lots of america presents. on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello and given this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes a blow to the opposition russian politician alexina valley is in a coma after becoming ill on a flight to moscow. the united states doubles down piling on the pressure to reimpose all u.n. sanctions against iran. defiance in the face of a crackdown strength and calls for new elections despite the government's scare

tactics. and the consequences of that failure are severe. 170000 americans dead. rare criticism from a former president barack obama attacks the competency of donald trump. and i'm santa how much and i have all the sport by munich or face by sound all mine the european champions the final after beating the 3 nil in the semi. russian opposition politician alexina valley is fighting for his life in a siberian hospital would want his spokeswoman suspects is poisoning. well this was the moment when he fell ill during a flight on its way to moscow his plane made an emergency landing and a volley spokeswoman said. he's now in intensive care and connected to

a ventilator she believes poison was mixed into his t. well a doctor at the hospital where developing is being treated says it's too early to say what made him sick. i'm really not sure at the moment that the reason for this condition is poisoning of course we regard poisoning as one of the possible reasons but it could be a list of others as well we check all of them i can't give you more details unfortunately as we have a law which bans me from giving any medical information without the patient's consent we've already made a lot of tests and excluded a number of possible diagnoses well alexandra stay on of it's called for is a journalist she joins us now via skype from moscow alexandra what else do we know about what exactly happened this morning. well the new was the briefing by this same doctor that happened some minutes ago he said that they ran a lot of tests on another violate their think his blood the brain activity and other organs what they can exclude is external trauma and he did not go into any

details as to what have spores the condition of widely but that he did say that doctors that on his hospital are busy saving his life now this morning and. is still unconscious he hasn't regain his conscious ever since he lost it in a plane to moscow he was that everything from going very soon after boarding this plane he started sweating best interest would hear him screaming in the toilet and then he lost consciousness and then the plane had emergency landing in. his press secretary says that he had nothing that morning apart from one tea at one cafe in tomsk airport to the police's freshening the staff of this is the 5th cannot remember who serve the key to the violin or they cannot remember that they they saw him only after afterwards they realized who it was. people that are at

this moment at the hospital are saying is that the hospital corridors are filled with police there or was called by and by any coworkers there were joined by. and that's the russian security service and also the investigators have video with the audiophile him groan is quite disturbing to listen to on the plane if it turns out that as his spokeswoman says he wasn't fact poisoned i mean this wasn't the 1st time that he'd been targeted was it. no no it wasn't the 1st time if it indeed the turns out to be the 4 is an ng that last year in august last year he fell sick and his face was completely swollen with a rash and 'd he said that he was poisoned while the doctors were saying that some sort of a undetermined allergy interesting is that happened whilst he was in the bench and by the moscow police suspected or an accused of organizing a massive protests that day what happened then and what caused his face

to swallow and his brothers reaction has never been disclosed. in 2017 he was authentic to physically attack the troll antiseptic green dye into his face which can only actually be used externally and cause a damage to his eye which took a rather long time to recover so if this turns out to be poisoning it wouldn't be the 1st time i mix in a while and he was a target ok thank you for that alexandra stay on the it's called fire from moscow let's bring in rory chalons who has spent time covering russia as one of our correspondents he joins us now live from london rory we heard from the doctor not confirming that it is poisoning not ruling it out either but tell me about the tactics that he used against opposition figures in russia.

well we just heard there that no value believes he has been poisoned before and there is a pretty long list of other figures that have either now really missed death or have been killed in. circumstances that do seem fairly similar there is of course most recently and famously the case of script pollen is daughter who poisons with agent called navi chocky in the u.k. he was a former spy. they survived a british woman dorn just died when she found the poison bottle a few weeks later then of course alexander litvinenko another former spy who was poisoned with polonium 210 a radioactive poison in london in 2006 he died a long and very painful death because of his poisoning there are other poisonings

anna politkovskaya the that the writer and journalist who ended up being shot dead outside her part of apartment block in 2006 she was poisoned or so she was poisoned on a plane heading to the best land school siege in 2004 where she was due to take up of a role negotiating with the hostage takers there's not just poisonings though of course there's boris nemtsov the you know the the opposition figure who was shot dead on a bridge just next to the kremlin in february of 2015 ok rory took us a little bit about novelli himself what's his appeal to his to his followers a month of pain is a for the kremlin. he's a very interesting character he really is in he's even unique i think in in russia because he's he's a campaigner really he's outside of the party system he's not a party guy that means that he's more nimble on his feet he hasn't been as

