turmoil on al-jazeera if you want to help save the world. this is al jazeera. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching the news live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. the european union draws up sanctions against those responsible for a crackdown in belo ruth following disputed election so. the people. took. to the streets. and the authorities answered with violence and this cannot be

except. mali and soldiers speak of getting things back to normal after a coup that isolates the country from its neighbors. flooding in southwestern china forces hundreds of thousands from their homes some laps at the base of a unesco world heritage site. and in sports and byron munich are taking on the all for a place in the champions league final the winners will play p.s.g. for the biggest title in european club football. ok let's get going the european union says it rejects the results of the disputed elections in belarus that have kept the 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 protests against a landslide victory. today here 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 falsification of the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power in belarus. well earlier svetlana to going to sky who challenge look in the election will she reached out to leaders asking them to support the quotes a weakening of below groups his longtime allies in moscow say they 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 bush is defiant ordering a new crackdown on demonstrators and issuing a warning to critics abroad would since it is up on the gusa list if someone thinks that the power is staggering in shaking you're wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waiver we will go our way and we should those who today especially abroad and this is clearly visible are plotting against us will get a serious rebuff. live to al-jazeera as correspondents that garson who's in independence square there in minsk so step is there a sense of expectation almost that something's going to happen but they can't possibly predict what it might be. yes indeed the situation is definitely unpredictable looked only here in the day very chance no protests riot police was back on the streets look at shanker threatening with another police crackdown so people got really worried and scared

again but look at this square now hundreds have showed up again defying anything that the president has been threatening they are calling for him to be they say you're fired look at shankar and they want him to be brought to justice so the mood has actually not changed at all after all so the threats have been hollowed it was also a lot of speculation earlier in the day that moscow was getting involved because there was a plane from moscow that had right here in minsk that was also some talk about russian professionals working now at the state television but so far police have been absent again from the streets here and people are free to protest again to see maybe see when you talk about moscow their step as mr lucas saying kmita you see vladimir putin as more of a friend of his compared to how mr putin sees his close friendship

with mr lucas. that could very well be the relationship between look at shanghai and putin has not been good at all in the last couple of years and look at shankar when he felt really desperate in the last couple of weeks when these protests were getting bigger he started threatening people here and bellows with russian invasion russian interference so basically as a threat to his own people not making sure how much put in was willing to get involved 'd but these threats of course might have had some impact at least today people were really concerned that there was a change of heart in moscow because until now there was a strong belief that putin would not be willing to get involved here especially also because the relationship with look at shank is this bad but on the other hand of course. putting is very worried about a pro democratic government here and in minsk and that's why the opposition has

been very clear to point out that they're need a pro european nor pro russian that they want to fight for their own country an independent ballerinas those demonstrators all the people just that you were talking to earlier on the streets today start to they feel empowered and emboldened because of what the european union foreign ministers agreed to do so. they probably feel that way but they're not saying at them public i just went to this opposition council press conference they had this very 1st meeting our 7 people have now been chosen to sort of lead this council that has to sort of prepare a transitional government and they were asked this question about the european sanctions and the european language and they were very diplomatic about it again because they don't want to show that they're choosing one side what they really don't want to give

a flood of new put in an excuse to get involved here in ballot was they want to show that they want to have a dialogue with everyone including with russia would look at the whole civil society ok we'll leave it there many thanks that person correspondent there at the heart of the story in minsk. 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 west african regional bloc of course and the united states also condemned the take over the coup on tuesday force the president. to resign you know he says it will help the transition to a new government and organize what commanders call credible elections. in the coming hours the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the political crisis has charles stratford. soldiers gone the residents of mali's president ibrahim babangida kato in the capital bamako. prime minister booboo say see we detained here and choose day as

