it's. a good. we have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden as the next president of the united states the democratic national convention begins a virtual event which will see joe biden formally named to the party's presidential candidate. hello again i'm a star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a verdict expected and former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri assassination trial we'll tell you what it could mean for the crisis written country. the old.

protestors and batteries heckled president alexander lukashenko and the main opposition leader calls on the military to switch sides you must tear gas and stun grenades fired at demonstrators and threw don demanding fans to change a year off to a power sharing deal the size. donald trump is the wrong president for the united states that's the overwhelming message from the 1st day of the democratic national convention that will now formally name joe biden as its presidential candidate former 1st lady michelle obama and vermont senator bernie sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans giving speeches at the most about to event they gave damning reviews of trump's term as president while backing joe biden who is said to be formally nominated at the end of the 4 days. this election

is the most important in the modern history of this country in response to the unprecedented crisis we face we need an unprecedented response a movement like never before of people who are prepared to stand up and fight for democracy and decency and against greed oligarchy and bigotry and we need joe biden as our next president if you think things cannot possibly get worse trust me they can and they will if we don't make a change in this election if we have any hope of ending this chaos we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depended on it 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. allen says it has been following all of the night speeches from outside the white house he has more on michelle obama's address. for someone who famously does not like politics and even mentioned that during his speech this is perhaps one of the most searing indictments of the trump presidency that we've heard she talked about how there not been just a failure of policy but a failure of character and she said that doesn't just make me upset it's infuriating and then the point that she was making is that donald trump. had not met the moment and was not fit to be president and therefore that is why in her opinion the country should vote for joe biden but clearly what the democrats are hoping is that she can reach but to some republicans and we've heard from

plenty over the last 2 hours who are changing their vote from 2016 when they back donald trump to support joe biden this time around and perhaps even independents and again making the point. that people stayed away from the polls and 2016 for a number of reasons because they didn't like hillary because the democratic party didn't vote in joe biden bernie sanders is that their nominee for a variety of reasons she's saying essentially this time you've got to put those divisions behind you get behind the democratic nominee joe biden and vote him into office getting rid of donald trump it was. a searing indictment of donald trump and i suspect if it been played in the hall in a normal convention there would have been a lot of applause lines but that was quite a damning assessment of the last 4 years from the former for sleazy. well now the

u.s. air force is investigating reports a drone a sitting near president trump's plane a report says said an object similar to a small drone was seen close to air force one as it came in to land in maryland the air force says the plane landed without incident. and moving on and a un back to course is jews issue its verdict in the case of the assassination of lebanon's hariri he was prime minister until his resignation in 2004 and was killed in a suicide car bombing months later the 4 men accused are known members of hezbollah as anahata as well. it's been 15 years since former prime minister rafiq had it he was assassinated in a suicide car bombing in beirut $21.00 others were also killed in an act that changed the face of lebannon 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 miti what was a serial murder of the political class. targeted the people who gathered on the 14th of march or those who expressed one opposition to bashar the regime do they knew that the police field studio was to pave the way for iranian bret 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 hezbollah's 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 it 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 stand side because you refuse 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 are group

a conviction is unlikely to heal divisions but given hezbollah's perceived control of the government it could affect lebanon's international relations so. beirut now the defense minister of turkey and qatar were in tripoli on monday to discuss cooperation with libya's internationally recognized government that's as efforts continue to secure a cease fire in the divided country both tacky and cannot support a tripoli based government which recently defeated a 14 month campaign to seize the capital i wore a pretty fast. now the belorussian president has told striking workers there won't be new elections unless his opponents kill him protesters across the country have made it very clear they want to alexander lukashenko oust the main opposition leaders for granted to kind of skier says she is ready to lead a transition and is calling on the security forces to switch sides e.u. leaders will hold an emergency meeting on the issue on wednesday and has all the

latest from minsk. strikes are now snowballing a wrong battle ruth one after the other factory workers joining in truck truck to metal fact least most of the country strategic industries are now experiencing large scale strikes. like what we don't agree with in justice the people in power haven't listened to him for 26 years they run away they don't want to listen to your voice they don't want to know anything about your problem. workers chanting no more fear signed it up to 26 years of living under look or shank us all to repairing rule they are ready for change the markets have now at the factory richard quest joins us right now and you can actually see people coming out from inside the factory also president bush and 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. is

