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walkouts and protests continue in belarus with growing calls for president alexander lukashenko to resign. but he went back to court has convicted one member of the armed group hezbollah of conspiracy in the sasa nation of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri the salim jamil i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia for the bombing in beirut in 2005 which killed 21 other people the 3 other defendants were acquitted because of insufficient evidence the attack was an act of terrorism that was designed to spread fear among lebanese population it was committed for political and not personal reasons the trial chamber is of the view that syria and hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate mr hariri and some of his political allies however there

was no evidence that this hezbollah leadership had any involvement in mr hariri murder and there is no direct evidence of syrian involvement in it. is that what is live for us in beirut saying just one of the 4 found guilty was that expected how the lebanese people likely to react to this. 5 people were originally to. 5 members known members of hezbollah one of them a very well known commander most of them died under mysterious circumstances in the basket a few years back now the verdict one of the 4 found guilty the other 3 acquitted because there wasn't enough evidence what the court said was that. is affiliated with has a law he was involved in this murder they also connected him with most but dr

dean so the bottom line is that hezbollah has been in one way or another found guilty even though the court the very fact is the court when it was created by the united nations. allowed to indict a country a state government or an organization it can only indict individuals so this verdict indirectly points the finger at hezbollah the reaction in the streets so far what we are hearing is that supporters of how do you they are celebrating they see this as a victory that justice has finally been achieved but at the same time how do you support how do you he is calling on their support his supporters not to take to the streets because as you can imagine how sensitive the situation is how deep it was not just a prominent politician in lebanon he was the leader of the muslim community and now . a person an operative belonging to a group has been found guilty so there is

a fear that this could revive so many shia tensions in lebanon who to that end my shit in any way trying to change the dynamics within lebanon or might there be some sort of political fallout. well hezbollah controls along with its allies political and military power in this country what happens next is the lebanese government is obliged to hand over the person found guilty to the court and the lebanese government is not expected to do that just on the strength of the secretary general of hezbollah repeating time and time again we're not handing over quote our brothers if the case the sent to the un security council the u.n. security council is divided so it really doesn't have practical means to implement this verdict so what happens next the question is will 11 on internet relations

with the international community be affected taking into account that hezbollah and its allies control political power or or will this open the door to some sort of compromise between hezbollah and the former prime minister saad of how do you think the son of the slain prime minister who is now in the opposition and who is a possible candidate to head the next government so it could go both ways that at this point in time. thanks for that update then how did life for us in beirut. and saying with lebanon and lebanese judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of the manager of beirut support the explosion in beirut on the 4th of august originated the force more than 200 people were killed but according to the government ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse destination stephanie decker has more from beirut. he is part of those $25.00 people who were detained 10 days ago as part of investigation senior customs

official boards officials and security officials he was questioned today for 4 hours we understand and now an official arrest warrant has been issued this means that he will now be officially arrested that comes after yesterday the judge also issued an official arrest warrant for the customs the head of customs here at the port so what you're seeing now is the senior man the people in charge of this ports being officially arrested they have been detained they've been the subject questioning their $21.00 more who've been detained was still subject to questioning going forward so we're seeing some movement let's say when it comes to this investigation when it comes to fishermen arresting people but there are still a lot of questions to be answered i can tell you we just left interviewing a family their father husband worked at those silos he still hasn't been found they were saying we want answers there's no one we can talk to and they've apparently stopped looking for bodies so people very angry blaming the system wanting alters and they were saying particular they wanted an international investigation they

didn't trust the lebanese to be in charge of finding answers here because they say that the system is responsible for what has happened there so yes the investigation is moving but i think certainly for now the aunts or is it going to be a long time off and whether the public will that accept them is another question. now to a developing story of a military new city in mali there are multiple reports of soldiers taking up arms in the town of county which is 15 kilometers from the capital bamako we're hearing senior ministers and army officers have been arrested president abraham has been taken to a safe location. of interest is following developments from nigeria's capital of what's the latest. when basically we are hearing about a significant military presence of the national radio station or to them it's not clear whether that where the changes have taken over control of the. a radio station and also reports are coming in about possible military presence around the

