and face will just give them one minute to get home it took the found me months to build their brick house and left then an hour the few. 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 good 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. and the consequences of that failure are severe.

173000 americans dead. wrecked criticism from a former president barack obama attacks the competency of donald trump. russian opposition politician alexina vileness fighting for his life in a siberian hospital with what a spokesman woman says is poisoning. this was the moment when he fell ill of flights on its way to moscow his plane made an emergency landing in the valley is spokeswoman says there's now an intensive care in a serious but stable condition that is on a ventilator she believes that poison was mixed in his team or a doctor at the hospital where the body is being treated says that 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. journalists are xandra style of each god is on the line from moscow what else do we know about what's happened in the valley. well so far we don't know of the main thing is what caused the generally healthy 44 year old to release this cream's that we could hear in a plane and then lose his conscious and not regain it to 4 hours on and so far we know that he still unconscious in intensive care units who are on ventilators what happened is morning is that he was returning from down to moscow he had according

to his press secretary a key airport affair and then a couple of boarding here felt really sick and ill and started sweating and then last conscious in the hospital there saying that they ran a lot of tests they were checking his blood they were checking his brain activity of the functioning of 4 other organs but they are not saying anything about what happened to acts of exiting the riley what caused his state and his condition what his press secretary is saying dismissing boomer's that started going around social networks that he might have been drinking and then he might have fake in some bill to combat a hangover she's saying that he neither drank last night nor he took anything but that one tea on the airport in the meantime she is saying that the police wants to go to unexplainable in these things including his. releases in the hospital as well as the investigative committee and people from the security services of russia

doctors are not giving any details on his condition citing basically doctor patient confidence and if it turns out he was poisoned this is the 1st time that he would have been targeted. well actually it would be if it turns out that he was poisoned the 3rd time in just the couple of years that he's been targeted the 1st a day true antiseptic green die in his face in 2017 which really beverage his eye and his eyesight it took him a long time to recover from that last summer he while he was in the tension in moscow he felt so ill his face was all swollen and ichi and painful and he was hospitalized then and he still claims now that he was poisoned in that prisons whiles the most called doctors said it might have been some allergy effect is that they did not come up with anything bad might have had caused this condition if

there were it still remains on the named agent and that have caused this thing and he would be also if it turns out that it was poisoning 'd the only one of the off position of them in blood in it 14 dead has met with such faith and xander a strand of it's good for life for us there in moscow alexandra many thanks indeed rory challenge to spend time covering russia as one of our correspondents he explains how the vote on the has managed to build such a high profile. he's a very interesting character a really years 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 come over 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 that the state controlled media firmament which means that he can transmit he can broadcast 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 in 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 opposition figure and he's also completely uncompromising and seemingly undeterred by the harassment and the intimidation that

is being subjected to over the years u.s. president donald trump is demanding that all united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran he says that secretary of state like pompei oh well meet the un secretary-general say to stop the process. iran will never have market then walking around we'll 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 will this fall or somalia u.s. failure to extend an arms embargo on iran at the security council but the new proposal will likely face strong political and legal challenges and soon as mike hanna reports from washington. symptoms of resolution 2231 which is the one which

actually sets out the er a new nuclear deal that makes very clear that snapback in sanctions can only be called by country or a member who is a participant in that deal now remember president trump will be us out of the deal back in 2018 so the very strong argument in 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 effect 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 well that's the the reaction from tehran observers are said. well iran has always maintained that the united states the in no position and has no right to trigger that snapback mechanism to reimpose the united nations sanctions especially since donald trump pulled the u.s. out of that 2015 nuclear deal back in 2018 but form is the divide zarif has. praised right in a rare occasion the former security advisor john bolton and i quoted him as well

saying that to iran aside the united states had pulled themselves out of that deal or had no access to the mechanism of that deal and iran previously has 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 that's 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 drive you know the secretary of state my pump to meet the un secretary general later but 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 into iran that's been seen as a massive victory for iran iran says it has 2 new missile i was ignoring us to mom's that it holds its program one is a ballistic surface to surface missile with

