militiaman ordered last month our interview were cut short as he hears that the israeli army has arrived the village with a bulldozer residents say soldiers gave them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see it get demolished. the president takes no responsibility refuses to leave blames other cozies up to dictators and fares the flames of hate and division. taking aim at donald trump without naming him joe biden except the democratic nomination for the u.s. president's. if you entrust me with the presidency i will draw on the best of us not the worst. bought in outlines his vision of america promising to unite the

people amid rising racial tension. this is al jazeera live from also coming up. when the u.s. sanctions were violated we enforce what the u.n. sanctions are violated we're going to do everything we can to enforce them as well . the u.s. for me requests all u.n. sanctions on iran to be restored accusing techron of violating the 2050 nuclear deal major international powers are not on board. really full. of pain and trauma a family members of the missing victims of lebanon's devastating blast.

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 overcome a season of darkness in the united states by then said the us is more than just a collection of red and blue states and promise to represent all americans he also president of failing to lead and failing to protect. united we can and will overcome this season of darkness in america will choose hope over fear facts over fiction fairness over privilege for historic crises also same time a perfect storm the worst pandemic in over 100 years the worst economic crisis since the great depression the most compelling call for racial justice since the

sixty's and the undeniably realities and x. just accelerated threats of climate change 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 will develop and deploy rapid test results available immediately or make the medical supplies and protective equipment that our country needs will make them here in america our current president's failed in his most basic duty to the nation he's failed to protect us he's failed to protect america and my fellow americans that is unforgivable as president i'll make you

a promise. i'll protect america i would defend us from every attack see. always without exception every time our correspondent alan fischer has been following the night events from wilmington in delaware allen you get a sense of what was an impassioned speech by joe biden but the question is did his message resonate with americans particularly those swing voters who he needs to attract. well there's a couple of things that point 1st of all right to the beginning of the speech joe biden said well he is the democratic candidate he will be an american president that was clearly him throwing his arms out saying look if you're disillusioned by this president please come on board vote for me we can change the way america is headed the 2nd thing is that he managed to criticize this president without actually using the name donald trump 4 years ago hillary clinton mentioned donald

trump 22 times in a convention speech this time joe biden made 0 mentions that was a very savvy move because he defined the president without actually using the name donald trump no what is also interesting is that donald trump highs for a very long time know said that he will be up against sleepy joe biden he wants to go in an election against sleepy joe biden the trump campaign described joe biden as not quite worth it perhaps even on the verge of being senile that speech just demolished that argument completely so now donald trump is in an election fight and a real election flight not against the catechize sure but against a real candidate someone who stood up and spoke from the heart someone who said that he realized he had to get into the fight to fight for the soul of america after the events in charlottesville 3 years ago when in the white nationalists the

nazis and white supremacists marched through the streets chanting nazi slogans he said that was the tipping point for him and that is why 3 years on he is standing accepting the nomination for the democratic party going into the election in november the convention site far has been heavy on trying bashing. on policy detail did you feel the speech tonight gave us a bit more stare at all. policy from the democrats. or what i think joe biden realized that that was the toughest to be undone nor lucian this was that the biggest speech joe biden has ever delivered in this 49 years and politics you can forget about running for the senate here in delaware in 1973 this was the speech that was going to define his political career and many people even those on the right would suggest that he i salute lee delivered but you

knew just go on to the convention and see i'm the guy who's not donald trump vote for me because you don't like him he had to present the vision he had to give an idea of what he would do and i suspect he did that not least because he talked about what he would do from day one in office that he would start his national program to try and be a covert crisis he would introduce i the infrastructure program building bridges establishing broadband internet to rural communities building new airports all of these things he suggested would get people back to work and then confronting climate change not just because it is an ardent issue but because people leave that can create jobs where america can be a world leader where they can create new technologies and sell that technology to the world and then in social justice he talked about how this could be the generation that actually confronts an issue that is been deviled america and it's

more than 200 year history so he laid out his criticisms of the president without actually saying what they were but he also very much outlined what he would do as president and what happens now normally at this point you would be saying candidates hitting the campaign trail but of course with coronavirus restrictions reaching those votes isn't in many states is going to be a lot harder. normally at this time after the convention i'm checking what time my flight is in the morning to go to the 1st campaign stop because that's what candidates do they're off they start crisscrossing the country they start selling their message they start talking to people all over this country sometimes 456 cities in a day and certainly normally more than 2 states but suddenly it's different because of covert and so this was really the point that joe biden had to push his campaign

message a lot of people will be tuning in for the conventions maybe not as many as before but this is where a lot of undecided voters may well make their decision on what the hear from joe biden and what they hear from the president next week what joe biden delivered was a speech of optimism donald trump just a few hours ago in pennsylvania delivered a speech where he said cancel culture is prevalent this is what the democrats will take from you this is what they will start doing people in 2020 have had to go through anough of rough times that they don't want to hear the view of a dystopian future they want to hear where is the same shining city on the hill as ronald reagan described it what is the optimism where is the light at the end of the tunnel joe biden said a very tough task for donald trump he's now got to meet that at his convention next week as the democrats leave here. many thanks.