a thank you i said everything you can shout go away. even previously most loyal media like belarus 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 poll of asian national television will start covering this and. mation like what was actually done on the streets i think that the regime will fall soon or you have gave me palin resigned last week from his job as one of the main anchors on interest in our country started work in we received many information about. people who were in prisons and we saw it and we didn't. show this

information our t.v. channel so this is the reason it's impossible to work like these possible see them off of truth not even how what small part of the truth look i shankar who initially refused new elections is now keeping 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 the afghan government says it has halted the release of taliban prisoners breaking a ruling by a traditional council last week the government says faces must free more captured soldiers for the release of the remaining 320 taliban prisoners to go ahead the prisoner release was one of the terms listed in a u.s. brokered peace deal to open talks between the afghan government and the taliban.

several properties have been damaged off to a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck a region in the central philippines a family in must battier province were left trapped when their house collapsed following that quake cracks also appeared and roads debris fell to the ground in the coastal town but there was no threat of a tsunami. still ahead here on al-jazeera a conservative south korean pollster who spearheaded anti-government protests is blamed for a growing cluster of corona virus infections in the soul region. and lifting one of the longest drop downs restrictions begin to ease and cost of santiago after more than $150.00 days it's. my. the hot wind has picked up this one that blows out of iraq and than 2 hours ago

states and supposed by this southwesterly monsoon which is kept the how if in salalah that's tend to die down the stronger when there was rather more noticeable bringing some dust to the dust elements rather reduced on choose in the breezes drop in some degrees to about $46.00 and he would but that gets down to about $42.00 degrees and that breeze probably drops out altogether later on wednesday the $38.00 indicating a rather more humid environment around qatar for example basically is a hot and dry picture with the exception of showers building in the high ground western part of yemen well southwest society we've seen some big showers recently nice e.o.p. are they going to carry on an increasing amount of clouds coming into somalia and kenya so we'll see some rain here some coastal showers i think in the next day or so like victoria bring them up every night and then drop them every morning they drift west was towards rwanda which is normal thing at this time of the year sas of all this it should be normally dry picture we are of course now in late winter and

you tend to get some every now and again some active stormy weather coming through the cape and it looks pretty windy and not very warm either that's a strong wind was right on the western cape and the eastern cape. sweat tears and sometimes block but for them it's what my dreams are made on. al jazeera wound tells a story of a young moroccan boxes from humble background and training for the rights of allies . and a former champion who gives his all like that 6 casablanca i caught on al-jazeera. the urine war.

now again i'm the star to attend let's remind you of our top stories this hour the 1st day of the democratic national convention has come to an end the former 1st lady michelle obama and the man senator bernie sanders gave damning reviews of donald trump's term as president while throwing their support behind joe biden. for the u.n. back to courses years an issue it's vatican on tuesday in the case of the assassination of lebanon's were 55 hariri he was prime minister after his resignation in 2004 and was killed in a suicide car bombing in a sense. the bell russian president has told striking state factory workers there won't be new elections until opponents kill him thousands of people walked off the job in the 9th straight day of demonstrations one of the alexander lukashenko to step down. now tear gas and stun grenades have been fired at protesters and sudan's

capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal demonstrators say the transition to democracy has been too slow following the overthrow of longtime leader of al bashir i haven't woken reports from. i was renting 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 what more could be sort of with the law on 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 promised 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. 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 government 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. 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 him during the transition the international community should now act as a safeguard to the deal that was signed last year. will continue campaigning and to be achieve their democratic goals for sudan people morgan al-jazeera.