airport area so these are still unconfirmed reports yet but so far military activity and tension still remain high in catty and the reports of military trying to come into but michael which is just 15 kilometers away from like he said and along the way in lies the presidential palace although president because it's been reported evacuated to a safe location it's a clear whether the government officials senior military officers like the foreign minister the minister of finance as well as senior officers at the ministry the ministry of internal affairs are also being held by these need to nias all by government security personnel but what i reports are confirming is that most of these arrested personalities are a truly and hence of the meeting yes now what we're also hearing is that people civil servants who turn up at the prime minister's office up in austin go home so

this iteration remain fluid inside but mccoy outside of the capital we're hearing also demonstrations at the independence quiet which was occupied by m 5 movement a members of the opposition who've been calling for the resignation of president since june in several demonstrations in and bomb a court and other cities are a. total of 7 but i thought if you had about those protests what has been bringing people out onto the streets. well basically protests started after the parliamentary elections which members of the opposition have accused the government of rigging so they demanded a recount all the candidates be announced just winners this will have been the bane of discussions between the 2 sides president de bribable did not budge and that so the demonstrators were out in the streets demanding that the president

resigns and also there been some demands of course that the constitutional court and the supreme court that gave the ruling party the majority and the women were declared as winners of the election. has to be changed some changes have been effected following the intervention of the regional bloc at the economic community of west african states which by the way the report has been submitted to the nigerian president here in just some few hours ago by a former president goodluck jonathan however that report did not take into committee since they've been tough today now what we know right now is that the supporters of the m 5 movement have declared their support to the. interrupting now to take you to santorini who are speaking up outside special tribunals and they have been on following the verdict of the assassination of his father i think 15 years ago and it's this in an official how did it and on behalf

of all the families of the victims we accept the vertical giving by the tribunal and we see these just implementation weekend not waive the right. of the blood of the victims. the other demand is on behalf of all our knees the order demanded of truth and justice today we have come to know the truth yet what is left is justice to be administered and justice to be done today i have a. new demand following the catastrophe and the disaster that hit lebanon on. the fault for. the demand is the truth established today will behave the way for

establishing that truth. behind. closed and to administer justice to the relatives of the victims and those who have lost their livelihood without any cause all justifications as we did not give up on the blood of the victims of a how do you assess a nation we will not give up. the blood of the victims of those who have fallen in the beirut airport explosion. this is our demand. today and by virtue of the efforts exerted by this tribunals and for the 1st time. following a long series of political assassinations the lebanese have come to know the truth and for the 1st saw him justice is served this is.

moment as it gives out. and message. to those who have fair trade in this terrorist crimes that. the planners and the parapet traitors and their message. the time of impunity. has gone. this is the message given by their tribe and this is their message. resonate and reiterate that any right ad will be punished and any paper traitor will be punished will be never to play punished. once again you need to raise that we cannot bear again for the plots of the victims

simply because the parents of any political cry amount to day we have heard a lot about politics and we have heard why it of little haylee was assassinated it has become clear to all and each to everyone that this of criminal. acts or a political crime is to change the face of lebanon. and. change the lebanese identity this is also what we will not give up on we are speaking with. bluntly. and we are speaking. to the public opinion and bluntly. when we say do not expect us to offer any compromises we have sacrifies every deed and every precious

for the sake of lebanon many have lost their lives. and today. is required who is required to sacrifice hezbollah simply because it has proven that it is behind what has been committed. once again i iterate that we will not rest until justice is served and the verdict is implemented to those who have lost confidence in the tribunals today it has proven to them that means that tribunals is just and to those who. they could to belittle the lebanese judiciary to them was a never before in the past was any established. you know today

