible say the office of truth not even how but a small part of the truth look i shan't go initially refused new elections is now keeping all options open but only he sat after the constitution has been changed

a process which could take years protesters see this as a way for the president to buy time and trying to cling onto power they say they want him out now stop klassen al jazeera minsk tear gas and stun grenades have been fired at protesters in sudan's capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal demonstrators say the transition to democracy has been too slow after the overthrow of longtime leader. of a morgan reports from. venting their frustration on the 1st anniversary of the signing of sudan's power sharing agreement but a planned 3 and a half hour rally in her tone was cut short when police fired stun grenades and tear gas many people had hoped the deal which followed months of political turmoil and protest or killings would be a new start for the country but they see they have not seen enough change. for sort of when we started the revolution it was because of the economy and when the 1st

massive fell the goal became justice for those who had lost their lives in this revolution we promise to hold those who killed civilians to account their main demand is not yet means they can be no moving forward if the main demand of those who took to the street is not achieved. his friend says the power sharing agreement between military and civilian leaders is flawed several years anybody that the political parties did not have a long term vision they were in a rush to reach a deal they lacked a national spirit and went into negotiations based on the interests of their own respective parties and leaders now it's difficult for them to lead in the interest of the people at heart the deal known as the constitutional declaration came after months of negotiations following the overthrow of president obama and the forces of freedom and change which led anti-government protests demanded a stay on governance and ended up with a plan for the military to lead for the 1st 21 months and a civilian for the remaining 18 months until elections also included were more

freedoms and ending conflicts such as in dar for was made a priority the transitional government admits that changes the low but says it takes time and there are challenges. there's still time to 7 months to go in the transitional period before elections are due but many of the provisions of the power sharing agreement are yet to be implemented a peace deal is it to be signed and there was still no legislative assembly that is supposed to oversee the transitional government. the military has ruled sudan for more than 50 of the 64 years of independence some analysts say it's up to the international community to ensure the transition to democracy is completed but also of the story of the constitution declaration was a settlement to reach a political stability in this country it's been a year since it was signed in the people who protested are still guarding their revolution and the international community is one of the important factors that can make sure that no one hindrance this transition the u.s. has sanctioned people it deems hindering the transition the international community should now act as

a safeguard to the deal that was signed last year that. we've demonstrated today they'll continue campaigning until they achieve their democratic goals for sudan people morgan al-jazeera. looked at the headlines in a moment and then a verdict is expected in the form of lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri assassination to what it could mean for the crisis ridden country and angry and exhausted by months of lockdown argentinians take over the streets of one of cyrus . hello the big yangtze river is still being fed with monsoonal water as it's rain falling really in chengdu in sichuan which is the head forcing the course it goes across where the rest rivers in sunshine and probably slowly receding the heavy

rain in the skies to forecast the next few days gives you some in beijing as you can see it stretches up towards the northeast of china and the line is trying to come down to north korea all this air is turned quite warm which. well heat wave warning out for a good part of japan has been enjoyable sunshine in south korea and it probably is in shanghai as well hong kong's back into the big shower wash out thing and the circulation trying to form in the south china sea which will and house the rainfall in fact the south china sea is the source of quite a few sun the stones which are tend to move in ways towards the philippines that catching some parts of borneo as you can see the increasing likelihood of showers further south in java in sumatra but not a huge number that just moving in that direction that's where the concentration is further north and particularly once again up in the philippines the monsoonal rains in india are trying to withdraw from the foothills of the himalayas there still be some in the far north east for there for our likely to be in somewhere like much of a dash or even rochester on.

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is the top stories this hour on al-jazeera the u.s. democratic party is holding its national convention it will name joe biden formally as the party's candidate for president senator bernie sanders the 1st lady michelle obama will headline the 1st night speeches and mostly virtual events tuesday pandemic. the belorussian president sold striking state factory workers there won't be new elections on this his opponents kill him thousands of people walked off the job in the night straight day of demonstrations calling for example the step down. and tear gas and stun grenades have been fired at protesters in sudan's capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal and israel is in khartoum so the transition to democracy is too slow following the overthrow of longtime leader aung rubbish. a un back to court is due to issue its verdict in the case of the assassination of lebanon's rafique he was prime minister until his resignation in 2004 was killed in

a suicide car bomb in a year later the 4 men accused are known members of hezbollah so hard as more. it's been 15 years since former prime minister rafiq had it he was assassinated in a suicide car bombing in beirut 21 others were also killed in an act that changed the face of lebanon. the special international tribunal investigating the case is due to deliver its verdict the accused are known members of hezbollah a lebanese armed group backed by iran prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored had d.d. months before his death that went dark following his murder they say the former prime minister was working to free lebanon from syria's domination and the killing was politically motivated the prosecutors say the suspects are linked to some assassinations mainly of opponents of syrian president bashar assad that include

