and. we have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden as the next president of the united states democrats rally us voters to support their presumptive presidential candidate joe biden at an online party convention. i'm rob madison and this is our desire live from doha also coming up in the next hour a special tribunal convenes to decide a verdict in the assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri.

protesters in bellow's heckled president alexander lukashenko now the main opposition leader is calling on the military to switch sides. and south africa lifts most of its lockdown restrictions to try to pump life back into the economy. the u.s. democratic party has begun its national convention the event usually packs a stadium with huge crowds but because of covert 19 it's all being done online from a 1st lady michelle obama and vermont senator bernie sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans who made speeches backing joe biden for president alan fischer reports. a moment of american political history the 1st but chill presidential convention the democrats gaveling to order

online large gatherings cast aside because of covert but a party torn by infighting 4 years ago this was about presenting a united front but it's not easy to unite the democratic party were rebuffed just group joe biden's pulled it off on the 1st night the man many thought would secure the nomination this time around bernie sanders to his supporters to backbiting in response to the unprecedented crises we face we need and 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 a huge technical team spread around the country dialed in reactions trying to make it feel more familiar and there were moments that will go viral every single. grain . dispassionately news from me there are still celebrity appearances musical breaks

and in this brought to it moment cross party endorsement america is at the junkie sick the former ohio governor who ran for the republican nomination 4 years ago giving his support to the party he spent a lifetime campaigning against no one person or party has all the answers but what we do know is that we can do better than what we've been seeing today for sure and i know that joe biden with his experience and his wisdom and his decency can bring us together to help us find that better way the job is hard then the keynote speaker for the evening former 1st lady michelle obama a woman who says she hates politics delivering a scathing assessment of 4 years of trump donald trump is the wrong president for our country he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head he cannot meet this moment he simply cannot be who

we need him to be for us it is what it is. donald trump will hit the campaign trail again during the democratic convention and he's already said he is going to pardon someone he describes as very very important at some point on tuesday determined to grab the headlines as the democrats try to highlight what they see as his failings of his time in office alan fischer al-jazeera washington in the next hour u.n. back court is convening to decide a verdict in a case relating to the assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri in 2005 the 4 defendants are members of the armed group has bolo which has repeatedly denied involvement in the attack but they're not appearing in court from lebanon is in the heart of reports. 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 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 haddadi 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 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 party feel studio was to pave the way for your a new breath 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 us tool and vowed to never 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 do stand side

because you refuse to stop cooperating with the tribunal. 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. several rockets have struck afghanistan's capital kabul injuring 19 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district there's that coincided with its independence day it's not yet know who was behind the attack. and the afghan government has halted the release of more taliban prisoners the government says fighters must free more captured soldiers before the release of the remaining 320 taliban prisoners and go ahead the president release was a precondition in a u.s. brokered peace deal to open talks that were due to start on thursday between the

afghan government and the taliban. but the loose is bracing for a tense day of protests demonstrators have been calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote on august the 9th on monday he told striking workers there wouldn't be new elections unless his opponents kill him steadfastly reports in the capital minsk. strikes and now snowballing iran better loose one after the other factory workers joining in truck tractor metal factory smells of the country strategic industries and now experiencing large scale strikes i was. like well we don't agree with injustice 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 problems. workers chanting no more fear assigned it out to 26 years of living under look or shank this after repairing rule they are ready for

change marcus has now added that the factory original was showing their strike and you can actually see people coming out from inside the factory also present the cash and cash was in his face right words has to resign in an unprecedented move workers started shouting at the president a man who has long been referred to as the father of the nation. he was it is also 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 gave me palin resigned last week from his job as one of the main anchors on interest in our country started what can we receive many information about. people who were in prison we saw it and 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 at 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 protestors see this as a way for the president to buy time and trying to cling onto power they say they want him out now step class and al-jazeera minsk a magnitude $6.00 earthquake has struck the central philippines killing one person

and injuring dozens more a family and must bazzi province were left trapped when their house collapsed there's no threat of a tsunami but authorities are warning people to prepare for aftershocks. nearly $2000000.00 people in gaza facing power shortages as the only power plant there is forced to shut down that's because israel has cut off fuel shipments to the territory israel says it's in response to rocket attacks and fire bombs by the palestinian group hamas which controls gaza are a force that has more from west to islam and what impact the power cuts are likely to have. that would mean that the amount of electricity being supplied would be reduced to just 3 or 4 hours on and then up to 16 hours off so that is something that affects of course the whole industry and society will affect some 2000000 people are also talking about the impact on sewage treatment but that will have to