as a political strategist with full circle strategies she was. 8 obama campaign she says biden's speech provided hope. so tonight what president find 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 we you know all agree are saying 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 play 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 that night a lot of americans saw who you know who this man is who he is as

a father hughes as a servant leader who he is as an american and i think that he touched it with many americans. well the term campaign has responded to biden's speech and releasing a statement which says by accepting his party's nomination tonight joe biden has 4 may become a pawn of the radical leftists his name is on the campaign lego but they ideas come from the socialists extremists the statement goes on to say joe biden is a twice failed candidate for president and is without question a far west candidate the 3rd time around michael fauntroy is the acting director of the ronald doubly walters leadership and public policy center at howard university he says biden struck the right chord with his address today. 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 is really important as a most voters and throughout the entire. people speaking on joe biden's behalf 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 the mayor of atlanta keesha allowance balsams address the us 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 justice 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 thousandths 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 a picture of defiance steve leaves cordon off to pleading not guilty to phoning trump's most loyal supporters.

and i once again so looking fine and dry across iraq in peninsula now little bits and pieces the cloud down into the south and then i see sunshine further north of course that does still main hot sunshine me off though getting up into the forty's 43 there in a hot notice further lost just about the black sea the caspian sea up to the caucasus 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 for 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 may model cross the other side of the red sea we've got the usual showers a rolling 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 from madagascar. hi i'm steve clements i question because these days it's hard to filter out the noise and keep track of what's really important to the bottom line tackles the big issues this issue 19 states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only on al-jazeera charter has one of the world's highest her base but maybe

a taking up the fox against her military star white let's go to brad and surgery one o one a steam best regards as the chinese battle to get in shape on al jazeera. welcome 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 is 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 study division and fear if elected for another 4 years he says the president takes no responsibility refuses to lead and claims of us.

the final day of peace negotiations is underway between the government and armed factions in myanmar's capital not doe more than 20 groups are demanding independence the violence has forced hundreds of thousands of karren and other ethnic minorities from their homes. so far 3 rounds of negotiations have been held and many of the affected villages aunt hopeful of significant progress speak to our correspondent wayne hay who joins us from china may in thailand where many of the ethnic groups have representatives based so good to see you what was the goal of this round of talks and has there any progress been made. well this is the 1st formal peace conference that has been held in more than 2 years so i think ultimately this was really about setting the peace process back on track and they bring the government to lay some groundwork to try to ensure that it

continues beyond november's election into next year because i think among some of the rebel armies there was a real concern that the entire peace process because of those delays and disagreements could fall apart completely so in the union peace accord that will be signed on the final day i think what we will see is certainly no significant significant announcements or developments but it will include a framework to again try to ensure that this peace process continues into next year and also further details about the implementation of the nationwide ceasefire agreement which was signed way back in 2015 so they're still negotiating that so that shows you how complex and difficult this whole process is but i think in danger of overshadowing the whole 3 day conference where the opening remarks by the head of military men online who gave a very fiery opening speech criticized the civilian government led by state councillor aung sun suu kyi and he laid the blame for the lack of progress through

the 3 previous peace conference is squarely at the feet of the ethnic organizations the rebel armies saying that there was dishonesty among the stakeholders so clearly that will not be welcomed by those rebel armies president in our present. and if anything it may be seen as setting the entire process back rather than moving it in the right direction one gets a bit more background what are these armed groups fighting for. well it certainly began you know way back in 1989 with the 1st rebel army the korean national liberation army as the fight for independence they want to break away from me and model burma as it was known then that's changed now they don't really want to break away they want to stay part of me and my but they want to new political system they want a federal political system and they want self-determination within that within that and that's what the government says it wants as well but there is skepticism among those ethnic armies that the government and the me and my military is really

sincere about that and then some of the rebel armies like the k.l.a. again say that it's all very well talking about the political game here which of course is vital but in the meantime they're not talking enough about the other things that they feel are important like human rights like land grabs by the me and my military in their territory like control over natural resources and infrastructure projects and perhaps most importantly equality because many many of these ethnic minorities that the rebel armies represented are fighting for simply don't have the same rights or freedoms as the majority burmese population so it's a very complex issue it's going to take a very long time to resolve many thanks wayne hey there in chiang mai in thailand the united states is demanding that all international sanctions be reimposed on iran accusing tehran of violating the terms of a 2015 nuclear agreement washington withdrew from the nuclear deal 2 years ago the

u.k. france and germany are rejecting the move they say the u.s. has no new legal right to ask that sanctions be 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 un 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 but that it is now 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 it's 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 of and the 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 a 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 think that what we're likely to see is the iranians you know the u.s. electoral calendar simply white it could make for uncomfortable relations in the security council at least until november christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. former senior white house strategist steve bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of fundraising fraud and money laundering it relates to an online campaign that raised $25000000.00 supposedly to go to words donald trump's us mexico border wall gabrial and his arms has the latest 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 so tired. tired let's go to colorado

