its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only. the european union draws up sanctions against those responsible for a crackdown umbrella roosts after a disputed election. the people that i was took peacefully to the streets. and the authorities and sat with violence and this cannot be except. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our global headquarters here in doha also coming up mali and soldiers speak of getting things back to normal after a coup that isolated the country from its neighbors. flooding in southwestern china

forces hundreds of thousands from their homes and laps at the base of a unesco world heritage site. and her u.s. vice presidential candidate camila harris is heritage is becoming a strength for her campaign and a target for her opponents. the european union says it rejects the results of the disputed elections in belarus that have kept president alexander lukashenko in power and after an emergency virtual summit today the e.u. also announced targeted sanctions against those it deems responsible for brutally suppressing protest against look at schenker is landslide win. today we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus who won fundamental freedoms and democracy.

secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and false if occasion of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows well earlier the woman who challenge look in the election did reach out to either leaders asking them to support a transition of power mr gorst or the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the wall or this off year all i call in the year to support it waking. look because longtime allies in moscow say the see no reason for mediation to solve the crisis but even the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says the election could have been run better and

despite mounting international pressure president lucas schenker is defiant ordering a new crackdown on demonstrators step vastness following those developments for minsk but the mood on the streets does seem very different. the shrine is still hear of the protester was shot by police last week but the crowds are gone there's a completely different mood here now in the capital of bellows instead of euphoria it's now fear again bresson look at shankar has threatened that he will have a not a crackdown he has instructed to in the interior ministry to quell any unrest possible and instructed also the intelligence to track down anyone who has been organizing these rallies so people are worried for repercussions in the meantime there was an interview with an employee of state television saying that she was not allowed into the building because she was joining a strike but instead she sat of her and other employees there are now russian professional staking her job so in the meantime also to were reports about the

russian plane at least one flying in from moscow which is normally used by the habit of moscow the state's secret service and they have landed here and also departed again so there's a lot of speculation at the moment that moscow is slowly stepping in despite the fact that the spokesman of president putin has denied that. meanwhile russia is accusing foreign powers of trying to meddle. those reactions. apart from statements from the kremlin saying that there is no need for outside involvement they have strongly rejected what they call meddling so a gay lover of the russian foreign minister on wednesday said that that e.u. leaders statements were driven by geopolitics and that basically he said they vest darren's was being driven by their own interests rather than the interests of the country of bellerose he did say interesting lee that he thought the election could

have been run better and that he hoped that the opposition in belarus could enter into dialogue with the ruling powers there but he said that really what happens now is nobody else's business but you sport we are concerned with the attempts from the outside to use the internal difficulties in bill reuss which the people and the leadership are facing in order to meddle in these events they are imposing rules until russians which external players only see as beneficial for themselves so after the talks broke up in fact we've heard from alexander lukashenko about how he plans to go after the protesters and people who've been on strike now there was there were reports of a secret service his plane arriving from russia earlier on wednesday it makes it likely or at least possible that the russian government for the time being is saying to lucas schenker we are going to back you up we're certainly not going to

call for new elections let alone talk about who will be replacing you so lots of fear on the streets given those are warnings about what will happen to protesters from alexander lukashenko for the moment russia saying we're not involved we're not meddling but behind the scenes like they certainly are talking to people in minsk. ok let's just add to our coverage of what's going on there in men's wear showing you these live pictures coming to us out of the belorussian capital stepped past in our correspondent what 2 hours ago and i was making the point during the show that the atmosphere in the city was very different it was almost surreal because it was so quiet well that's clearly all changed but looks more like a very very big gathering there's a bit of applause there a suspect there possibly listening to a speaker the keynote speaker they want to hear from of course and the person they want back in the country is currently across the border in lithuania that's what lana taken off sky or she according to the people there in that crowd won the

election according to them the election was rigged interesting really a little bit of a parting of the ways when it comes to policy in the best way forward from external interested parties and actors because she's in lithuania all the 3 baltic countries that latvia estonia they've called for immediately if it could be done free and fair elections we were talking to analysts during the news saying that will very probably not happen but we have seen the e.u. getting very very very robust and going as far as they felt comfortable with when it comes to applying sanctions to the people that they believe have been behind the recent unrest the people who really been behind it as a reaction to them having lost those protesters would say having lost the election when in actual fact the claim is of course from mr lucas shanker that he won a landslide victory more on that developing story for you just as soon as we can. the other headlining story mali leaders in that country have our civil servants to

return to work the appeal followed the african union announcing this mention of mali's membership the west african regional bloc echo waltz and the united states also condemn the military takeover the coup on tuesday forced the president abraham bucky to to resign the army says it will help the transition to a new government and organize what commanders call credit. elections. and in the coming few hours the u.n. security council meets to discuss the political crisis shall stratford a small. soldier's gone the residents of mali's president ibrahim babangida in the capital bamako. and prime minister bruce a say detained here and choose day as rumors of a coup spread president cater appeared on state television announcing his resignation goodness with. no blood to be spilled to keep me in power and that's why i would like to think a 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you know it that i'm resigning from