the failed attempt on the life of former minister marwan had made the what was a serial murder of the political class. targeted the people who gathered on the 14th of march or those who expressed. one position to bashar the regime to they knew that the studio was to pave the way for iranian bread being influence in lebanon the balance of power is now in favor of hezbollah whose armed wing is considered a terrorist organization by the west and the arab league has secretary general has denied any role in the killing and questioned the legitimacy of the tribunals before indictments were issued. called it an israeli u.s. tool and vowed to never to hand over the suspects the lebanese government i don't think it will refrain it will say that it's not within its capacity to

arrest those people that means the tribunals should refer the case to the un security council but that divided and lacks the means to deliver a guilty verdict and hezbollah and its allies control political and military power in the country in 2011 they did topple the cabinet of how do you discern side because he refused to stop cooperating with the tribunals. how do you do skilling tore lebanon society apart he was considered the leader of the muslim sunday community who suspected assassins belong to a shia group a conviction is unlikely to heal divisions but given hezbollah's perceived control of the government it could affect lebanon's international relations. beirut meanwhile lebanon's health minister says the country is overwhelmed by new corona virus infections that's after the deadly explosion in beirut quarterly this month

a record $456.00 new infections were diagnosed on monday edging the nationwide total closer 210000 the health minister says a new 2 week lockdown is needed after the blast put some hospitals out of action. while many schools in beirut were also damaged or destroyed by the explosion bernard smith visited one to find out how an international effort is trying to get children learning again giving the clean up operation that's still in place and actually one of 121 schools in beirut that was severely damaged by the blast as you see every window is blown out beyond the school is this the poor where the shock wave came out from. as it's been over the last couple of weeks we are walking on what is still shuttered glass on the floor i'm joined now by ted scheiber who's unicef's regional director on his 1st visit here since the blast ted what we all your 1st impressions. look in terms of the scale i lived here during the civil war

i'm half lebanese and the downtown areas are stored but this is just incredible you know you look up from the port you see buildings destroyed and each one of those apartments is a family with children that's been severely affected this is one of $121.00 schools not just the glass the structural damage luckily there were no strolled in in the school when the blast occurred and so where do you begin when the something on this scale how do you start getting kids back to school personally psychosocial support from the very beginning unicef or those partners was on the ground providing individual care and counseling to individual children making sure to when they were separated from families are unified finding with partners again solutions in terms of relocating families and need to be relocated now that that's done there needs to be a focus on getting children back into school so that they have a sense of normalcy. in the age of code of course this means some kind of blended learning but still getting these 55000 kids that are in these 120 schools into

neighboring schools so they can pursue their education big job ahead for unicef and its partners to try and get those children back to school as quickly as possible rebuild the city. parts of argentina's capital have been brought to a standstill by protesters calling for an end to months of coronavirus restrictions the latin american nations been on the lockdown for more than 150 days and it still has one of the highest rates of infection in the world to raise about has more from . every august 17th commemorate the death of their national independence hero. but this year thousands use the national holiday to protest against the government to find out of the families but. we are against abuses of power we want. the judicial executive and the legislator they want to use this crisis for. their own benefit argentina's government imposed a long down in march to prevent the spread of colvin $1000.00 and even though they

have managed to slow down the infection rate in the country the lockdown has had a dramatic impact on the economy this was our last one not only one of us out of money and honestly because of the people of. argentina the love of the moment i think all of the almost all of the people here are sold on the government here the home of money and the like here is the fair share of that 2 individual freedom. people say they're also worried about attempts by the government to reform the justice system and expose private agricultural companies although that plan was later dismissed and hillary got came with her family to the center of one a scientist because she says it's important to stand up for her rights here some of the fans are wanting to we are living in lockdown and we are tired and the peak never arrives i'm against attempts to reform the judiciary and we have to claim our rights defend our rights on the street the only thing we have left is to protest

over them and there is precedent about the for a man this imposed a long down in march saying he prioritized saving lives over the economy he's measures were celebrated for a while but discontent has been on the rise in recent weeks the can really moment we have to live in a unique time a period where we're under siege by a pandemic that is infecting us and killing us and we have to rebuild a country that was devastated economically by date in times of debating once again which is the way where we can talk to each other and build a common ground take decisions that we all agree on and it's difficult when you have the full wishless of others in front in spite of the threat of 900000 cities cited to challenge the government on monday they say lack of freedom is a bigger threat than the seas. and to see that when a. well the rapid rise of corona virus infections in 19 european countries is

