sorry. it's the both men women and men who risked everything to save their roots and heritage. the love of books on al-jazeera. president takes no responsibility refuses to leave blames others cozy up to dictators and the flames of hate and division. taking aim at donald trump without naming him joe biden accepts the democratic nomination for the us presidency. if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst. biden outlined his vision of america promising to unite the people amid rising racial tensions.

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u.s. presidential nominee joe biden has struck a tone of hope and unity on the final day of the democratic national convention he has formally accepted his party's nomination for president promising to over. come a season of darkness in the united states biden said the us is more than just a collection of red and blue states and promised to represent all americans also a keys president trump a failing to lead and failing to protect the current president's cloaked american darkness for much too long too much younger too much fear too much division here and now i give you my word if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst i'll be an hour of the light not the darkness it's time for us for we the people to come together

and make no mistake united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america will choose hope over fear facts over fiction fairness over privilege i'm a proud democrat and i'll be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election source of the great honor and your military i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america let's go to our correspondent allen fish who is in wilmington delaware for us allan a powerful and at times emotional speech from joe biden what were the highlights for you. well i think st paul when he said that i will run as a democratic candidate by will be an american president that was essentially joe biden throwing his arms out to people who are disillusioned by the donald trump

presidency who may have voted for him last time including some democrats and saying come on over and we will put the country back together again and he's also very much aware that he can't just campaign on the fact that he is not donald trump he has to present a vision and he did that saying on day one we will start implementing my plan to combat the corporate crisis he also said that essentially this is a perfect storm in 2020 that america is facing with the covert crisis the unemployment crisis that the corporate crisis has created the fact that there have been protests across the country about racial and social injustice and he said a climate change which also has to be addressed what was telling throughout the entire speech that has he was drawing contrasts with the passion who currently lives in the white house not once not one time did joe biden use donald trump's

name instead he referred to him as the president the current president it was a very telling very subtle but very smart to touch or you know about this president is that he's given 4 more years he'll be what he's been for the last 4 years president takes no responsibility refuses to lead blames others cozies up to dictators and fans the flames of hate and division he'll wake up every day believing the job is all about him never about you is that the american you want for you your family your children i see a different america when this generous and strong selfless and humble it's an american we can rebuild together. as president the 1st step i will take we to get control of the virus that is ruined so many lives because i understand something

this president has done from the beginning we will never get our economy back on track we will never get our kids safely back in schools we'll never have our lives back until we deal with this virus. and alan do you think that his speech today resonated with those americans particularly those swing voters who he so desperately needs to attract do you think that it reached out to them. well let me give you an indication of how this has connected with people i keep in touch with someone who's a fairly prominent republican in iowa he sent me a text during the speech saying joe biden looks presidential i think he's already committed to the fact that he is voting democrat this time around because he's not overly impressed by the come president on fox news which has been highly critical of joe biden which has provided

a platform for those who have described him as almost senile and out of touch the 2 have been praising this speech which is quite surprising certainly his performance negates that line of attack for the republicans for a 'd while they have talked about how he is in the pocket of the far left how if you vote for george biden you get bernie sanders if you vote for him it will become a socialist country what this speech has done is essentially create a very high bar for donald trump we got a preview of his convention speech during a campaign event in pennsylvania in the last few hours when he said there was a cancel culture in america and how the democrats will take things from you and make things harder for you he really can't present this grim dystopian view of the united states at his convention in a week's time he has to provide something that provides more light that offers some

optimism because if you try to scare people the reality is 2020 is scared people enough already there's not a great deal more that's going to frighten them and so there has to be a message of hope famously ronal reagan talked about the shining city on the hill it is that level of the tree that donald trump has got to reach so it seems that from the very few reviews i've read on social media including from many republicans not those directly in touch with the campaign this same. to be in a speech that has hit the mark he laid out his criticisms of donald trump without ever saying and he's laid out his program for the future and he talked about climate change as an opportunity to create jobs in a make america a world leader in green technology he talked about infrastructure and rebuilding america and creating jobs that will resonate and when you talk about creating jobs when the unemployment rate is over 10 percent in the united states and people see

a way forward that might just be enough to get people to vote for joe biden what's important to remember is that normally after the convention the candidate is all for way crisscrossing the country getting their message out selling the idea and the vision that they presented here at the convention that can't happen this time because of corporate a lot of people will make their decisions based on what happens this week with joe biden and with what happens next week with donald trump and joe biden has set a very high mark he has put laid out his vision and many people will buy into that whether or not he can sustain that momentum all the way to november that's a question we'll only know come november the 4th indeed alan our correspondent in wilmington delaware well just talk is a political strategist with full cycle strategies was part of the 2008 obama campaign she says biden's speech provides hope. so what vice president biden