. all require a level up to their responsibilities no one because we're claim that he is not. a precondition to the coexistence that each and every lebanese citizen is concerned with his own affairs and with the affairs of the entire country this is a lesson to learn and listen to consider. since august this is the 4th day explosion of the seaport. lebanese citizens from all walks of life from all religions and sects. are working on the ground as i said these tribunals has been the demand of all the lebanese people who have sacrificed a lot and today's verdict is that it spawns by the international legitimacy the will of the lebanese people now the matter is left to the lebanese people and

their verdict handed down today is reiterating that all the lebanese have the right of freedom of. free life and dignity. this verdict has exhausted long years of hard work. yet it has established that conclusive truth and today the lebanese people reiterate that they will not rest until justice is fully served and the judgment or the verdict is properly executed i thank all who have been behind the tribunals the united nations the security council and above all i thank the tribunals members and all the mass media behind them until we have come to this moment and at this moment. in

respect before all the fall in martyrs and their relatives those who have fallen since 2005. 4 and i pray to god almighty to accept them in his mercy and allow me to personally speak to the family of lay. his wife my brothers. and my uncle. and my aunt to behave to my wife and to my children this is a personal message this moment we have been waiting for over the past 15 years this moment proves whatever happens we are one family when. and when. and this has been my promise to my late

father there is no one is above lebanon and no one is above the truth thank you. ok that was of course saad hariri the son of former prime minister rafiq hariri son 30 a former prime minister himself. just to cover up what he said there he said the lebanese have come to know the truth that justice has been served. he also issued a new demand over the last that the truth established today at the tribunals should pave the way for truth and justice about the port explosion which of course on the 4th of august killed some 200 people he said the time of impunity has gone on he said that the purpose of this political crime was to change the face of lebanon he also said that he will not rest until justice is served and that the verdict is

implemented let's bring in our correspondents at harlow who is live for us in beirut zain are a lot of people have been waiting to see and hear assad heard eighty's response there in lebanon. well yes that was a very different. from the saddle how did it back in 2018 when he made a statement during the closing argument. the tribunals at the time he was prime minister the prime minister of a unity government that included members of hezbollah today saddam is a member of the opposition a man who is like a likely candidate to be the next prime minister very strong language when you compare it with previous speeches in the past when he says we will not rest until justice is served and he adds and the verdict is implemented and he said that wise

the verdict is implemented and really there is a lack of practical means for this verdict to be implemented you have a country where hezbollah controls political power it's highly. unlikely that you will find them handing over. to the court they've repeatedly said that will not happen and in fact he he even had a swipe at hezbollah secretary general has a few days ago hasn't addressed the nation and he said we are not concerned with the verdicts outcome we are not concerned with the court what saddam had he says no one can claim that you are not concerned now what's the next step and how these 2 main political actors are going to work together we're just going to have to wait to see how that pans out ok zain i want you to stand by we're going to go back now to near to the hague we're going to listen back into solitary the who is questions

to leave lebanon however my words do not carry the same weight or value those words uttered by the judge as the judge himself said that the vehicle how did he was assassinated because he was again is the syrian regime ruling lebanon. don't you believe that. the exoneration of some members of hezbollah means there is an additional possible smar please read certainly the verdict handed down the tribunals today and listen to what the umpire the judge said he has clearly demonstrated the political background following the press the meeting where it has been decided that the vehicle what it is should be assassinated.

from that day. this is what has been said by the judge today i'm not here to refute the proceedings or the measures taken by the tribe and since 2005 the lebanese have been asking for justice and today the tribunals has handed down its verdict our duty today as the family of the victims as a lebanese we should accept the verdict yet we have other cases like that of marijuana and others yes. i think for the 1st time i can say and lebanon. we are in a political assassination of the former prime minister or the president we have had like many presidents and many from our prime ministers were killed either in office

oh outside office and we never had any truth of what happened i think today is. i mean everybody's expectation was much higher than what came out but i believe that the tribunals came out with the. result that it is satisfying we accepted it and we believe that there are still a lot of issues and known that if they are known and they are discovered will only. will only sanction sanction what this international tribunal. judgment that came out today for instance you know if we find out who are the 8. who are using those numbers that would have sold everything.