causing alarm among health experts spain luxembourg malta belgium they are among the countries of highest concern spain has recorded more than 59000 new cases in the past 14 days. meanwhile it is the 1st day back to costs for children in. the government closed schools in april and stop the spread of 19 it says necessary measures are being taken to prevent a 2nd wave of the virus that has. 13 year old yusif sufi eva gets ready for school. he's one of millions of children in tajikistan returning to class for the 1st time since schools were closed in late april as a precaution against the spread of covidien t. . the use of smom is concern brought to suggest as a mother i am against sending my child to school right now because here and all over the world the couldn't of raters pandemic goes on but my children have been

home for 4 months they have already missed so much john hopkins university says around 8000 people in tajikistan have tested positive for covert 19 and at least 63 have died but less than a quarter has a number of infections reported in both neighboring uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. also shares a border with china with the virus started but information is tightly controlled by the time government the accuracy of its data is questioned don't know how to prove how much of that fortunately the 2nd wave of the corona virus has not begun in tajikistan it would be good if the ministry of education would provide distance learning but neither the ministry has opened schools they must follow the rules. the 1st day back in school is often chaotic for parents and teachers alike but making sure these children maintain social distancing and keep their masks on presents an even bigger challenge for the school in the capital de shante by her

teachers take their temperature before they enter the school director is confident all necessary precautions are in place. school started preparation in advance i. in the summer all the necessary anti septic's who purchased at the school and in the corridors we placed arrows for the movement of students if all students teachers and parents observe the safety rules i think it will be safe but it depends on everyone everyone should be careful. use of smother knows the risks she is taking by sending him back to school. she like millions of parents across. says that if she doesn't have sons education and potentially his future is at stake. for. tugs have begun telling the japanese bulk carrier that's been leaking oil onto the coast of marine. heading to a ship's graveyard in india 3 weeks after running aground and breaking up in rough

seas it leaves behind a massive cleanup operation to stop more pollution of coral reefs and tourist beaches now the u.s. department of interior has approved an oil and gas leasing plan that opens up the arctic national wildlife refuge for drilling this is the coastal plain in the state of alaska which has remained untouched for over 30 years republicans have been lobbying to revive drilling for oil in the area environmental activists have promised to legally challenge the decision in santa stafford environmental policy specialist at the university of california who says the world has no where else is untouched as this particular area. from an environmental standpoint it is often referred to reduce resent the alaskan wildlife day and last national wildlife refuge it's often referred to as our nation's last great wilderness we don't have that many places left in the country or indeed the world that has been totally i'm

touched and bank human activity and so eager millions of migratory birds that pass through that plane every year plane also provides habitat to large populations of polar bears caribou fox it is another iconic wild night and let me just add here it's not just the animals there are also groups of indigenous people who live there who rely on the environment and the natural resources that it provides for their good for their livelihood. let's take it to the headlines on al jazeera the u.s. democratic party is holding its national convention where it will formally name joe biden as its presidential candidate senator bernie sanders from the 1st lady michelle obama will headline the 1st night of speeches mostly virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic here's more from the white house with alan fischer it will be interesting this time around because there's going to be 15 keynote speakers all

giving michael speeches all changing the way this is done because most of it will be viewed online but the networks are still giving the coverage something donald trump has talked about he's concerned that the democrats have had a lot of air time over the last few days well he better sit down and get comfortable there's 4 more days of it before joe biden gives his big speech and accepts the nomination of the democratic party. the other headlines in the bell a russian president has told striking state to factory workers they won't be new elections thousands of people walked off the job in the night straight day of demonstrations where they are calling for alexander lukashenko to step down european union leaders will hold an emergency meeting on the issue on weapons. tear gas and stun grenades have been fired at protesters in sudan's capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal demonstrators in khartoum say the transition to democracy is too slow for the overthrow of longtime leader of one of the shia

lebanon's health minister says the country's overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections following the deadly explosion in beirut supporter earlier this month a record 456 new infections were diagnosed on monday alone parts of argentina's capital have been brought to a standstill where protesters calling for an end to months of restrictions sunday marks the latin american countries 150th day in lockdown still has one of the highest infection rates in the world and a rapid rise of infections in 19 european countries is causing alarm among health experts spain luxembourg multan and belgium are among the countries of high concern spain has recorded more than 59000 new cases in the past 14 days 100 cases per 100000 people inside stories coming up next.

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