is that he showed america that we have a choice now we have a choice in which direction we want to take this country and he reminded us that he is going to be a president for all of america i don't think that you know you know agree or say that the current president is one that feels that he represents all of america and so tonight you know vice president biden in my. outline a great plan and he touched hearts and souls and minds and he actually gave us who gave us inspiration i think that americans across the country are feeling the speech they feel heard they feel seen and i think that night a lot of americans are who you know who this man is who he is as a foreigner use as a servant leader who he is as an american and i think that he touched it with many americans tonight while the trauma campaign has responded to biden's speech

releasing a statement which says the following by accepting his party's nomination tonight joe biden has formally become a porn of the radical leftists his name is only the campaign logo but the ideas come from the socialist extremists the same and goes on to say joe biden is a twice failed candidate for president is without question a fall wes counted it the 3rd time round michael fauntroy is the acting director of the ronald w. waters' leadership and public policy center at howard university he says biden struck the right chord with his convention address. i thought it was what a presidential nomination speech should be it gave a really broad overview of some of the things that he would like to do as president but as we've learned over the course of the last 8 to 10 presidential elections really being able to communicate certain characteristics like integrity decency

empathy that kind of thing is this is really important as a most voters and throughout the entire. people speaking on joe biden's back i have that emphasize that and he drove that point home and self today just sort of discussing how he was raised and some of the trials and tribulations that he's overcome throughout his own life i thought he did a really good job connecting with that and i also think he did a really good job and not going to deeply into policy because i don't think the voters actually want that and miscounted speech well the mayor if atlantic loans bottom's address the u.s. civil rights movement and paid tribute to the late congressman john lewis in her convention speech we know how important it is that we elect real leaders like joe biden and calmly harris people of honor and integrity who hold just this close to their hearts and believe that the lives of my 4

black children matter in the words a woman is poet audrey lord your fallacies will not protect you congressman lewis would not be silenced and neither can we we cannot wait for some other time some other place some other heroes we must be the heroes of our generation. still ahead on al jazeera back in hospital russian opposition leader alexina only is once again facing a suspected poisoning. and a scorched state 2 people died while trying to find one of the hundreds of wildfires that's broken out in california.

i once again so looking fine and dry across the now a little bit some places the cloud down into the south and then i see sunshine further north of course that does still maine hot sunshine we are still getting up into the forty's 43 there in a doha notice further lost just around the black sea the caspian sea up to the caucuses some rather heavy showers coming through from time to time with the risk of some localized flooding by the time we come to sas data because here in doha 4 back to around 40 celsius with a light winds i think it is going to be a little on the human side rather more uncomfortable than of late i'm a model cross the other side of the red sea we've got the usual showers are all going into central parts of africa sliding across uganda pushing over towards the gulf of guinea more big downpours coming into cameroon see some heavy showers

sliding across an asia running over towards small and central parts of nigeria some more big downpours here for many want to coastal showers just around kenya tanzania showers popping up a little bit as we go on into saturday for tanzania to the south of that it is generate dry that said we have got one or 2 showers into central parts of mozambique and also for medicare. jump into the street and julian on global community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media online be part of the debate let me put some comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic violence that people have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way we could be where we do business if we're going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is there.

you're watching al-jazeera remind our top stories this hour u.s. democrat joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination for president promised to overcome what he describes as a season of darkness in the united states. and biden is warning that donald trump will continue to stir division unfair if elected for another 4 years he says the president takes no responsibility refuses to lead and blames others. the united states is demanding that all international sanctions be reimposed on

iran accusing teheran of violating the terms of a 2050 nuclear agreement washington withdrew from the nuclear deal 2 years ago the u.k. france and germany are rejecting the move they say the united states has no legal right to also that sanctions be a reinstated kristen salumi has more from the u.n. in new york. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o made a special trip to un headquarters to formally accused iran of violating the 2015 nuclear deal in a letter submitted to the security council president he argues iran has been enriching uranium and supplying weapons to proxy militias in the middle east it's an attempt to trigger u.n. procedures that would lead to the automatic reinstatement of sanctions this process will lead to those sanctions coming back into effect 30 days from today our message is very very simple that isis will never allow the world's largest state sponsor of