easy a target for the kremlin as the opposition parties have been which have also succumb to the years to infighting in the tedium and bureaucracy of trying to operate the party machine in such a difficult environment he's very astute when it comes to social media and new digital strategy so his presence on you tube has put in completely outside of the state controlled media firmaments which means that he can transmit he can brought cos he can communicate with huge varied amounts of russians that he wouldn't be able to get to get through if those platforms didn't exist he's also quite savvy and just mainly focusing on anti corruption that's something that many russians can can get on board with regardless of their political stripes or political leanings he doesn't foster ties with the west or or

with with west western figures and that makes him appealing to people who would otherwise be suspicious i think of an office ition figure and he's also completely uncompromising and seemingly undeterred by the harassment and the intimidation that is being subjected to over the years but i think that rory chalons there giving us some context from london. let's bring in opposition activists to alexander sorrell vs in moscow he is a member of the board of other than russia a pro-democracy movement thanks for your time was your 1st reaction when you heard this news about alexina valmy. well my 1st reaction was like god and the same to the same way what it was what i mean for instance a friend of mine the dominican was poisoned twice so there were 2 attempts to kill him and after the 2nd time a lot of people were like doubting the fact that it was

a criminal attempt or something like that or attempted by kremlin but actually both times it happened the same way as it happened with that like saying about me just a few moments before the flight. was well it was made intentionally to make it harder to help the person being poisoned on the plane so you understand that you need to to make an emergency landing it all takes time and. then it was also really really painful. it was also screamin because because of all of he's. party of his body over all the parts of his body it was really painful he was literally trying to eat leeks just to make it not that painful to distract his attention from the pain from his body and of course the doctors they are immediately on the pressure of the law

enforcement officers so it always happens the same way well that was my next question actually we had been hearing from one of the doctors treating the valet who says it's too early to say what made him sick that they can't say it was poisoning that can't i can't say that it wasn't poisoning what do you make of that . well. of course the doctors are now being on the control of the law enforcement officers and they will continue telling that they will continue telling that it's not certain we cannot be sure all that stuff but at the end of the day they will say something like that it is intoxication but we do not understand the agent of the intoxication the exact toxic so it happened the same way with both of those new. dimension i think that law enforcement officers may now. just. make it impossible for anyone to

reach that only and to take for instance the test of his blood or something like that it's been from my personal view just to make it possible to get free of the exact toxic from he's body just to make it impossible to to detect it ok thank you for your time and your take opposition activist alexander from the view of moscow thank you thank you. thank you our head on the news all including. i except your nomination for vice president of the united states of america but those words come of the house becomes the 1st black woman to join a major ticket in the race for the white house. global condemnation of a military coup in mali the u.n. calls for the release of the detained president. and in sports one of the favorites to win the stanley cup put on a dominant display n.h.l.

action coming up. here as president donald trump is demanding that all united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran he says secretary of state was called peo will meet the un secretary general later on thursday some process. iran will never have market to market iran will never have a nuclear weapon when the united states entered into the iran deal it was clear that the united states would always have the right to restore the u.n. sanctions that would prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon we paid a fortune for a failed concept and a failed policy a policy that would have made it impossible to have peace in the middle east it follows an earlier u.s. failure to extend an arms above go on iran at the security council but the new proposal will likely face strong political and legal challenges as mike hanna

reports from washington d.c. . terms of resolution 2231 which is the one which actually sets out the or a new nuclear deal that makes very clear that snapback and sanctions can only be called by a country or a member who is a participant in that deal now remember president trump the us out of the deal back in 2018 so the very strong argument and the legal supposition would be there as no longer a party to their deal by its own definition the us has got no right to demand anything let alone some kind of snapback like this and one must remember as well that the deal makes very clear that there are certain parameters that iran must stay within to avoid such a snapback the other members the other parties to that deal make very clear that they believe that iran has largely complied with the requirements in terms of their 2015 deal so very difficult to see what president trans basis for this is