government troops surrounding of course and so it was captured by isolate fighters last week is now the 3rd time not somebody to pry a key town in the gas rich province has been attacked this year the leaders of the southern african development community have been holding a virtual missing focusing on that issue. this update from neighboring from harare in neighboring involve. the annual say they've heads of state meeting ended with leaders saying they going to collectively assist mozambique deal with the violence in the north but they didn't say what that assistance is going to be they speaking nation a fact finding mission could be sent in the other option is a military intervention it's happened before in the democratic republic of congo. and mozambique back when fighters from the group were normal were raiding villages and towns in go towards us so if this time around a military intervention was to happen which countries puts in troops in a way well the money come from some and this really something is being planned but

for security reasons leaders can say what that plan is. indonesia as marking 75 years since independence boss it's a subdued celebration commemorations are being held online because large gatherings are banned to do so the coronavirus pandemic jesca washington reports from the capital jakarta. old town a legacy of colonial rule remains dutch architecture frames this corner of the capital but it's the sea of red and white flags that stands out on the 75th anniversary of the proclamation of independence indonesian the celebrating in their own ways. large gatherings are banned as the city grapples with an increase in covered 19 infections more than 6000 deaths and 140000 cases confirmed so far some serious says people in his village usually have an independence day party this year they won't not just as

a virus precaution but because they can't afford it. they cannot make situation has an impact on people it's difficult to get any income i am a street food seller and there are very blocks everywhere. many low income earners say they're under pressure. this pandemic has really hit us we have to pay rent and buy medicine time goes on but the economy is still like this sometimes we have no income at all planned for this he is anniversary had been in the works for more than a year but the pandemic has put a stop to that there's no grand parade and no carnival said the streets a quiet. celebrations in the presidential palace was streamed online. dutch colonial rule lasted for more than 3 centuries and japanese imperial forces occupied for 3 years after japan's defeat in the 2nd world war dutch troops

attempted to recall and eyes indonesia by force it's estimated that they killed tens of thousands of indonesians it was only this year that the king of the netherlands formally apologized to indonesians for the brutality during the 5 year war of independence. those old enough to remember the years before the independence proclamation can look back on their own memories. would be my in my village we only got the news 3 or 4 days after it was announced we heard that we were free 75 years means so much to him which we have to cherish it. just the washington to 0. now a south korean pasta hitter pradhan a mass anti-government rally on the weekend has tested positive for the crime and a virus more than 300 other infections are now being linked to his church the government is warning it could be the west outbreak there for months and has the story. the salang cherry church is the epicenter of the country's 2nd largest

cluster of corona virus infections since depend demick began government workers sealed off the house of worship in the capital seoul on the same day its leading pastor tested positive for in june 1 who is one of more than 300 infections linked to his church he helped to lead an anti-government rally on saturday where thousands of protesters expressed anger at president moon j is decision to be imposed tough social distancing rules congregation members say health workers try to stop that rally with fake test results. when you have to demean your total we had 4 people who tested positive then the number became 30 but just before the august 15th protest the number suddenly rose to 300 this shows the government is trying to stop us from protesting. the government denied the allegation june is an outspoken critic of moon's policies the 63 year old pastor is now being charged

with this rocketing disease control after allegedly discouraging worshipers from getting tested and underreporting church membership to avoid corn teen health workers say half of the church's 4000 members have been tested but more than 600 who should be isolated could not be reached but until i do you know it was as if the child long child church was the only organization subject to cave in 1000 tests in the whole country the government exaggerated the number of newly infected cases to spark a nationwide fear i have strong suspicions that this is a gimmick to arrest reverend john kwang who in the church also accuses the government of planning to provide false test results for all of its members. in the room we are very concerned because there were rumors among the child on child church members that they would to stay positive regardless which is impossible because we cannot fabricate to. the shipper earlier this year the secretive church

of jesus was identified as south korea's biggest virus cluster more than 5000 cases are linked to the group based in the southeastern city of daegu. its leader lehman he was arrested 2 weeks ago accused of hiding crucial information from contact tracers south korea has been widely hailed as a success story in the global fight against corona virus but with nearly 200 new cases reported for the 4th consecutive day doctors warn that story may be changing and these 2 al-jazeera. well now the president of the philippines has lifted a strict coronavirus lockdown in the capital manila and a change of tactic was regarded tatay says he will and instead increase testing he is also looking into clinical trials of a russian vaccine that as he says easing lock down measures will boost the economy after it fell into recession for the 1st time in almost 3 decades. we will ensure the safety of our people. over some sectors in the economy

especially as is. the only. available human. like use. biofuels the and. us oxy in. general and again has more from the manila. this is as far as we're allowed to go we are in the province of biloxi and north of manila but we're not allowed to go any further this is an area where hundreds have tested positive for the corona virus infection and police are very strict about who gets to go in and out of san jose.