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 to be a 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've fallen foul of the law roger stone paul mann 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 bannon has forged links with european anti immigrant party leaders like france's marine le pen and the u.k.'s national for. ours 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 stage of fundraising for donald trump's border will appear to

be over here brawls on doe. and york. a u.s. federal judge has refused an attempt by president donald trump to block the release of some of his financial records a new york grand jury is demanding 8 years of tax records as part of a case focusing on how money payments and possibly bang for what trump augie the request was too broad and constituted political harris meant a spokeswoman for russian opposition politician alexina valmy says doctors have caved to kremen pressure and are refusing to let him be transferred from the siberian hospital where he's in a coma after a suspected poisoning qiryat miche says keeping him in the facility is mortally dangerous because it lacks suitable equipment doc to say he should not be moved as his condition is unstable and a diagnosis has not yet been reached meanwhile a german plane that can take me for medical treatment elsewhere is due to land near

the hospital within the hour israel has again launched air strikes against hamas sides in the gaza strip the military says it was in response to rocket fire an incentive to loans as well has bombed gaza almost every night for the last 2 weeks. it's been over 2 weeks since a huge explosion devastated beirut more than 20 people remain missing families are desperate for answers with many calling for an independent investigation stephanie to the point. where are you ignoring my calls. probably because some minus 0 declares still you want to let me hear your voice a phone call filled with playful love still there after years of marriage it was the last time it to some has a duty heard her husband's voice one explosion took place he was doing his

duties as operation room. and he talked to mom just prior to the explosion her son has a duty worked at the grain silos of beirut ports his family have had no news about him for over 2 weeks now best right now but not by you want my children want their father i want my husband back i can't say he's dead he's still missing but he disappeared for nothing we are all destroyed our bodies our souls our houses everything is destroyed the explosion was one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history it was a mad rush to find survivors in the early days saleem is a dive instructor and immediately volunteer to join the rescue you see like all the buildings like skeleton can see through them because there's no wind or no furniture nothing so you can look at all this and get this semisphere here so

everything was destroyed it was chaos he tells us maybe that is it was like. over 2 weeks on and people are still missing and it's hard to identify them now at the beginning because the press. recently interviewed him and he. was time passing we had. shredded bodies for people on the mainland because of we were all the men. and women and i don't think you can often stop before you can. leave. as we were finishing this report has a duty family got the terrible final news a son's body had been identified a father a husband there everything a mother who in her 18 years has to bury her child. a son

trying to hold it together the family has told us they want justice an independent international investigation into what happened and who was responsible but they say that this was a senseless death. they've been left with an inconsolable pain and irreplaceable void that even if justice comes cannot heal stephanie decker al-jazeera beirut. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories u.s. presidential nominee joe biden has struck a tone of hope and unity on the final day of the democratic national convention he's for me except at his party's nomination for president promising to overcome a season of darkness in the united states and said the u.s. is more than just a collection of red and blue states and promised to represent all americans he also

accused president trump of failing to lead and failing to protect alan fischer has more from wilmington in delaware. right at beginning of the speech joe biden said well he is the democratic candidate he will be an american president that was clearly him throwing his arms out saying look if you're disillusioned by this president please come on board vote for me we can change the way america is headed the 2nd thing is that he managed to criticize this president without actually using the name donald trump 4 years ago hillary clinton mentioned donald trump 22 times in a convention speech this time joe biden made 0 mentions that was a very savvy move because he defined the president without actually using the name donald trump a spokeswoman for russian opposition politician alexina says doctors have caved to kremlin pressure and are refusing to let him be transferred from the siberian

hospital where he's in a coma after a suspected poisoning his spokeswoman cure yama says keeping him in the facility is mortally dangerous because it lacks suitable equipment you've just been looking at pictures of his wife yulia in the money. says keeping him in the facility is mostly dangerous german plane that can take in of all need for medical treatment elsewhere is due to land near the hospital in the next hour or so. the final day of peace negotiations is underway between the government and armed factions in myanmar's capital not into more than 20 groups and demanding independence the violence has forced hundreds of thousands of karren and other ethnic minorities from their homes. u.s. sector state might compare has submitted formal demands to the un security council for sanctions to be reimposed on iran iraq today the news continues here on out to

syria. selfless act human bravery. 1000 precious pieces of literature rescued from being. besieged sorry. it's the bosnian women and men who risked everything to save their it's inherent to . the love of books on al-jazeera hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question has going back to school become the political football of this season let's get to the bottom line. the new academic year is off to a chaotic start for america's $50000000.00 students and their families in many schools that are open for face to face learning some students or teachers have already tested positive for corona virus we need to quarantines in temporary shutdowns within days with vague and conflicting guidance from public officials

each of these school districts has had to come up with its own guidelines think about that for a 2nd in a country.