rumors of a coup spread president cater appeared on state television announcing his resignation this would. lead to this bill to keep me in power and that's why i would like to think a 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you now 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 who wants responded forcefully to the coup isolating malise from border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against coup organizers and their supporters. speaking on state television coup leaders say they are acting in the country's best interest money. 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. of the soldiers began their new to me or to base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sword 2012 uprising would open the way to cater his presidency heavily armed troops to siena schools in a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. we're very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali all of these people were waiting for this day all of these 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. while mali has struggled for stability since it got independence from france in 1960 when it became a one party socialist state under president but he was ousted in a coup within 8 years by left tenant. who himself was pushed from power by the military in 1990. 1 multi-party polls were held one year later making alpha mollies 1st democratically elected president but the elections in 2002 won by amadou toumani toure they were marred by allegations of widespread fraud he was forced out in a coup in 2012 that same year to our 8 rebels seize control of northern mali and declared

their own states with other groups a french military intervention in 2013 helped to recapture major towns but ongoing violence and instability would eventually be a major factor in the coup against the most recent president abraham kita so education is a member of the strategic committee of the opposition coalition is known as the m 5 r.f.p. he says coup leaders will have to honor their promises to hold an election at this point so i don't think they're happy choice you know it's probably not a movement that started a few months ago and for about 3 months now you know obviously 2 weeks out for the president who is on many of the regime and so it would time out there are tens of thousands of people on the streets i'm not sure of me to the people who run us on this thing in your city in there. invite us to join join them whether that means you know we have our own ideas about things it's too early for us to sit with it

there was not but i can go to you that we might just like what we just make sure that we're t.v. and bad governance would be a pinkerton's sure ok let's get more on that developing story alex thurston is assistant professor of political science at the university of cincinnati he writes the sawhill blog politics and religion in this region he joins us from oxford in the u.s. state of ohio alex thurston welcome to the news hour key question when will we see an election in mali. first of all thank you for having me i think the answer to that is no idea i mean the constitution stipulates that if a president resigns that an election should follow within 21 to 40 days but makers have not set any time mark that i've seen so far was this can something spontaneous or was it weeks or even perhaps months in the planning. it seems from the reports that have come out that it was spontaneous that it did it as related from

a mutiny into a coup but this is a key question that a lot of people are asking the who beaters seem to come from multiple different branches of the armed forces there all at the colonel or even general level you know there there's a question about whether there was any quarter nation between the protest movements that you just discussed before i came armin and who makers so there's just a lot that's unclear about the planning and or spontaneity of who is there essentially a unique quality or perhaps even a floor to something in mali seems to me who's in mali are almost episodic you know 8910 years goes by there's another coup. you know in a regional context it's not completely average or or surprising there were there have been a number of coups in neighboring the share and in neighboring more town you know

and there have been coups in aso as well. i think mali has maybe been more unstable than those countries in recent years particularly more unstable than more attorney out and i think that you know mali has just the confluence of some of the most severe problems that you could imagine i mean rebellion aren't your heart is the violence hootin security. you know corruption and so forth and so it's very very difficult to be a successful president of mali but it was what's next not just for the president or the prime minister they've decided enough is enough they've been told enough's enough but for all the political classes all members of the political class in mali if they end up going forward to a you know free and fair election process they might be accused of being not part of the solution but part of the problem. this is going to complain during the

protests this summer and you know for years in mali's the political class is stagnant but the same people who have been on the scene the 1990 s. or the 1980 s. just keep coming back as cabinet ministers as president as prime minister. that figures drift in and out of of the majority or the opposition and even the opposition a lot of the time it's not really an opposition but it's more a kind of an opportunistic positioning by the same members of the political class on the other hand when and when and if there are elections it's going to be difficult to exclude those politicians it's also going to be difficult for anybody fundamentally different from not plaster to really break in so this is one key danger for mali is that. when the dust settles there may be a relatively familiar face taking up the presidency there are 3 sort of contingency of external players on the ground as we're talking now in mali you've got the south

health force you've got the french on the ground and you've got the united nations on the ground where does this all leave them i would be very surprised if any of them you know leaves the country over over this but i think in the medium term they're going to have a lot to figure out about the legalities of their presence about their relationship with the coup makers about and about their strategies overall about you know all those forces are supposed to be there to stabilize the country and clearly their presence has not at all stabilized the country so that i think there will be or there should be a lot of soul searching about about what to do next and whether a different approach is needed ok alex listen good to talk to you thanks so much for coming on alex thurston there in oxford ohio thank you so much for having me. still to come here on the al-jazeera news no money left for un sons the alarm about a critical funding shortfall for its operations in yemen. also ahead how the u.s.