end and it will mean a return to pumping last amounts to rule sewage straight out into the mediterranean of the time of course in high summer when people do use garza's beaches as a bit of a respite from the heat and the immunity this is all tied to the recent rising tensions which is included rocket attacks which is included those incendiary balloons and overnight a 7th straight night of israeli airstrikes on gaza israel saying it targeted underground targets infrastructure belonging to that has been attempts to mediate an egyptian delegation was inside gaza on monday they returned to israel with a series of demands from hamas including help with infrastructure projects allowing more material into the strip allowing workers once again to go out and work inside israel blows out of course been shut down by coronavirus addictions among other things and so much now depends on how that egyptian mediation goes still ahead and al jazeera angry and exhausted by months of lockdown argentinians take over the

streets of what i said it was. tear gas and stun grenades fired at demonstrators in sudan demanding faster change a year after a power sharing deal was signed. hello there all that unsettled picture across central as of europe not just that as well the north westerly much of the u.k. also cloud it has been bringing rain showers but also some pretty strong funnel soames that is they often all the water across areas of london the rainbow in the skies and it is what it did down on the ground this is actually north london in essex and you can just see how deep the water was in fact several roads were shut throughout essex and we head across to northern italy and again a similar scenario some very strong thunderstorms some very heavy amounts of rain of course in a very short space of time now there's more of that as we go through tuesday very

widespread really the showers and thunderstorms all the way from france the u.k. but really spreading across germany all the way into western ukraine and also you can see that training down into western sections of the balkans some heavy downpours at times that will tend to work its way farther east was on wednesday a little bit of a break across areas really central areas but look at this mass here just beginning to push across into the u.k. across and that rain slightly late wednesday into thursday will push the across the west so and actual fact which is not too bad despite this child and rain light rain wednesday and wednesday in london not sure about that the temperatures nice and sunny day paris again we will some rain more in the 4 calls on friday and also staying mostly dry and sunny. the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this whole tour in 2008 has been

a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism once thrived. and a chilean politician goes on a journey to meet a leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. in latin america a giant and turmoil on al-jazeera. you want your jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour michelle obama and bernie sanders one among the speakers on day one of the democratic national convention which will formally name joe biden as presidential candidate. a un backed court is

expected to deliver its verdict in the assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri in 20054 men are being tried in absentia and they're members of the armed groups hezbollah which denies involvement. several rockets have struck afghanistan's capital kabul injuring 9 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district its act coincided with the country's independence day. china's foreign ministry says beijing has firmly opposed u.s. efforts to suppress holway that's after the trumpet ministration announced further restrictions on the chinese tech giant how it will now need a special license to access 2nd computer chips washington has been pushing for governments around the world to restrict claiming it hands over data to the chinese government denies those charges. tear gas and stun grenades were fired of protesters in sudan's capital on monday 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 omar al bashir about more reports were called to. granting 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 you sort of 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 promise to hold those who kill 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. and of either 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 as the 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 27 months to go in the transitional period before elections are due but many of the provisions of the

power sharing agreements are yet to be implemented a peace deal is it to be signed and there were 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 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. he wants to stay they'll continue campaigning until they achieve their democratic goals for sudan people morgan al-jazeera. so i thought because easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive its economy and impose one of the world's strictest lockdowns in

march morning essential workers were allowed to leave their homes the government's not go along chavo between provinces it's also lifted a ban on the sale of alcohol from the millers a lot for us in magnus book just give us an idea 1st of all how people are reacting to this given the fact they've been in lockdown for such a long time. well we were actually in the works so i just outside of johannesburg on villa causes street and normally this is a road that will be packed with tourists it was once the home of the now the mandela as well as archbishop desmond tutu and for that reason thousands of tourists visit this area and so to give you an idea around the reaction people still remain hopeful because the street behind us is deserted while the lockdown restrictions have eased not much has. danged poor people here and in many tourists site because the borders remain closed so there are no international tourists and

people here are hoping that the easing of the restrictions such as the un banning of alcohol will bring people back to restaurants and this is where they would see perhaps a boost to their income the money coming in given that there's nothing happening at the moment it may take time for things to return to normal and of course people didn't feel relying on the local industry to keep them going as the borders remain closed. we've seen this pattern having way around other countries around the world as well for their loved ones have been released and restrictions have been lifted and then there has been a surge in cases of people worried that we're going to see another surge in cases there as things restrictions are eased. well that's certainly the concern from the government they have reminded people not to become complacent and complacent rather and they are certainly some restrictions in place people have to wear masks of course social distancing remains