nevertheless he said to get secretary of state to the u.n. tomorrow to meet with the secretary-general you'll also be lobbying among other members of the security council to try and get some kind of support for the deal but you remember that iran meeting last friday when the u.s. attempted to extend the arms embargo which expires in october and it was absolutely humiliating only the dominican republic voted with the united states the other normal allies such as france britain germany abstained russia and china didn't even need to use the veto that they threatened. iran meanwhile has unveiled 2 new missiles ignoring u.s. demands that it halt its program one is a ballistic surface to 1st surface missile with a 1400 kilometer range same tough to custom so the monic general killed by a u.s. drone strike in january and the 2nd is a mess out that is launched from a submarine it has a range of a 1000 kilometer it's named after iraqi militia commander about this who died

alongside sort of money. as a big as life for us in iran's capital tehran so acid what's the reaction been to this u.s. pressure for more sanctions. well iran has all those maintained that the united states is in no position and has no right to trigger that back mechanism to reimpose united nations sanctions especially since donald trump pulled the u.s. out of the 2015 nuclear deal back in 2018 but for mr divide zarif has praised in a rare occasion the former security advisor john bolton and i quoted him as well saying. iran aside the united states have pulled themselves out of that deal or had no access to the mechanisms of that deal and iran previously is called john bolton a warmonger but this time said he was the only person that was consistent and consistency was something that's not present in the u.s.

administration now it seems like russia and china are also of the same opinion as iran that the united states has no right to initiate does not back mechanism any also seems like the europeans are of the same opinion but that doesn't mean that the united states won't try as we know the secretary of state to meet the u.n. secretary general later iran is confident expression the after that humiliating defeat last friday where the united states tried to extend the arms embargo on iran that's set to expire in october now definitely here in iran that speed seen as a massive victory for iran. and i said as i mentioned iran has unveiled some new miss silence tell us more about that whether it's significant because they've named those 2 missiles after 2 individuals that were assassinated by the united states back in january the head of the old good force general cautions of the money and also the command of the population

a popular mobilization forces of the 100 again this is in defiance of the united states demanding that israel. hold its missile program and one of the reasons that don't trump opposed the 2015 nuclear deal because iran's ballistic missile program wasn't included now president rouhani announces 2 missiles a day ahead of iran's national defense day he also boasted that iran's defense industry in world rankings had gone from 23rd to 14 no doubt great source of pride in the her on but also iran has said that it's never talk to its neighbors despite multiple occupations taking place on its own near its borders again the signifying a signaling to neighboring countries and regional rivals that iran is willing to sit down with them and discuss peace and stability in the region and they don't need to be worried about iran's defense capabilities whether they take that face value or not is a different is a different discussion take that as

a big there live for us and. former u.s. president barack obama has told the democratic national convention that his successor donald trump has sort only to help himself and his friends while in the nation's top job and he said trump had diminished america's reputation abroad may take have a speech from kabul how us joe biden's pick for the vice presidency with this these words. except your nomination for vice president of the united states of america. a moment of history in 188 years of political conventions in america the 1st woman of color to accept a vice presidential nomination for a major political party common the hardest to the moment to introduce herself to the country but the role of the v.p. candidate is to attack the president his running mate and their record donald trump's failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods

if you're a parent struggling with your child's learning or you're a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen you know what we're doing right now is not working and we are a nation that is grieving it's rare for a former president to criticize a sitting president but from the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia and at times emotional the rock obama said that a public created by the movement that moment is in his belief under threat from donald trump donald trump hasn't grown into the job because a kid and the consequences of that failure are severe 170000 americans dead and millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever our worst impulses unleashed

are proud reputation around the world badly diminished and our democratic institutions threatened like never before. and there was an appearance too from elizabeth warren a darling of the progressive wing of the party and from the defeated democrat last time around hillary clinton who are people to vote noting she'd won the popular vote 4 years ago by 3000000 and still lost the white house the convention also covered issues to be tackled by joe biden if he wins gun control immigration and climate change but this was a night when history was made and presidents were broken thursday is joe biden's big day he'll accept his party's nomination to run for president and when he delivers a speech he knows he has to give a positive message a plan for the future he can't just run on being the guy who is not donald trump