vice presidential candidate heresies heritage is becoming a strength for her campaign and a target for her opponents. and in sport the 4 time tour de france champion who won't be getting the chance to win the title this year far as that story in 30 minutes. from mali to nigeria where the armed group has launched an attack on coup car what in borno states we have reports of kidnapping looting and asked me to dress as more now from the nigerian capital. the attackers came in more than 20 vehicles according to witnesses they launched the attack targeted specifically the government buildings and a few homes belonging to people associated with government they looted mainly for

stuff and animals cattle and sheep and goats before retreating some reports suggest that locals are talking about abductions as many as. more than 12 people have been kidnapped by the boko haram fighters many of them women of course before they left town although this information has neither been confirmed by the military authorities or the civilian authorities but. it was recently repopulated by residents who for you many years have been living in internally displaced persons camps in borno state in my degree and other towns that were considered safe until their return some weeks ago now this is a coming at a time when the government in borno state is trying to move more and more internally displaced persons back to their communities to start rebuilding their lives and to start to take advantage of the rains to start agriculture restart

agricultural production. at least $45.00 refugees and migrants including 5 children who died in what the u.n. says is the deadliest shipwreck of the coast of libya this puts engine exploded off the port of the water on monday nearly 40 other people on board were rescued by local fisherman and later detained. the libyan wall or salif after has lifted an oil blockade patni a blockade on oil production it will allow the e.u.'s recognized government to resume exports for the 1st time in several months from misrata malik traina explains. on tuesday night the head of the petroleum facility guards under half their forces said that they will reopen the oil the oil closures will have to forces have been carried out since january according to the national oil corporation here in libya that has resulted in a financial loss of over $8000000000.00 to the government now oil is the is the primary source of income to the government here that's how they pay the

salaries for government employees and that's how they subsidize goods so it's really important to the libyan economy also the oil closures that have have caused a lot of a lack of electricity or a lack of supply to the power stations of the national oil corporation says that the power because our result of the lack of gas and diesel go. feeding the power stations so so whether or not this is a permanent reopening of the oil is yet to be seen house or forces have in the past opened the oil but then again soon after close they put in conditions such as that the the revenue coming into libya will will go into a foreign account that that will that will be divided into both governments but whether or not this is a permanent reopening of oil is yet to be seen oh producing nations say the markets

taking longer than expected to recover from the collapse in demand because of covert 19 and ministers are warning that a 2nd prolonged wave is a major risk to the markets recovery however saudi arabia's oil minister said the little demand should recover to preplan demick levels before the end of the year. the u.n. says its ability to tackle the world's worst humanitarian crisis in yemen has been badly hit by a lack of funding it says the shortfall has forced it to close or cut back half its major aid programs they include efforts to prevent blood scale famine and fights an epidemic of cholera aids conference in june raised just half of the $2400000000.00 needed to cover operations until the end of the year. the u.s. has today suspended 3 extradition and tx agreements with hong kong now that's in response to china's imposition of a strict national security law on the territory the us has already moved to end hong kong special trading status it's also put sanctions on anyone involved in

enforcing the new legislation live now to our white house correspondent kimberly kimberly hi the point now. well this is the good extension as you point out of the special status that was revoked for hong kong by this administration but there is a long string of actions that this administration has taken towards china and it really has a lot to do peter with trump's reelection chances he was hoping to cruise to a strong reelection based on historically low unemployment but that was all completely wiped away in terms of job gains as a result of cope with 19 that the u.s. president has blamed china for said it was not transparent enough so what we've seen in recent weeks is a number of measures being put in place by this administration against china it's not just the ending of the special relationship when it comes to extradition when it comes to tax exemptions we've also seen earlier this month the u.s.