my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. sanford to block and call us responded forcefully to the coup isolating malise from border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against organizers and their supporters. speaking on state television coup leaders say they are acting in the country's best interest money in 1000000 people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. many millions welcomed the coup crowds frustrated with the president and his government spurred the soldiers on some ransacked and burned government offices. we have come out today to call for

the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come up to help our soldiers get rid of the president. we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government out of. the soldiers began living to me at a base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sword 2012 uprising would open the way to cater his presidency heavily armed troops willing to seen a school sing a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. we're very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali and all of these people waiting for this day all of mali's people waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. ok to his face weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure of the disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year much of the country is already outside the control of the government struggled to contain an armed insurgency

that's claimed thousands of lives. hundreds of palestinians in the gaza strip have again protested against the normalizing relations with israel the 2 nations agreed to normalize ties under a u.s. brokered deal hamas which controls gaza is accusing the u.s. of stabbing palestinians in the back. crowds in the occupied west bank also protesting against the deal the rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have shown a reg united front by holding joint rallies al-jazeera is not a program has more now from the occupied west bank. this is the 1st translation of the joint work both from the house and hamas about to do again the israeli expect in an exaggeration hundreds of public gathered here in response to an invitation by via lo's national and islamic factions against an exception and the u.a.e. is planned to normalize with israel on tuesday those math and

islamic jihad there is an attending the leadership meeting in which the message was clear no one has the right to speak on behalf of the palestinian people and that the p.l.o. is the sole ad legitimate representative of the palestinian people so this is a message of unity who had a real junction you ease deal. that's what happened in the leadership meeting on tuesday should have happened years ago it's time for us to know that we have no one else to support us but our own unity. the argument that if you got a nomination is a betrayal for palestinian cause and for the arab and muslim nations we came to send a message to out of nations and to our immediate brothers to the purity of the israeli him about the agreement because it is a patrician for the palestinian cause we have hooted here and will continue all kinds of resistance and you confirm that such normalization will not grant legitimacy for design asst and. this same sense of unity was reflected in the gaza

strip hundreds from different palestinian factions have also participated in protest denouncing normalization some of the signs held in the protests read that palestine is not for sale while the iraqis are saying that their agreement with israel has managed to stop an accession palestinians say that an exception is a reality to illegal israeli settlements are built here on the lands of the village where the protest is being held and they are expanding just like other settlements in different areas in the occupied west bank and the fear here is that more arab states are going to be normalizing relations with israel leaving palestinians alone in their fight. lost more ground still to cover for you here on al-jazeera including south korea titan social distancing measures after record daily increase in the number of corona virus infections. and why cutting back on the guest list in

pakistan cooled could spell the end of fairy tale weddings. really quite across a good part of the middle east at the moment glossy clear skies lots of easy sunshine a little more the way cloud down towards the south as per usual can see a little bit drizzly rain southern parts of oman maybe into the southeast of your way see a little more clout have a for many it is going to be fine and dry light winds so not too bad 41 celsius here in doha might be a little on the humid side certainly by day and in the early part of the morning some wetter weather you notice up to was a caucasus just around armenia azerbaijan pushing across into georgia some heavy rice and a possibility with the risk of some flooding some heavy rain to cross ca therapy in

highlands pushing down into little parts of uganda kenya still seeing some showers we've seen the show has now started to slip a little further south would say over the next day or 2 so a good part of the democratic republic of congo will see some showers or longer spells affright as we go on into friday that is certainly the case some heavy downpours a possibility at this stage just a few on show showers to ensue mozambique maybe into the northeast of south africa scattering of showers around madagascar but elsewhere across region it is laci dry warming up a touch in cape town. frank assessments what are you seeing back in yemen. like if we look at this it's an informed opinion which is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown in many parts of the old will mean a region are actually under

a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy because look at everything big interest of the libyan people in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. who'll or old. world. welcome back let's update your top stories for you so far this half hour the e.u. today rejected the election of president alexander lukashenko envelopes it's also in on sanctions against those behind a crackdown on protesters there. live pictures from men square anti-government demonstrators are back out on the strings. the military who staged a coup in mali have our civil servants to go back to work their appeal follow the

african union and i'm seeing the suspension of mali's membership the coup on tuesday for president it for him because he turned to resign. palestinians in both gaza and the occupied west bank are protesting against the u.a.e. normalizing relations with israel rival groups hamas and fatah are showing a rare united front by holding a joint rally. a judge in lebanon has ordered several more arrests over the explosion on august the 4th in beirut more than $200.00 people were killed and large parts of the city were destroyed or damaged $25.00 people in total and now facing charges there are calls for more accountability is in order. inconsolable the families of firefighters killed in the beirut port explosion say their goodbyes . they were among the 1st responders as the disaster unfolded 2 weeks on there are still more questions than answers on what caused the blast that destroyed lives and many areas of the lebanese capital which are at most it when they arrived they saw