alan fischer al-jazeera washington. opposition supporters in belo who say they'll continue to defy warnings by president alexander the shanker of a renewed crackdown on dissidents he's ordered security forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations have at this month's disputed election. has warned that workers who have gone on strike could lose their jobs surpassing joins us now live in minsk step just tell us where you are and what's happening today. yes i met at a detention center where after the election a protest started thousands of people were detained and also badly beaten and even tortured many have been released up to 4000 is the estimation but they're still around 3000 people detained people are gathering here every day now to try to get their 1st longing back and that seems to be quite a struggle also there's also some unclear reports that many people are not

accounted for at this moment even though it's an hour more than 10 days that this police crackdown has happened meanwhile also protesters today seem to be pretty quiet so far what we know is there is a lot of threats coming from the authorities so toward strikers they also are now in one factory order to sign some kind of paper saying they withdrew to refrain from political activities but still as we saw last night despite all the threats by . protesters who are still gathering defying all these risks of being detained so we expect the same will happen again maybe later today and especially in the next coming days steadfast and thanks for that update there from minsk. the military coup in mali has been met with international condemnation united nations security council is calling on the country's new military leaders to release deposed

president to become creative members of the african union and ecowas have suspended times with mali the military's promise to oversee democratic elections but has yet to say when they will be a bit interests is live now from made so the military is met i believe with ministry officials from the now dissolved government can you tell us. well basically the military said they have no political and. it's now confirmed that. is the head of the military transition committee or the council the committee of the military that took over from brian but because kate and nothing much is known about this army officer except the fact that he had been a commander of one of the units special forces in central mali remember that area is rocked with violence so the military has assured that it will not stay in power

longer than necessary and it's making arrangements to return the country to democratic rule this is what it told the influential powerbrokers the mom would you call yesterday in a meeting where they promised to hand over power to the civilians without saying specifically when they're going to do that but they said they were going to do it in a reasonable amount of time that prompted him and decode to say he is stepping away from politics for now but the opposition is still insisting that the military needs to quickly 100 a power to a civilian government otherwise they will go back to the streets and resume their protests that forced. out of office thank you that that interests there of. a human rights lawyer and activist in thailand has been arrested this attorney on non-power was charged with sedition after taking part in

a protest calling for reform of the monarchy a popular ratha was also among those arrested there are also calls for prime misstep ailsa chang author to step down he's instructed the medic trait to prepare for the protests to escalate. well time now for the whether hair is ever 10 now with the latest on some monsoon rain yeah that's not because see some very heavy rain across northern parts of india over the next couple days it does come and go into that's not unusual but we could see some flooding returning into northern pakistan you can see big area cloud here just around the hole and to the north of lots of cloud sliding down through new delhi all the way down towards the northern parts of the by a goal that's going to be the situation as we go on through the next couple of days a little system here just bring some very heavy rains for pushing out of. the good parts of much but there's. a little further west when there is that heavy rain that you see just up towards northern parts of pakistan it will be very heavy at times

and it is likely to cause some flooding and some travel disruption as a result of that hopefully it will ease as we go on through the weekend but the heavy rain at this stage or small the main that will make its way across right just down into. the show was to went to a bangladesh and beyond to in parts of myanmar also seeing some live these shows take a look at this picture we have here of a sinkhole in central china we've had problems in central china recently $21.00 cars got sucked up into that sinkhole thankfully because of the timing not that it happened no one was hurt or killed in the process showers will continue across central parts of china pushing up towards that northeastern corner of the region across a good part of the korean peninsula better news for japan over the next couple of days we saw temperatures $41.00 celsius in tokyo on monday to be they were 28 by saturday kim thank you for everything. so ahead here on algiers their. severe hunger for half the population in afghanistan brought on by the ground virus and