president putting in place sanctions against the chief executive in hong kong carry lamb we've also seen the barring of americans doing any transactions with the chinese out so we chat or even tick tock very popular in the united states the argument being that these are stealing americans secrets is even being used as a backdoor channel for stealing the secrets of the government so there have been a number of broad concerns but it doesn't just come down to the national security laws there have also been concerns in the united states about the treatment of weaker is inside china and also the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in hong. but there's no question that on the forefront of the mind of the u.s. president is his reelection chances and that's why he's hitting back hard against china he feels that china is very much to blame for covert night decimating many of

the job gains in the united states kimberly thank you so much kimberly white house correspondent in washington a judge in lebanon has ordered several more arrests over the explosion in beirut more than 200 people were killed and big parts of the city were destroyed or damaged $25.00 people in total and facing charges but there are calls for more accountability zain a halt to reports. inconsolable the families of firefighters killed in the 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 in many areas of the lebanese capital which i don't most when they arrive 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 riyadh could basically 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 on my person 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 exclude the ones you hired. kozel just because they are deemed unstoppable and so 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 senator beirut much more still to come for you here on the al-jazeera news our anger grows in the palestinian territories against the israeli yuin deal crowds to none 6 as a stand in the battle. of businesses in the philippines are closing a wreck or rights because of a government lockdown. and in sports we'll hear from barcelona spain manager who's been talking about his plans to revive the club's fortunes. are. really quite across a good part of the middle east at the moment largely clear skies lots of easy

sunshine a little more the way down towards the south as per usual to see a little bit of 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 so 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 across see a therapy in highlands pushing down into little parts of uganda kenya still seeing some showers we're seeing the showers now starting to slip a little further southwards over the next day or taste a good part of the democratic republic of congo will see some showers or longer spells affright as we go on into. broader that is certainly the case some heavier downpours a possibility at this stage just a few hours to ensue big maybe into the northeast of south africa scattering the

showers around by the casket with elsewhere across region it is logic dry warming up a touch in cape town. they come in. search of work to provide a better life for the families they've left behind. but though their labor is vital to least food industry. they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime . trapped in a system with little hope of escape people in power investigates seeks links on al-jazeera. and with. the working in asia and africa there'd be days where i'd be choosing editing my own stories in a refugee camp with no electricity and right now we're confronting some of the

greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced and i really believe that the only way we can do that is with compassion and generosity and compromise because of the only way we can try to solve any of these problems is together that's why al jazeera is so important we make those connections. you're watching the al-jazeera news hour and peter dhabi these are your top stories the e.u. today rejected the reelection of president alexander lukashenko in belarus it's also won on sanctions against those behind a crackdown on protests against his plain landslide victory in the military who staged a coup in mali have asked civil servants to return to work their appeal follow the

african union announcing the suspension of mali's membership on tuesday president ibrahim because peter was forced to resign and dissolve the government. and at least $45.00 refugees and migrants who died in what the u.n. says is the deadliest shipwreck off the libyan coast this year the boats engine exploded off the port of the water on monday nearly 40 other people on board were rescued by local fisherman and later detained. now the bloomberg news agency is reporting that a twitter bridge 5 years ago is connected to the arrests of several saudi nationals who were critical of the kingdom's government to twitter employees allegedly hacked thousands of accounts while acting a spy is for saudi arabia information was then reportedly used to hatteras or arrest critical voices the arabic network for human rights information says the timing of the twitter breach and the arrests indicates they are linked mark owen jones is assistant professor of middle east and digital humanities at how much been

really for university he says this builds on previous indications that data is being used to target critics in and outside of saudi. i think it's more than circumstantial evidence but 1st i'd like to say that in cases like this where we are dealing with an author terry and a highly and a government that lacks any sort of transparency circumstantial evidence is actually very important the timing is crucial but we know there's at least one of the incidences here that of abdominals that han who was arrested in his office in 2018 in saudi and hasn't been since seen since his sister believes that. she has received information that would suggest that he is his twitter account was one of the breaches so it's very likely that if that was the case the saudi authorities are being keeping tabs on his twitter account and waiting for their moment to pounce and arrest him actually that the most egregious things about this case we know that one of the saudis who fled back to saudi arabia during this time it's