we were told that only police officers medical workers and local government workers are actually allowed to get in and it's difficult even for residents to move around now despite president through the good of their day making an announcement basically that he is losing restructure and it remains to be seen what happens to pounce like this who are seen to be at the epicenter of the corona virus infection the government has admitted it is under extreme pressure to lose in restrictions and to open the economy despite the philippines being at the epicenter of corona virus infections in southeast asia various because the crunchie is also now in one of its deepest recession in more than 20 years that's after one of the longest blocked bones in the world has been implemented here. well chile has begun a same listing of one of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns although

restaurants bars and nightclubs remain closed people living in downtown chile done sorry people living downtown and capital and now being allowed to go out for a walk but while maintaining social distancing but as you see and even reports from santiago not everyone is following the rules. that be a prepares to reopen ricky downtown san diego will after a 5 month slow down many of her products had to be replaced because they'd gone stale but then i'm happy to be able to get out and work again my savings had dried up to. philip is going to lead our lives on the. 8th floor of this building he and his one year old twin daughters are relieved to finally be able to leave their flat the girls have spent nearly half of their short life under lockdown and up with it it's been hard it changes your life completely under girls who want to see the world. in downtown some floodgates have been opened after what local officials call

the world's longest uninterrupted lockdown. police reminded pedestrians to stay on the right and respect social distancing but their warnings fell on deaf ears social distancing even to use public toilets was conspicuously absent people how. to cope with being rude difficult. over told people the don't don't know of. some devil's mare tells us that i'm less people follow the rules of parties will be forced to confine downtown once again although contagion has gone down significantly in this part of the city health officials are keenly aware that in other parts of chile as in other countries relaxing restrictions has led to a new spike in infections and many ways this is the perfect storm not only are people anxious to get out of their houses but also to go shopping because for the 1st time in a long time they actually have money in their pockets fencer the fact that congress

has allowed them for want to withdraw up to 10 percent of their pension savings because of the pandemic emergency. people are happy to have new running shoes and mobile phones but judging ringback by their reluctance to respect social distancing this new town freedom could have a short expiration date you see in human al-jazeera santiago. and again this is al jazeera and these are the head. signs the 1st day of the us democratic national convention has come to an end former 1st lady michelle obama and the month senator bernie sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans giving speeches they gave damning reviews of donald trump's term as president while throwing their support behind joe biden the job is hard it requires clear headed

judgment a master of complex and competing issues a devotion to facts and history a moral compass and an ability to listen and an abiding belief that each of the 330000000 lives in this country has meaning and worth. has more from the white house it was. a searing indictment of donald trump and i suspect if it been played in a hall in a normal convention there would have been a lot of applause lines but that was quite a damning assessment of the last 4 years from the former 1st lady the u.s. air force is investigating reports a drone through near the president trumps plane a reporter said an object similar to a small drone was seen close to air force one as it came in to land in maryland the air force says the plane landed without incident the u.n.

backed courses jews issue its verdict on tuesday in the case of the assassination of lebanon's were faecal hariri he was prime minister until his resignation in 2004 and was killed in a suicide car bombing a year later the accused men are no members of hezbollah. the defense ministers of turkey and cancer have discussed cooperation with libya's internationally recognized government efforts continue to secure a cease fire in the divided country both turkey and qatar support the tripoli based government. and the bell or russian president has told striking state factory workers there won't be new elections thousands of people walked off the job and the 9th straight day of demonstrations calling for alexander new to step down all those the headlines i'll have an update for you after counting the cost of history has called it the great war in the 2nd deficit and the declining onto an empire forges its alliance with germany and the central powers as the war gives birth to 3

nationalist movements determine the future world war 1. 0 knowledge is here. hello i'm darren jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week corrupt and bankrupt powerful banking and political clowns have destroyed lebanon's economy while people can't get access to their bank accounts billions have been moved out of the country president trump wants to install his own man at the bank that will oversee latin america's recovery from the pandemic but some nations are opposed to the moods.