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and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the wild. that celebrate the human spirit. against the odds. al-jazeera selects palestinians. there are a band of our top stories this are russian opposition politician and ex and about alexey is reportedly in a coma with suspected poisoning he was on

a flight to moscow when he fell ill. on the u.s. president barack obama has it used a speech at the democratic national convention to attack president donald trump he said trump has used his term in office to help himself and his friends. and the democratic party is officially nominated said kamel harris for vice president she is the 1st black woman on a major u.s. party ticket. and millions of afghans are facing food shortages caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lock downs that followed in the 4000000 people have lost their primary source of income since the upright began its according to estimates by the world food program i mean it's heart of the population is now threatened by hunger food prices have also sought due to the regional order restrictions this growing economic and health crisis is likely to hurt children the most around 2000000 afghan children under 5 likely to suffer from the most life

threatening form of extreme hunger that's according to save the children well. me is deputy country director for the united nations world food program in afghanistan she joins us now by skype from kabul thank you for your time the pandemic is obviously biting all around the world what are the specifics about afghanistan that have made it so vulnerable half the population now threatened by hunger. right around. what i'm going to be a prayer in front of. my phone. ringback here and according to the 4. 1000000 people. 2 mission to.

developers. already have. given its vision. to. all. our policies to our viewers we're having trouble with that connection having some audio problems there. we will try and reconnect with you i will leave it there for now. more than 73000 people are listed as missing in mexico and around 20 percent of the mind it's activists say the number of children who go despair every day has doubled over the past 2 years most of believed to have been trafficked for sexual exploitation or salt into forced labor. ports. it is asking for help to locate her 2 year old son dylan he was taken from a market in the mexican state of chiapas on june 30th when he does says despite the

media attention and help from activists it took a long time for police and authorities to begin investigating the boy's disappearance yes and let me in but i think i know it's not only my son that everyone should be looking for but i know that if we search for him we will find many of the children that's what i would like for people to keep looking and keep coming together not only for my son but for the many other lost children when he does case is far from unique every day an average of 7 children go. missing in mexico and that rate of daily child abductions has almost doubled in the last 2 years. and in years again we believe the disappearance of young children is linked to illegal adoption of nationally and internationally and in the case of the lesson girls the evidence suggests they become victims of sex trafficking and in the case of adolescent boys we know they're often forced to wark for criminal groups.

according to the latest national statistics more than 73000 people are listed as missing across mexico and just as forced disappearances have seen an exponential growth in recent years so have protests calling for accountability demonstrations like these have become very common here and the mexican capital and they're often organized by the family members of missing persons and what we hear consistently from people at this type of protests is that the government isn't doing enough to find their missing loved ones that. mexico has some of the toughest laws in the region against human trafficking but legal experts say a culture of corruption and impunity means few cases are ever solved many are never even investigated. in the absence of state help dozens if not hundreds of collectives have been formed by the families of the disappeared there on a constant search for the 10s of thousands of missing persons across the country an estimated 20 percent of whom are children and adolescents noise meant only in 20

percent of disappearances is a very high percentage and if you include an adult up to the age of $25.00 what the data suggests is that it's mexico's youth that is disappearing. but many compare the phenomenon of forced disappearances in mexico to an epidemic that has only worsened over time since the turn of the century it's estimated that some $12000.00 children have gone missing in mexico most of them between the ages of 13 and 17. al-jazeera mexico city. former commanders from the colombian rebel group fox have been testifying at a peace tribunals of the use of child soldiers group allegedly recruited thousands of children decades long conflict against the government. reports from. hidden behind tinted windows former far commander of look at that entered colombia's peace tribunal known as on wednesday he's the 1st of 15 commanders

offering testimony behind closed doors on the recruitment in abuse of minors by the former guerilla group in the thickets long war against the colombian state rules we want to tell the truth i want to tell the truth in the context of building the peace corps both the fark has long been accused of using child soldiers in hiding abuses such as forced abortions but until now the rebel group has always denied these accusations thing. but things might be changing command their victorious and the know now a senator was the 1st one to concede that abuses have happened while denying they were fark spa lasy. i recognize this did have happened in our organization i don't know the details but they have happened because we were in a context of war the fisa court offers far commanders involved in these crimes that the possibility to avoid in prison if they confess and acknowledge their

responsibility they can serve alternative sentences such as community service is that is if they tell the full truth. alexander via goes was just 10 years old when he entered the fark he escaped after losing a leg at $21.00 to land mine he says many children joined the group to scape poverty their prevention or paramilitary violence but they were also deceived and forced to remain in the ranks against their will but under the meat of all recruitment is forced because we didn't know our rights because they took advantage of our innocence of the needs of the poverty of our families to took away our dreams and expectations were lies. many international observers say the fire should take advantage of the opportunity offered by the peace tribunal but he still already we know solid and reliable every day it shows that. usual as well as systematic. and i would also with.