with or subsequently after resigning accessed the database from saudi arabia in theory allowing him to download reams of private data from the to its headquarters to somewhere in saudi arabia and we don't know that for sure but it's a very likely scenario but we know that the information available to the spies was essentially ip data and personal information about anonymous accounts that could be then used to actually reveal the real identity of government critics within saudi arabia and also abroad so it's not just dissidents in saudi that are at risk hundreds of palestinians in the gaza strip but again protested against the u.a.e. normalizing relations with israel the 2 nations agreed to normalize time is under a u.s. brokered deal hamas which controls gaza is accusing the u.a.e. of stamping palestinians in the back. crowds in the occupied west bank are also protesting against the deal in the rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have

shown a rare united front by holding a joint rally need to improve him has more now from the occupied west bank. this is the 1st translation of the joint work both the house and hamas about to do again the israeli expect in an exaggeration hundreds of public out there and here in response to an invitation 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 and while it will junction you east 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. we are going to do to go out of naaman our vision is betrayal for palestinian cause and for the arab and muslim nations we came to send a message to out of nations and what i mean a brother has to repudiate the israeli in me not 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 doesn't list 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 6 while the iraqis are saying that their agreement with israel has managed to stop an accession palestinians say that annexation is a reality to illegal israeli settlements are built here on the lands of 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. the state of california is in a state of emergency 2 fast moving fire as the northern and central regions thousands of people have been forced from their homes there is a series of different wildfires in the north and bay area including napa sonoma and salon a counties it's believed most was started by lightning let's go live now to los angeles correspondent there raul brenner how bad is it. peter there are 2 dozen wildfires burning all across the length and breadth of california now from the wine country in the north to the rugged mountains and hills east of los angeles additional fires are burning along the central coast near the

famous monterrey area now thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes on orders from law enforcement and fire officials in northern california it's a complex of several separate fires that have now burned more than $18000.00 actors and have begun merging together there is 0 percent contained and they've burned at this point at least $18000.00 hectors that includes uncontrolled fires in parts of napa county where the which is known for its vineyards and in rugged areas of silicon valley the fires were apparently started sparked by a series of highly unusual dry thunderstorms which produced lightning and multiple lightning strikes hitting on one of the hottest nights of the year and unknown number of. dish players are burning along the central coast near monterey

and in southern california east of los angeles california is in the grip of a brutal heat wave after months of extremely dry weather hasn't rained here in quite a long time temperatures are soaring around the state in excess of 43 degrees celsius and there is no letup in sight governor and gavin newsom has declared a state of emergency which would allow help to be brought in from neighboring states and the federal government and of course all of this peter is being hampered by the coronavirus both hampering firefighters and making it more difficult to take care of those people who have been evacuated from the areas that are hardest hit one of those is the city of baka bill it's about halfway between san francisco and sacramento it is a city of $100000.00 people and on the outskirts of voc of bill overnight law

enforcement and fire officials were banging on people's doors telling them they had to get out right away ok rob many thanks for all reynolds reporting live if the news out of los angeles. the 3 gorges dam in china is facing its biggest test since it opened 18 years ago record high river levels are expected on thursday morning southern china is being lashed by weeks of heavy downpours and dozens of people have died or they're still missing as a result katrina you know from beijing. for more than 1200 years this giant statue has stood strong in china's lotion city now the world heritage site is threatened by the worst flooding in decades in southern china weeks of torrential rains have lashed the region causing devastating flooding in villages towns and cities asia's longest river the yangtze and several of its tributaries have risen to dangerous levels forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in all around