the whole of the smoke and they thought they needed more help from the fire department they called the operation room again and told them we need backup. before the biggest blast firefighters were pictured trying to enter a burning warehouse. they weren't warned about the thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate. initial investigations so just maintenance work could have triggered several explosions before the massive one. it's emerged that everyone at the highest levels of government including the president were aware that the chemicals were stored in the warehouse for years without proper safety precautions journalists such as see who have been physically attacked over the years for investigating corruption at beirut port have documents that show years of in action and negligence failed to dispose of the explosive chemicals my experience while you . say their cause they didn't see any danger and they only.

want $1500000.00 these are appointed by a mafia has elected to be a democratic force the state is weak and its institutions are controlled by political parties who have been in power for decades the case is now in the hands of the judiciary to determine where the ammonium nitrate came from who shipped it and who was responsible for handling and securing it police have sealed off the area around warehouse 12 investigators are at the site of the blast which has come to symbolize the decades of corruption and mismanagement plaguing the country's institutions the caretaker prime minister has. who resigned under public pressure following the explosion didn't mince his words when he said corruption is bigger than the state french an f.b.i. agents are helping forensic teams but the lebanese government is refusing an international investigation many lebanese have little faith in

a judiciary that is appointed by politicians in your investigative judge was. it was a search or worse 1st choice were. the ones you hired. also just because they are deemed unstoppable and. because i didn't abandon that's done little to calm public anger many fear those responsible will get away with the crime lebanon's leaders who 1st promised a swift and transparent investigation are now saying it's complex and may take time . beirut. joe biden is now the official democratic nominee to take on donald trump in november's presidential election he was picked on the 2nd night of the party's national convention which for the 1st time was mostly virtual because of covert 19 from washington alan fischer. this was the moment joe biden officially became the

democratic party's nominee for the president of the united states thank you very very much from the bottom my heart thank you all raise the world in me and my family and i'll see you on thursday thank you thank you thank you rhode island the oceans stay in a traditional convention the roll call is an important set piece and doing it virtually this time they made it slick and polished its job this was a night to show the past and the future they were contributions from former president jimmy carter former presidential nominee john kerry and congresswoman alexandra a keshia cortez an influential figure on the progressive wing of the party and considered a rising star it was also an appearance from bill clinton the former president who's lit up conventions in the past given just 5 minutes this time but still getting his message across at a time like this the oval office should be

a command center instead it's a storm center is only chaos it's 20 years since bill clinton was president on wednesday he'll celebrate his 74th birthday and he'll still be 3 years younger than the current democratic presidential nominee. former secretary of state colin powell was just one of a number of republicans who also spoke giving his endorsement to joe biden the values i learned growing up in the south bronx and serving in uniform with the same values that joe biden's parents instilled in him in scranton pennsylvania i support joe biden for the presidency of the united states because those values still define him i have always loved the sound keynote on tuesday was the nominee's wife jill biden who lined what she thought her husband would deliver for america leadership to ray of magic what our nation will be that's joe. he

and common law well work as hard as you do every day to make this nation better wednesday will see vice presidential pick the hottest deliver her speech that role is normally to attack the opposition to hit them and hit them hard and this type will be no different alan fischer al-jazeera washington. well come on heresy speech at the convention is expected to focus on her groundbreaking role she is just the 4th woman to appear on a major party election ticket and she's the 1st woman of color as practical and. when former vice president joe biden announced the person he wanted to take his old job the campaign made it clear that they saw senator kemal harris's heritage as a major strength my mother and father they came from opposite sides of the world to arrive in america one from india and the other from jamaica that makes her the 1st

woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket and the 1st of asian descent and it didn't have to decipher her because we're not used to seeing black women in these roles she is a 10 black woman elected to the u.s. senate we have never seen a black woman was in court even before her selection her race was a target for the trump family the president's son don jr retreated and then deleted an argument that she isn't african-american because her father is jamaican political analysts doubt that will have an impact i think that it's a word or people to drown out that kind of towards i think once you have had you know african-american experience in this country you're an african-american you know her parents were all that was generated when she was an african-american was like rock obama's father was african he's an african-american but her selection and ancestry could help the campaign in a new way asian americans are the fastest growing racial or ethnic group in the

electorate accounting for 5 percent of people eligible to vote. trump could have been trying to reach those voters over the years he has made a big deal of his relationship with the indian prime minister but some activists don't think that will sway you many voters of asian descent there are people who came here recently or in the past whose predominant singular focus is how is the u.s. behavior towards india is there. and everywhere or has there. very few of those who are born and brought here a 2nd per 2nd generation. quite frankly as the nominee she now receives protection from the secret service she's reportedly picked a very appropriate call sign they will now refer to her. as paneer to call her al-jazeera around a 100000 chinese have been moved to higher ground because some of the worst