terrible wish that you. go. by the commanders. it is important for the country to know all the true. a painful past that is sadly still alive as the remaining armed groups in colombia continue to recruit children in remote parts of the country. argentina is battling a surge in karada virus cases with at least 312000 infections now confirmed more than 6000 deaths the government says intensive care admissions and hospital occupancy rates have become unsustainable there is about reports. black balloons to remember health care workers who died of covert 1000 here at the hospital did and then when a site is doctors nurses and aides say they are deeply concerned for themselves and

their colleagues as the virus continues to spread so. there have been 60 deaths of healthcare workers throughout argentina and $16888.00 infected healthcare workers we will have beds here in the city of one aside is in the province there will be beds but for sure there won't be workers to attend those beds they'll be virtual beds. argentina was one of the 1st countries in latin america to impose a lockdown and even though in the beginning it was able to control the spread of covert 1000 cases are once again on the rice leading the government to announce another extension of the country squire in teen. in spite of the virus thousands of argentines took to the streets last monday to protest against the government and the lockdown many believe 5 months of total lockdown is too much place it. seems to me that as in other countries we should be trusted to behave like adults

and responsibly resume work in moving the country forward. but as discontent is on the rice so is the effort to help produce have a last week argentina announced a local laboratory will start manufacturing the highly promising astra zeneca oxford vaccine. assuming the. scene is proven effective and clear safety trials argentina will then distributed to country throughout south america with the exception of brazil which is producing its own vaccine i didn't know on several countries in the region have been on doc down on one and this one had a dramatic effect on the economy and some people live this long road or in a way like our own countries in this part of the world will be able to rock scene as soon as possible because of the more you say without a doubt lisa says production will start within weeks we started to work with the transfer we already started we are purchasing things at risk and we were surprised

even if the results are not yet there we are awaiting the results for a dollar and we will more or less started it in that time frame but we are not waiting for the result we are just moving as fast as we can. the lockdown has helped preserve life in argentina but it has also exacerbated an already difficult economic situation the challenge now is to jumpstart the economy without any increase in loss of life please i will want to cite east. india appears to be struggling in its battle against the coronavirus who just reported a new record increase in daily infections was $70000.00 in the past 24 hours that brings india's total number of factions to 2840000 and is the 3rd worst hit country in the world and indian health officials have released the latest results of an antibody survey elizabeth brannon has the details from new delhi. delis health minister says that 29 point one percent of delhi's residents have antibodies to the

corona virus that's out of the latest c. logical survey which tests for antibodies it was conducted in the 1st week of august testing around 15000 samples now dellys confirmed number of cases is just over 156000 but the indicates that the real number of cases are closer to around 6000000 given that the capital has a population of around 20000000 and a surveys being done around the country paint a similar picture the results of the survey in the city of pooling from earlier this week that's in maharashtra the worst affected state that showed that over 50 percent off the city's 6000000 population have antibodies now one of the big reasons for the discrepancy between the confirmed number of cases in india and what serial logical surveys showed is the relatively low level of testing and that's one of the reasons why the indian government has really ramped up testing it conducted

more than 100000 tests on wednesday it wants to be conducting least 1000000 every single day but the other problem is the number of the quicker but less accurate rapid and teachin tests that are being used up to 30 percent of all the tests in the country other less accurate rapid antigen tests and on wednesday demi's high court once again expressed concern that the government in delhi is using double the number of rapid adhesion tests and is as it is the test the more accurate test that's known as the r t p c. the u.s. has to spend to 3 extradition and tax agreements with hong kong it's a response to chinese imposition of a strict a national security law in the territory the u.s. has already moved to and hong kong special trade status of the put sanctions on anyone involved in forcing the new there to slay sion difficult holland has more from hong kong. the reaction has been trickling in and so far the china's ministry