60000000 are affected by the flood disaster the 3 gorges dam the largest hydroelectric project in the world is facing the largest flood peaks in 14 years ago engineers estimate the flow rate at the dam will be $76000.00 cubic metres per 2nd on thursday morning but they say they're confident the dam will hold that them can keep the water levels within a safe range relieving pressure on the middle in the lower reaches of the river president xi jinping told flood affected areas in our province on choose day meeting residents and calling for better natural disaster response measures we must abide by and know the law of nature at a whim was a cowardly way or a strong capability resisting the last last week china's leaders called on all chinese to reduce food waste this serious of their flooding has wiped out so much time is more spent quarter farming regions the extreme weather combined with the slow recovery after the coronavirus pandemic has prompted fears over sensitives the

damage to china's economy is estimated at $27000000000.00 heavy rain and flooding are common across southern china at this time of year but this year it's being described as a once in a century. al-jazeera beijing. apple has now become the 1st publicly listed american company to be valued at 2 trillion dollars only just 2 years ago it was the 1st to get to one trillion apple shares have gained nearly 60 percent this year despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting its factories in china loyal customers did continue to buy i phones and other apple favorites during the lockdown. the philippines now has the highest number of corona virus infections in southeast asia but a strict lockdown in manila is easing and many are desperate to be back in business from the capital. has more. so we did joyce is checking whether his cash registers to work there you know he own scatty eighteen's in one of the most

popular districts in manila but the restaurant bar has been empty for almost 4 months because of the corona virus pandemic. virus. before this virus back. here for 6 years so it's very hard to tell them that the shutting down if nothing happens until december it's a familiar scene all across the philippines businesses are closing at a pace and seen in recent years the philippine government imposed one of the world's strongest strictest lockdowns which lasted from march to june more than 50000000 filipinos were forced to stay at home in the entire region of luzon but the soaring number of corona virus infections last month forced the government to announce another lock down 2 weeks ago we want to ensure.

the philippine government admits it is forced to open the economy this by the growing number of corona. infections that is because the country is now in one of its worst periods of recession in recent decades millions of villepin those have lost their jobs and more communities are expected to sink deeper in poverty in the coming months. but there is evidence the impact may be worse than the government says both are social weather station reports close to half of the $27.00 workforce have lost their jobs largely because of economic ripple effects and the closure of businesses the government says it sees the economy rebounding in 20212022 people you know. look at our situation here

we line up for hours just to go to work here under the sand and then we go to work on it end up getting beat how far are they getting over the outlook is bleak government restrictions start easing again on wednesday in selected businesses are being allowed to open for 2. joey is preparing to reopen the restaurant he hopes that better days are here again. duggan manila. the iraqi prime minister's on his 1st official visit to the united states to discuss the future of around 5000 u.s. troops based in iraq donald trump is expected to welcome the stuff on thursday he's pushing for continued u.s. assistance to combat the threat from isis fighters but some iraqi m.p.'s want fewer u.s. troops to be stationed there. the iraqi foreign minister who's also on the trip spoke about the work his country and the u.s. still has ahead of them. i will add that in with well there are the united states

of america and iraq are both in the same trench when it comes to fighting i saw and we are still in the same trench we've all worked together to defeat the terrorist elements factions and groups in iraq. 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 past his national convention which for the 1st time was mostly virtual because of covert 19 from washington ellen fisher. 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 for me is 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 show that this was a night to show the past and the future there 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 outlined what she thought her husband would deliver for america leadership to re imagine what our nation will be that's joe he and kaamelott will work as hard as you do every day to make this nation better wednesday will see vice presidential pick 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 harris's speech at the convention is expected to focus on her groundbreaking role she's just the 4th woman to appear on a major party election ticket she's the 1st woman of color is practical way. when former vice president joe biden announced the person who wanted to take his old job the campaign made it clear that they saw senator kemal her says 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 go up to fight for her because we're not used to seeing black women in these roles she is a tent black woman elected to the u.s. senate we have never seen a black woman on the 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 important or people to drown out that kind of noise i think once you're out. young for to american experience in this country you're an african-american you know her parents her all that was generated when she was an african-american was like rock obama's father was african reason 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. 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 but recently or in the past predominance you know the focus is how is the u.s. behavior towards india or is there for them. i mean every water has their. very few of those who are born and brought up here a 2nd or 2nd our generation feel that way quite frankly as the nominee she now sees protection from the secret service she's reportedly picked a very appropriate call sign they will now refer to her. as a pioneer. al-jazeera. in the sport with far out le bron james makes basketball history but still finishes in spawn the losing team. it's called.