a range of 1400 kilometers it's named after a custom saw the money the general killed by a u.s. drone strike in january of the 2nd or from a submarine has a range of 1000 colossus iraq's prime minister stuff to me is in the united states to meet president trump they're expected to discuss iraq's relationship with iran the withdrawal of u.s. troops and coordination against i saw from baghdad also jabari reports now what's at stake for iraq's prime minister. u.s. troops in iraq will be at the top of the agenda during prime minister. meeting with the u.s. president in washington their 1st meeting comes at a critical time the recently appointed prime minister says iraqis still need u.s. assistance to counter the threat from isis but they don't need to wreck the military support on the ground. nor will the device that the has right now we see

iraqi defense capabilities have improved maybe we need help and american presence and training and intelligence with regard to weapons but the situation doesn't require a wide military response. more than 5000 u.s. soldiers are stationed in iraq some iraqi m.p.'s want fewer kazumi took over in may when baghdad's relations with washington were seen by some as being especially precarious the american drone strike killing of a rainy and general hossam so the money an iraqi militia leader abu make the on the hundreds in fact that in january prompted shia m.p.'s to demand u.s. forces leave iraq after months of anti-government protests causing me inherited many problems 3 months in and his administration has also faced challenges such as protests by pensioners which hindered plans to cut state salaries as oil revenues drop drastically over 1000 infections continue to reach record highs and militia

groups taunt the government with regular rocket attacks targeting iraqi bases and the heavily fortified green zone home to the u.s. embassy i call it the make or break with it now that he is about $100.00 days in office we need to see how many people doubt if he's drug it up to actually do everything he promised he promised the country the former head of iraq's intelligence has often had to deal with the rivalry between the united states and iran. his 1st official visit was to tehran last month before flying to washington and part of me was asked whether or not he was carrying any messages from town hall and he replied we do not play the role of post man in iraq while the white house meeting is about a plan to reconfigure ties between baghdad and washington its outcome will have consequences beyond iraq's borders. dorsets a pari al-jazeera backed up. we're going to weather

a take back stay out of syria then argentina steps up efforts to find a coronavirus vaccine as its economy struggles under a months long law and. i accept your nomination for vice president of the united states of america with those words coming out harris becomes the 1st black woman to join a major ticket in the race for the white house. but . we have ongoing flooding concerns into parts of central and south western areas of china lots of clouds still showing up here this is the mayor from fast seasonal race has been producing some really heavy downpours and nasty enough actually in the central areas to produce a sinkhole you can see that collapsing there the road just collapsing 21 cars

getting sucked up into this this sinkhole which had just happened around 2436 hours ago and you can see the kind of damage that it has left behind further showers in the forecast as we go on through the next couple of days so we're not out of the woods just yet more big downpours easing over towards will hand stretching up towards yellow sea will see some more heavy rain also just extending across the korean peninsula for a time to try to sink further south was highly little more cloud coming into japan heat has been absolutely terrific. recently we're looking at said temperatures falling back to around 33 degrees so little more the way of humidity having said that i feel a little bit of shabby right just to help break that hate as we go on into west saturday may well some very heavy rain continuing across a good part of south asia more big downpours around northeastern india across the plains and notice the possibility of flooding for northern parts of pakistan.

but. when a mining company struck gold the local community was promised at least during future. but their dreams quickly tarnished. their family and decimated and their pride assaulted the mine scene closed now the impoverished community and left sachin for anstice no gold for casaca witness on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera less for much of the main news this hour russian opposition

politician alexina valley is in a serious but stable condition after what his spokeswoman says was a suspected poisoning he was on a flight to moscow when he fell ill. u.s. president donald trump is demanding that or united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran trump says that secretary of state pay will be the u.n. secretary general later thursday to start the process. and iran says it has to. nor in us to monitor that it holds its program is a ballistic surface to surface missile with a range of 1400 kilometers 2nd distortion a submarine has a range of a 1000 of them. opposition supporters in belarus say that they'll continue to defy warnings by president alexander lukashenko of a renewed crackdown on protests he's ordered security forces to clear the streets 2 weeks of demonstrations over the sponsors disputed election. has warned the workers

who've gone on strike could lose their jobs. reports from minsk. center where after the election the protests started thousands of people were also badly beaten and tortured a many have been released up to 4000. but there are still around 3000 people detained people are gathering here every day now to try to get their personal belongings back and that's quite a struggle also. unclear reports that many people are not accounted for. its. police crackdown has happened meanwhile also protests today through. to be pretty quiet so far what we know is there is a lot of threats coming from the authorities toward us they all.