of foreign affairs says in retaliation hong kong will suspend several legal agreements with a child with the united states they haven't specified what exactly what they will be but we've also heard from the hong kong kong kong government who say that they reprimand the u.s. is unilateral actions they say these treaties are agreements with the u.s. for for the benefit of both countries and they say that the u.s. is just talking more tensions with china and using hong kong as a pawn in geopolitics but this doesn't come as a surprise the u.s. breaking off this extradition treaty with hong kong the u.s. joints just a long list of other countries who have done this since that national security law came into place last month and other countries include the u.k. germany france australia canada and so the u.s. is just the latest want to do this and part of the reason all these countries are wary about the national security laws that it has no boundaries anyone anywhere can

be charged or violate that national security law in fact there's an arrest warrant for a u.s. citizen currently living in america who who works for an adam democratic advocacy group for hong kong and washington and so if this treaty remains in place prosecutors would have the right to bring him over for trial not just in hong kong but possibly even in mainland china so this move president trump says and as administration says just underlines the fact that hong kong is no longer is separate entity from the rest of china and doesn't deserve the special privileges that the u.s. had granted the territory. and the 1st person charged on the hong kong's new national security door was back in court earlier on thursday 23 year old tonguing kitt is charged with terrorism and inciting secession it's alleged he rode his motorcycle into police officers during a protest in july he was holding

a banner that read liberate hong kong revolution of our times. this week german chancellor angela merkel is meeting french president amanda marcotte that his presidential retreat in the mediterranean the pair recently struck a game changing deal for the european union to raise debts for the 1st time to found coronavirus recovery but at a time of increasing challenges for the bloc how strong will their bond prove on the cable ports. when the e.u. was looking to minimize the economic threat from the coronavirus it was to these 2 it turns out there's was the personal drive to reach a compromise the demonstration of their intent to try to solve europe's problems where possible as in a shared view about the current political upheaval in belarus the state of freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate must be guaranteed prison is must be released and there must be a national dialogue to settle things easily in belarus for decades the strength of the franco german relationship has been

a given governments would come and go but the 2 countries shared political interests would remain in effect forcing ministers to work together for a common purpose the personal dynamic between these 2 is clear despite the generational differences between them the french president welcomes the analytical approach the chancellor brings to politics that you can really in-depth and discuss the disc with any idea or concept with her and you get an honest answer and it's not a political one because it's not an ideological one it's more really ok can this work or not that last question is one many in germany are asking now about the trump administration's plan for nato in europe its decision last month to withdraw some of its forces from germany has worried many now some analysts say this poses a real dilemma for the french and germans. trump is destructive to world order

he is more than a dilemma he's a danger and to suppress that before the election is decisive for guns in charge. in visiting mcauliffe his mediterranean retreat merkel is doing something few other leaders get to do because some say when she meets him it's not just a photo opportunity rather it is a meeting of minds dominic came out 0 berlin floods in mountainous southwest china have washed away roads and forced tens of thousands from their homes the water levels in the world's largest 100 electoral projects the 3 gorges dam could soon reach its highest levels it's been raining heavily there for weeks dozens of people have died and others are still missing. as media reports in the u.s. that a $600000000.00 deal has been reached to compensate the victims of the flint led tainted water debacle in 2014 the city of flint switched its water source and took the advice of michigan state officials by not applying corrosion controls the water

was contaminated by lead from aging pipes 12 people died and up 212000 children were exposed under the reported deal michigan will pay the victims in an effort to end all legal actions against the state an official announcement is expected later this week. also in the u.s. tens of thousands of people in california have been forced from their homes by wildfire authorities the knowledge planning for extra resources with firefighters battling extreme heat high winds and lightning strikes on panels reports. more than 360 known wildfires are burning the length and breadth of california with nearly 2 dozen major blazes raging from the wine country in the north to the rugged mountains east of los angeles thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes i could see the red glow and i was hearing explosions so hoping to get this thing out before it burns down everything in napa valley this resident tried to

escape the flames but instead wound up driving right through them hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes struggling to contain fires in the san francisco bay area which have burned at least 18000 hectors california's governor has declared a state of emergency and additional firefighters are being dispatched from as far away as texas what is occurred over the last 72 hours is certainly stretched the resources of this state enormous clouds of smoke mounted into the sky worsening air quality across the region the northern california blazes began with thousands of lightning strikes spawned by unusual dry thunderstorms hitting on one of the hottest nights of the year in voc avila town of 100000 people midway between san francisco and sacramento residents were roused from their beds overnight by police and firefighters and told to flee immediately an unknown number of houses and other