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all. time for sports is far thanks so much peter byron munich are one step away from an 11th appearance in the champions league final their bad to play the all who've never reached the final before byron are the papers join p.s.g. in sunday's final after beating barcelona 82 in their last game the german side are aiming to become european champions for a 6th time and haven't lost a match this year but sportswriter rob harris believes leon do you have a chance of causing an upset. when you've knocked out the italian champions events us the primary champs from last season managed to city you have that hope that it is possible to knock out even a team who is just crushed barcelona 82 but what we saw in that devastating

performance from the proviron giants the other night was the attacking might they have and particularly love and dusky who is school for 8 consecutive champions league games he really is such a lethal force this season in front to go the 4 goals and he is going to be hard to stop leon to have this dynamic and young midfield and is a homegrown midfield as well you've got packer a 20 and 22 and i think it's very important for liam tonight in terms of progressing because keeping the squad together is going to be even more difficult when so much of europe has seen the impact this quarter can make. on tuesday p.s.g. became just the 2nd french team in history to reach and final in this competition obviously founds can witness. when against rb life's a given it's been many did gather to watch the match in paris the team has already won a domestic trouble of trophies this season. know how to prepare for the final

i don't know what will prepare like we did with the round of 16 in the quarter final and the semi final we'll see what we should talk about because sometimes it's better if you don't analyze everything don't talk too much don't change too much the most important thing right now is to recover and enjoy the moments. new barcelona head coach ronald koeman says he hopes 6 time will player of the year lean on messi will stay at the club messi has less than a year to run on his current deal and his future is just one of the challenges facing cumin the dutch replaces keek a setian who was fired following barr says big defeat to barn in the champions league. if we think we need to change we will change but we will do that with a good communication to a player or 2 players if we make that kind of the station and then but we need to do is a different image then we saw last weekend by the money because that's not the

barcelona what we want to see. canadian teams ever turn to major league soccer action but don't know how when or if their season will finish toronto be vancouver whitecaps 3 nil in their opening game canada's 3 teams will only play matches against each other for now while the border with the united states remains closed to all but essential travel. and the l.a. lakers have made a losing start to their n.b.a. playoff campaign they went down to the portland trailblazers on a night that solid bron james make history so malik reports. the steal things in school compared to seeing le bron james in full flight during the playoffs what's even more rare is basketball's biggest name putting in a history making performance and coming out on the losing side. despite becoming the 1st player in the playoffs to back more than 20 points 15 rebounds and fifty's assists respectively it was not enough to stop the lakers going down to the

portland trailblazers in game one with his 1st point us damian lillard didn't make history like yours and lost is a potent but he didn't score him with 34 points. taking it by 7100 to 93 running roughshod with no frustration you know because that. is the game we were. looking jenison to to control and the milwaukee bucks were also in for a shock as they opened against orlando. was the greek internationally did produce some trademark moves on route to 31 points span for his efforts. simply not enough nicola boost of it scoring 35 to help orlando down the eastern conference of number one team 122-2110 here they bet on the bears are. so even in the play better game we can still win the game so one superstar that

didn't have a disappointing evening was james harden. especially racked up 37 points to help the houston rockets win the opener against oklahoma city 12321 away. big. with the favorites for the finals looking shaky. this might just be the year that harden claims that championship greens that's always eluded him she says to hell malik al-jazeera. and 4 time tour de france champion chris from or won't be getting the chance to win this year's title frame has been left out a team in yell says squat as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in a crash last year the race gets underway at the end of this month. ok and that is all your support for now peter back to you carol thank you so much mariam will keep you company from the top of the hour i will see you from 15 g. tomorrow for me because it will be an everyone in the league team here in doha

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