order some kind of paper saying they will refrain from political activities but still as we saw last night despite all the threats by. protesters we're still gathering all these risks of being so we expect the same will happen again maybe later today and especially in the next coming days former us president barack obama has told the democratic national convention that his successor donald trump has sort of a new to help himself and his friends on in the nation's top job and he said trump a diminished america's reputation abroad later came a speech from kaamelott harris joe biden's pick for the vice presidency alan fischer reports these words. 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. the moment to introduce herself to the country but the rule 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 he can't 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 to 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's not donald trump alan fischer al-jazeera washington. the u.s. suspended 3 extradition and tax agreements with hong kong that's in response to china's imposition of a strict national security law on the territory the u.s. has already moved to end hong kong special trade status it's also put sanctions on anyone involved in enforcing the new record regulations al-jazeera t.v. of the pollen reports from coal. 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 benefits 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 his administration says just underlines the fact that hong kong is no longer east separate entity from the rest of china and doesn't deserve the special privileges that the u.s. had granted the territory. the military coup in mali has been met with international condemnation the united nations security council is calling on the country's new military leaders to release the deposed president abraham book al-qaeda members of the african union and echo was have suspended ties with mali the military has promised to oversee democratic elections but has yet to say when they'll be human rights lawyer an activist in thailand has been arrested attorney

on a number was charged with sedition after taking part in a protest calling for reform of the monarchy a popular rapper was also among those arrested there are calls for prime minister pryor of channel to step down he's instructed the military to prepare for the protests to escalate. argentina is battling a surge in corona virus infections with at least 312000 cases now confirmed or more than 6000 deaths the government says that intensive care admissions and hospital occupancy rates have become unsustainable unsustainable stories a boat reports. black balloons to remember health care workers who died of covert 1000 here at the hospital 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. there have been 60 deaths of health care 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 they 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 vaccine 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 you know countries in the region have been on one and this will have a dramatic effect on the economy people's lives this love. it and i would like our own countries in this part of the world will be able. as soon as possible most 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 will separate even if he's dead results are not yet there we are awaiting the results for october and we will more or less started it at that time frame but we are not waiting for

the results 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. and. india appears to be struggling in its battle against the pandemic it's just reported a new record increase in daily infections almost $70000.00 in the past 24 hours that brings india's total number of cases to 2840000 making it the 3rd worst hit country in the world but indian health officials have released the latest results of an antibody survey to zeros and is withdrawn and has the details from new delhi . delis health minister says that 29 point one percent of residents have antibodies to the corona virus that's out of the latest seaward 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 city 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 who may 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 syria logical surveys show 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 $100000.00 tests on wednesday it wants to be conducting at least

$1000000.00 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.i. . cards have you with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera russian opposition politician alexina valley is in a serious but stable condition after what a spokeswoman says was a suspected poisoning he was on a flight to moscow when he fell ill journalists are xandra story out of it's gone for has more from moscow. what happened is morning is that he was returning from

the libyan pound to moscow he had according to his press secretary at the airport affair and then a couple boarding he felt really sick and ill and started sweating and then lost consciousness in hospital they're saying that they ran a lot of best they were checking his blog they were checking his brain activity of the functioning of all other organs but they are not saying anything about what happened to x. of x. they know by me what caused his state and he's a condition opposition supporters umbrella russo that they'll continue to defy warnings by president alexander lukashenko of a renewed crackdown on protests he's ordered security forces to clear the streets out of the early 2 weeks of demonstrations over this month's disputed election. u.s. president donald trump is demanding that all united nations sanctions be reimposed against iran trump says that secretary of state might pump a a will meet the u.n. secretary general later on thursday to start the process iran says it has 2 new

missiles ignoring us to mons that it holds its program one is a ballistic surface to surface missile with a range of 1400 kilometers the other new type of missile is launched from a submarine former u.s. president barack obama has used the speech of the democratic national convention to attack president donald trump he said that trump has used his term in office to help himself and his friends in the democratic party is officially nominated senator kamel harris for vice president she's the 1st black woman on a major u.s. party ticket the military coup in mali has been met with international condemnation the united states and the united nations security council is calling on the country's new military leaders to release the pows president abraham boubacar kaito of the headlines more news for you after inside story thanks to.

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