a requirement but as we've seen through the course of the lockdown living in areas in south africa we need these regulations haven't been adhered to and this is the concern from the government that if there was a struggle during the height of the lockdown what would people do as the restrictions i eased that africa has close 260-0000 cases of coronavirus the recovery rate has increased to about 80 percent so those numbers have indicated if we go back there were about 12000 cases every day on average new cases of covert 1000 that's now dropped to about 3 or 4000 according to the latest as they can this of course has renewed optimism back to the economy can be really. given to people struggling so wildly is that balance between trying to revive the economy and also trying to save lives there is a concern around a taken 13 what might happen in coming weeks and some of the miller talking to us

from so we're going to thank you very much indeed strict coronavirus lockdowns are being lifted in the philippine capital and for other provinces aimed at boosting the recession hit economy their president to go to terrace he says he's changing his tactics to increase testing as well as considering clinical trials of a russian vaccine the philippines has the largest number of covert 900 cases in so the se asia and organ has more from near milan. this is as far as we're allowed to go we are in the province of bullock 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 go out of san jose town we were told that only felice 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 go there they're making an announcement basically that he is losing restrictions 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 mr actions and to open the economy despite the philippines being at the epicenter of corona virus infections in southeast asia that is because the country is also now in one of its deepest recession in more than 20 years that's after one of the longest lock bones in the world has been implemented here. protesters have brought parts of argentina's capital to a standstill with demands for an end to months of coronavirus restrictions despite more than $150.00 days a locked on the country's still as one of the world's highest infection rates to

this has more. every august 17th argentines commemorate the death of their national independence hero. but this year thousands use the national holiday to protest against the government of iraq this. think we are against abuses of power we want the powers the judiciary the 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 19 and even though they have managed to slow down the infection rate in the country down has had a dramatic impact on the economy this was our lives one not the only one outside of . the people. 7 coming or going he was the last of the government imposed along the almost 5 months along people here are still going to make it here the whole big money piece of the mix he used to care for the 2

individual freedom. people say they're also worried about attempts by the government to reform the justice system and expose the private agricultural company 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 to come with their guns i want to be relieving 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 from the street the only thing we have left is to protest a lot of 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 and i said look at the real moment we have to live in a unique time 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 do it in times of debating once again which is the way 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 formation of survivors in front in spite of the threat of covert 19000 city cited to challenge the government on monday they say lack of freedom is a bigger threat than the seas. and to see that when. one of the world's longest coronavirus lockdowns is being lifted in chile restaurants bars and nightclubs remain closed but people in the capital can go out for a stroll after months of being stuck indoors but not everyone is following the rules as a latin america editor newman incentive argo. your land that that be a prepares to reopen ruki oscon downtown san diego will after a 5 month lockdown 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 clearly a guy 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 something 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 who. are responsible the court has been difficult. over too long people of a bump of going don't know of. some tabloids marriage tells us that unless 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 in 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 thanks for 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 found freedom could have a short expiration date you see in human al-jazeera something out. the man

a very do janeiro has scrapped plans for sunbathers to have to make a booking to visit the city's famous beaches that idea for a new phone app was suggested to control the spread of the corona virus but its cause widespread mockery among brazilians online about the people using beaches like copacabana is still in place. a number of other some of the headlines on al-jazeera michelle obama and bernie sanders have been among the speakers on day one of the democratic national convention in the united states it's an event that will formally name joe biden as the party's presidential candidate 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 and abiding

belief that each of the 330000000 lives in this country has meaning and worth are you going back to court is expected to deliver its verdict in the assassination of former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri in 20054 men are being tried in absentia all of them are members of the armed groups hezbollah which denies involvement. several rockets have struck afghanistan's capital kabul injuring 9 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district it's act coincided with the country's independence day a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck the central philippines killing one person and injuring dozens more there's no threat of a tsunami but authorities are warning people to prepare for aftershocks. well reuss is bracing for the 10th day of protests demonstrators have been calling for

president alexander lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote in all this the 9th he says there won't be due elections china's foreign ministry says beijing firmly opposes u.s. efforts to suppress holway it's in response to the trumpet ministration announcing further restrictions on the time chinese tech giant hallway will now need a special license to access certain computer chips south africa is easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive its economy and impose one of the world's strictest lock downs in march only essential workers were allowed to leave their homes the government's not allowing travel between provinces it's also lifted the ban on the sale of alcohol and those are the headlines these continues here on al-jazeera after the stream. i care about how the u.s. engages with the rest of the world we're willing didn't take you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feel that you were there.

and i am going to look into this i mean a home edition today talking about education in indiana and how well your education does in india well it depends are you a boy scout do you live in a rural area or an urban area how much does your family have to fund your schooling and then on top of that we add cover on a virus and it becomes a very challenging educational environment millions of kids been effected by this if we are going to be talking about the learning gap in india if you have a comment question some experience on you cheap jumping to the comments and you can be part of today's come to see. and i guess it's really nice to see i am going to say.