about has. refused the execution of the verdict handed the key defendant or day care. to me i believe the rules of coexistence in lebanon. should prevail and when we speak about it existence each and every citizen should at mit to his own mistakes we should not lie to one another we should be all as they've been the citizens be honest to one another in order to move forward. should fully cooperate and i believe today that dr been has proved it's a credibility as only one monk the 4 defendants has been convicted and found guilty one last question please

you said that there was no political motivations or there was no political inclination by the traditionally older court in their proceedings how can you prove that only one act used will be base for blaming the whole. drive found only one defendant guilty. it cannot be claimed that there it is been politically motivated today as the son of later are you believe that the course of the dr has proven it's a credibility and i believe that huge efforts exerted by the international community the un the security council and all the other international organs behind

the court. have been proven worth and we should bank on what has been achieved today thank you very much ok that was. really the son of a fico d.d. outside the special tribunal for lebanon. one of the 4 hezbollah members indicted was found guilty of the assassination of rafik head 80 some 15 years ago saturday there saying the result was satisfying but when asked about whether what would happen if hezbollah refused to hand over salim who has been convicted he went on to say that each person or group should be honest to one another and that hezbollah should fully cooperate with the with being obliged to hand over salim i asked let's bring in zain ha to who is live for us in beirut saying no what did you make of that. much stronger language from the

son of the slain former prime minister if we can have these but saw the t.v. today is in the opposition in 2018 during the closing arguments like we mentioned earlier he was speaking more like a statesman trying to make sure that he doesn't really ruin the relationship with hezbollah they were both part of a unity government today is his words very clear very strong saying we won't abandon lebannon so in many ways saying that he is not leaving political life that making himself really as a possible candidate when he said we won't accept the status quo and he does talk about how the balance of power really has changed in this country and that he will fight back and when he says it is time for hezbollah to give something back and to implement what was the verdict because it was carried out by hezbollah ranks so he's blaming hezbollah as a group will be blaming them really for being responsible but the question is is he

using this in order to hold negotiations with the group to reach some sort of a deal it's not easy to push hezbollah out of lebanon out of political life it is a powerful a powerful group with supporters on the ground so is this saddam how do you telling hezbollah you need to give us something back let's make a deal what the international community wants is an independent government and what we understand is how to how do you the is an acceptable person to head that government so will back door negotiations happen how will the hezbollah respond to this but what is clear yes they found one man guilty but they found him to be affiliated with hezbollah so in many ways the group today has been found guilty even if it is of him directly thank you for that breaking it all down for us 800 a lot for us in beirut. ok some of the new spell abuse is interior ministry has admitted some police have quit their jobs as pressure grows

on president alexander lukashenko to resign more workers have also gone on strike. protesters outside a factory in minsk certes when employees walked out they're continuing their calls for look i shan't get to step down after the disputed presidential election and on the birthday of jailed opposition the deaths taken off people gathered outside the prison where he's been held since may his wife said blogger who ran against because shanker has been sending video messages from exxon in that way via. all this flagrant injustice and lawlessness shows how this to king system works where would a person controls everything or it will give my husband sergei to kind of ski and other political prisoners are sitting in jail but he's calling on you to not sit idly by to do what you can to make a free country. there

and these the top stories u.n. backed court has convicted one member of the armed group hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanon's former prime minister rafiq at 80 salim general i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the other 3 were acquitted. a lebanese judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of the manager of beirut support the explosion 2 weeks ago originated at the port the government says ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse exploded killing more than 200 people. soldiers have taken up arms in mali and the staging an apparent mutiny in the town of county some senior ministers and army officers have been held but it's not clear by whom president abraham has been taken to a safe location. it's the 10th day of protests in belo reuss demonstrators are

calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote more than a week ago on monday he told striking state factory workers there won't be human actions a woman's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the u.s. suffrage movement in the 1800s will be pardoned by president donald trump susan b. anthony was arrested for voting an $872.00 violation of laws that allowed only men to cast ballots she was fined $100.00 but the case brought national attention to the women's movement michelle obama and bernie sanders were among the speakers on day one of the virtual democratic national convention joe biden will be formally named as the democratic presidential candidate. or those are the headlines that's it for me more news here on al-jazeera right after the street. in late august joe biden and donald trump will finally become the official presidential candidate but beyond going coronavirus pandemic sees the democratic national convention going

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