terrorism to freely buy and sell planes tanks missiles and other kinds of conventional weapons the u.n. sanctions will continue the arms embargo the so-called snap back provision was part of the deal negotiated 5 years ago there's just one problem the u.s. withdrew from the deal in 2018 not that it is not but it's not going to take a break up but got to do which is a but is a book and he said be away with us is not iran like russia says the u.s. move is illegal and the act of a bully that nothing is going to happen in 30 or $31.00 days because the u.s. has to enjoy the support of the security council which does not exist the u.s. position is being critical and a security johnson the united states has put its european allies on the security council in a very awkward position they didn't speak publicly but issued

a statement saying they cannot support the u.s. is unilateral move because they want to preserve the international nuclear deal that is as long as the iranians hold up their end of it the one thing that could actually turn a lot of the europeans. back to the u.s. side in these discussions would be a serious problem. i see that what we're likely to see is the iranians. the u.s. electoral calendar simply white it could make for uncomfortable relations in the security council at least until november kristen salumi al jazeera the united nations former senior white house strategist steve bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of fund raising fraud and money laundering it relates to an online campaign that raised $25000000.00 supposedly to go to ed donald trump's us mexico border wall gabrial and is under reports from new york.

steve bannon emerged from a new york federal court on thursday evening defiant despite facing the prospect of some serious prison time for all this is utter. garbage that's going to complicate the while bill. earlier the former chief strategist to donald trump was arrested while on a private yacht off the coast of connecticut. he is charged with fraud over his role in a nonprofit organization called rebuild the wall a crowdfunding campaign that raised $25000000.00 from the public towards building president trump's much touted wall along america's border with mexico bannon along with 3 others is accused of siphoning off donations for his own use in bannon's case to the tune of more than $1000000.00 wearing a face mask band it appeared via video link and pleaded not guilty to the charges

his bail was set for $5000000.00 bannon joins a long list of key trump figures who have fallen foul of the law roger stone paul man afford and michael flynn just some of those who have been convicted in u.s. courts not for the 1st time the president was faced with awkward questions about a former ally i think it's a very sad thing for mr benn and i think it's surprising i thought that was a project that was being done for showboating reasons i don't know that he was in georgia i didn't know any of the other people either but it's it said this case could prove to be a dramatic fall from grace for not only a man responsible for shaping recent events in u.s. politics but also a key figure in shaping far right movements in many countries throughout the world and in his forged links with european anti immigrant party leaders like france's marine le pen and the u.k.'s national for. who he introduced to donald trump and he

was an informal adviser to brazil's right wing president. among many others with his arrest and in stays of fund raising for donald trump's border wall appear to be over gabriel zonda oh i'll just see it or a new york. protests are being held in russia over the suspected poisoning of the opposition leader alexina volley several cities including moscow and st petersburg so hundreds of people gathering in support of nepali some accusing president vladimir putin of the attack while many others help banas asking who poison the tea and they sell reported to have arrested several of the demonstrators. well we challenge has. the groans of a man in obvious pain medics come down the aisle to help according to the person

who films this footage on a flight from siberia to moscow it's russian opposition leader alexina valmy later he's seen on a stretcher being put in an ambulance seemingly unconscious now in a coma in the city of doctors say they're working to save his life. really was michael's naturally poisoning is considered as one of the possible reasons of the deterioration of the condition but besides that there could be a number of acute states that lead to the same clinical science we are working on everything eliminates confirm and work unfortunately i cannot tell you more. never alys colleagues are already convinced his illness doesn't have any natural cause. your puppy. dogs are speaking on novell nice live you tube channel his spokeswoman . said doctors who told her they were confident he'd been poisoned to start with and now too scared to say this she thinks whatever it was was in his tea and she

also said claims made on social media that he was drinking alcohol the night before and this reacted with medication false. after initially being denied access no valley's wife yulia was eventually let in to see him but his personal doctor wasn't . because it's annoying that i'm not i can't see him i'd like to check up on him and i don't know and i asked if an ophthalmologist checked him and his retina there is a response from the people he's retina is alive. charismatic sometimes abrasive and absolutely fearless alexina valmy is the most prominent russian opposition figure. i expose in the corruption of russia's governing elite he's built a huge following of mainly young people drawn to protest by his investigative you tube videos of ali's followers are showing a willingness to defy police battens and prison time in a valley himself has spent repeated spells behind bars

a fraud case started in 2014 landed him a suspended sentence a jail term for his brother and a panther novelli himself to challenge putin in 20 eighteen's presidential election . he has persisted despite the state pressure and despite the obvious risks of criticizing readymade putin's rule. another opposition figure boris nemtsov was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 more have left the country the kremlin spokesman has wish no valmy a speedy recovery and says any poisoning would need to be confirmed by laboratory tests rory chalons down to 0. the brother of a suicide bomber who attacked in manchester in 2017 has been sentenced to 55 years in prison 22 people attended a concert by the singer on a grown day were killed when salman abedi detonated his explosives investigators say his brother hashem helps source materials.