structures have been destroyed additional fires are raging on the state's central coast near monterey and on the outskirts of silicon valley high winds are fanning the flames a resident of lassen county caught video. this rare funnel shaped fire tornado whirling across burning grasslands california and much of the southwestern united states are in the grip of a brutal heat wave following months of extremely dry weather temperatures soared to over 43 degrees celsius in many areas rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. still to come on al-jazeera reaction from a dramatic night in the n.b.a. playoffs and just a few moments in sports the sun. and

moon. the all. star not a sport thank you very much can wall by munich have set up a champions league final. the german champions beyond 3 nella to reach the biggest game in european club football to 1st health goals from set going to put by an on their way to a 10 straight win and this season's competition probably. dostie added a lake said there was a polish strikers 55th goal of the season or no fans are allowed to attend these champions league knockout games which are all being held in portugal behind closed doors many by a supporters did gather in munich to see their team reach the final for the 11th

time in the club's history 4 was governing body fever has cleared its own president of violating regulations jan infant is still the subject of a criminal investigation because of an alleged secret meeting with swiss attorney general michael ober had been in charge of a probe into football corruption both men deny any wrongdoing she says ethics committee said no aspect of the conduct analyzed constitutes of violation. and the los angeles clippers have suffered the 1st loss of the n.b.a. playoffs leveling the 1st round series one all on a night where the powerhouse has all the eastern conference a bad some big wins sam malik has all the action. usually when ko i learn it is on song it results the next clippers winds down a star dontcha however had other plans for the kids 28 points which mainly came in

the 1st half from becoming our new teachers at the mavericks up to pull off an upset in game 2 lenna did top score with $35.00 try. to rise but some pivotal late runs via dallas 28127114 win to level up the series in any serious. point. we should. you know i suppose. there was also a surprise in wednesday's of the western conference game. donovan mitchell was on fire for the utah jazz as they put down 3rd seeds denver. the all styles 30 points helping them square the series with a comfortable 124-2105 victory. picture breaking reigning champions tour on toe have taken a 2 nothing lead over brooklyn but they had to survive

a dramatic final quarter so. it was. just even after going 8 points ahead late on through norman power. set which they still couldn't relax the net stayed alive until the final seconds and could have forced overtime but they allowed the chance to slip away. power striking again to take his tally to 24 with the raptors the scaping with a 5 point win. when i was growing up was going to. pick austin had a much more comfortable time in the eastern conference is of a contest with jason tatum followed up his impressive game on display with 33 points as the celtics beat philadelphia 128101 to go to up loser the teeth that's what you get there with tatum in this kind of form it would be hard to stop boston found some talking up the team's chances of winning an 18th championship but

that young man has it in one of last resort hell malick al-jazeera in the n.h.l. playoffs the colorado avalanche to have won their western conference 1st round series with a dominating victory over arizona in game 5 in edmonton the number 2 seeds in the western conference are one of the favorites to win the stanley cup. scored twice in the canon also had 2 goals and to assist to seal a 71 win for avalanche and advance into the 2nd round of playoffs and the boston bruins blew away the carolina hurricanes it to reach the 2nd round of the playoffs with the scores but this version broke the deadlock the bruins hang on to beat the hurricanes 21. and that's it for me we'll have more for you later on but for now back to camp thank you for that santa but is that the news out of our way of our iconic adrian will be back in a moment with more of the day's news. bottles

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into an extraordinary community men who risk their lives telling garbage into cash so that their families can survive. even in the face of ongoing obstacles ricky chito and freddie never give up. al-jazeera follows the remarkable people who work love and fry in the slow. on al-jazeera. i met no moved out of his parents' house after he got me he says he found more space living in this case after a run of beating it last year it's now his home along with his wife daughter and health but there's really governments at the cables reconstructed we've gotten permits and issued at the militia in order last month our interview with cut short as he hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with the bulldozer residents say soldiers give them one minute to go home it took the found me months

to build their brick house and just been an hour to see it get demolished. russian opposition politician alexina valmy is in a serious but stable condition after becoming ill on a flight to moscow. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the united states doubles down piling on the pressure to reimpose all u.n. sanctions against iran. defiance of the face of a crackdown by the russians strengthened calls for new elections despite the government scare tactics.