flooding in decades there the young sea river burst its banks in the city of chong quitting and tributaries of china's longest river have submerged villages and she's one province affecting around 60000000 people. apple is now the 1st publicly listed u.s. company to be valued at 2 trillion dollars is just 2 years ago but it was the 1st to get to one trillion dollars apple shares have gained at least 60 percent this year despite the virus pandemic shutting its factories in china while customers continue to buy i phones and other apple favorites during the lock down. oil producing countries say the market's taking longer than was expected to recover from the collapse in demand because of covert 19 ministers are warning that a 2nd prolonged wave is a major risk for the markets and saudi arabia's oil minister said global demand should recover to preplan demick levels before the end of this year. having a big lavish wedding is a tradition in pakistan but covert 19 restrictions are forcing couples to downsize

in a big way and cut price ceremony is a bad for business has more now from karachi. the coronavirus put a stop to pakistan's from boyhood fairy tale wedding tired of waiting many companies are choosing smaller family. because even a global pandemic can't stop love. demi delayed a wedding after more time when by a president cited we should go ahead the spread the quantum virus. we waited for one month than 2 months than 3 months and the penniman just wasn't ending so we decided to invite fewer people. instead of the anticipated 800 guests there were only 250 that might still sound like a big number but in pakistan it's serious crowd control some even go so far as to say that in a country where people can go bankrupt paying for big weddings the coronavirus is a blessing in disguise. parents who are poor and feel pressure to host

a sensation weddings they've been able to save money because of a koran and i think they should be like this society should embrace it it would be better for everyone. the savings amount to shorter ceremonies fewer customs and perhaps most notably. dancing. many of them to know those. that are events where everyone comes there's a couple floor. but this was a wedding at home so we did things on a smaller scale fewer people are invited and there are many traditions we could not obsess are. many parts of karachi are known as wedding districts where main streets are lined with party halls able to hold hundreds of guests at a time the growing trend of home weddings could put them out of business is very unusual normally be booked up months in advance in some cases even up doing here but they've been empty now ever since the beginning of the corona virus outbreak pakistan's government has started reopening businesses but wedding halls are not

a priority a failure owners say to understand how important they are to local economies. back to the nearly 650000 people working in waiting holes nationwide have been sitting at home for nearly 6 months we've tried to help giving them food rations and we've continued to pay salaries to stuff employees but the day laborers who the government said they would help right now they are the most worried and they account for nearly 500000 people. run out and mother estimates 50 percent of pakistan's industries are linked to weddings. caterers and florists to benefit the agriculture sector fashion designers the textile mills jewelers the precious metals and stones industry the list goes on pakistanis say coupling up can bring good fortune in a post corona economy wedding industry leaders hope it remains true for more than just the bride and groom the same bus ravi old jersey or karate. and if you're away

from the c.b. of course you can at last one use whatever you want it on our website the address al-jazeera dot com various links that will take you to our back half hour programs inside story talk to syria sit down and watch them at your leisure. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories the e.u. has today rejected the election of president alexander lukashenko since also announced sanctions against those behind a crackdown on protesters there today it we gave them 3 clear messages. firstly we stand by the people of belarus one fundamental freedoms and democracy.

secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and falsification of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. we have the latest pictures from men square anti-government demonstrators are back out on the streets despite mounting pressure on president bush and he does remain defiant ordering a new crackdown on protesters. the military who staged a coup in mali have our civil servants to go back to work the repeal followed the african union announcing the suspension of mali's membership the coup forced president keita to resign palestinians in gaza and the occupied west bank are protesting against the u.a.e. normalizing relations with israel rival groups hamas and fatah are showing a rare united front by jointly holding a rally. more than 100000 people in the south west of china had been moved to

higher ground after the worst flooding in decades the yangtze burst its banks and sheesh one province and the city of chong queen apples now become the 1st publicly listed american company to be valued at 2 trillion dollars it's just 2 years ago it was the 1st to get to one trillion dollars apple shares have gained nearly 60 percent this year despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting its factories in china well customers continue to buy i phones and other apple favorites during the lockdown the oil producing countries say the market's taking longer than was expected to recover from the collapse in demand because of covert 19 ministers are warning that a 2nd prolonged wave is a major risk to the global markets recovery those are your headlines the news continues after inside story after that i'm back with another news hour for you all see that.

justice been served in via sustentation of buffy how do you be a member of hezbollah is found guilty of a massive cold blast in beirut 15 years ago ha with the death of lebanon's former prime minister of the received when tonnesen is already high this is inside story. hello welcome to the program ahead.