2 people have been killed in california while trying to fight wildfires that a scorching the north of the state thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes near san francisco the blaze began after nearly 11000 lightning strikes hit the area rob reynolds has more from los angeles. the massive wildfires engulfing northern california have claimed their 1st lives authorities said a helicopter pilot flying water drops died when his aircraft went down a utility worker helping firefighters in another area was also killed officials say the toll may rise there are people that are unaccounted for that we are looking to try to determine where they are the fires have burned more than 1400 square kilometers hundreds of homes and other buildings have burned and authorities say as many as 25000 structures are at risk tens of thousands of people have been

evacuated and some entire towns have emptied out a combination of extremely high temperatures months without rain and gusty winds is pushing firefighters to their limits which reportedly pictures of birds actually fall on the sides of the child but. basically thrown 10 miles outside of his cousin's 5 years fire crews attack the blaze from the air trying to save homes in southern california fires burned east of los angeles the area's unique joshua trees blazing in the desert when and where there's fire there's smoke visible from outer space pollution monitors say the san francisco bay area now has the worst air quality on earth and people are being urged to stay inside if they can. the weather forecast offers no relief in sight with more hot dry windy days to come rob

reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. there's a growing controversy surrounding south korea's most famous boy band b.t.s. might have achieved worldwide fame and be celebrating the release of a new album but the k. pop stars are also facing questions about when they plan to do military service which is required under south korean law public right but ports. they are a global sensation as evidenced by this record breaking virtual concert reaching an estimated 750000 fans worldwide defying the pandemic as the most famous k. pop band b.t.s. has managed to connect to an audience far beyond south korea. different from typical keep up with the band because. the identity of. the hip hop band make them tell about their own life history their only experience can be shared by

a global youth who have had to bury similar experience in their younger age part of that life experience for young south korean men includes this compulsory military service it's regarded as a jew to eat that all men over 18 should be proud to fulfill and that no one should skip. but there is a provision to delay your military service until you're $28.00 if you're studying with the b.t.s. band members well into their twenty's all of them have now in role did online courses beating to suspicions their putting off their service for as long as they can. it's helped fuel the debate about whether k. pop stars should get an exemption often adored and hounded by fans wherever they go the stresses of k. pop stardom are well known and it's argued that they contribute to south korea's prestige abroad prominent sports stars like tottenham football players song men get

an exemption if they win international tournament's sounded just a few weeks of basic training and b.t.s. fans have petitioned the presidential office for their idols to be granted the same exemption still the controversy goes on but in my opinion that if actually the people except his country bute to raise up the korean you know petition i think a president who would you know and then it wouldn't you know called mr service whichever way it goes it's a controversial decision balancing the need for fairness with a recognition that b.t.s. are more than just another band of bullies bride al-jazeera sold. this is al jazeera and these are your top stories u.s.

democrat joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination for president he's promised to overcome what he describes as a season of darkness in the united states and biden is warning that donald trump will continue to stir division and fear if elected for another 4 years he says a president takes no responsibility refuses to lead and blames. the current president's call american darkness for much too long too much airing or too much fear too much division here and now i give you my word if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst i'll be an hour of the light not the darkness it's time for us for we the people to come together and make no mistake united we can and will overcome

this season of darkness in america will choose hope over fear factor over friction furriners over privilege i'm a proud democrat and i'll be proud to carry the banner of our party into the general election source of the great honor and your military i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america. u.s. secretary of state who has submitted formal demands to the u.n. security council for sanctions to be reimposed on iran he says tehran has violated the 2050 nuclear deal former senior white house trust just a ban and has pleaded not guilty to charges of fund raising for what it relates to a campaign that raised $25000000.00 supposedly for donald trump's us mexico border . that's why you have lines these continue on al jazeera. we understand the difference is in some americans have cultures across the last

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