their lives to be chanted so that their families can survive. even in the face of ongoing obstacles repeat. pretty. good. al-jazeera follows the remarkable work. the slow. on al-jazeera. 'd a plane carrying russian opposition politicians election about on the lands in battle and where he'll be treated for suspected poisoning. and i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up libya's u.n. backed government announces a cease fire its rival in the east also calls for a halt in fighting. this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and

election day. pledge to deliver election ballot on time as the controversial head of the u.s. postal service has questioned over male inverting. class an economy on the badge of collapse we need the people in proof who are struggling to even put food on the table. now russian opposition leader alexina valley has just landed in berlin to receive imagines he treatment for suspected poisoning doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in the siberian city of homs but they changed their position late on friday the balinese wife junia believes the delay in releasing him was intentional making it harder to detect any poisons remaining in his system but we'll have reaction from moscow with alexander story and all that in a moment but 1st let's speak to dominic kane who's and balin for us dominic i

believe you're at the hospital when a valley will be treated and it is one of europe's best. yeah the point about the hospital over my right shoulder is that it is leading a world renowned leading hospital with us particular specialism in treating patients who present with the sorts of symptoms and condition that we understand mr nardelli has been suffering since his ordeal began in midair on that flight in russia just a few days ago he handsfree of the plan had been for him to fly to the shannon found airport which is some way are so good in the event the pilots decided to fly to the table at all which is much closer to this area of central plains where it's a hospital is so we can expect that he will be making his way all that the convoy he will be possibly making its way to the hospital pretty soon and when he gets there it's clear that the officials there the medics there they want to establish

exactly what's in his system how bad his condition is what's in his system and then of course the questions which will flow from that how did what's in his system get certainly questions like that being asked by many different european leaders not least of which the german chancellor angela merkel in the course of the last 3648 hours so lots of questions being asked of a political level but then from the practical medical level also by the doctors and nurses who are waiting to receive mr knob on the in the building over my right shoulder the shot at a hospital here in berlin dominic came for us on the ground and balun with all the latest thank you dominick well let's now cross over to moscow alexandra strand of that's gone as a journalist and she joins us from there alexandra so much speculation of on his condition and also the delay isn't even getting him to balance but the kremlin is sticking to its lines. you know after fighting tooth and nail or requesting pleading and demanding for him to be transferred his family is

for sure relieved and hopeful that now he will get right help and that he's away from that hospital that was at certain point filled with the secret service people they're left wondering indeed what happened to him and why this delay was it's really to actually wait for any toxin that was in his body to be removed the doctors up on the signing this bill finally last night they repeated that there is the risks and they kept on saying it's not poison in which act for that he was not boys and he was initially admitted to with the preliminary the diagnosis of coma of our non origin possible poisoning the now it is according to russian doctors metabolic disorder as for official reaction one should not expect too much since the official stand was from the beginning that now finally is like any other russian citizen they wish him well they wish him speedy recovery and as any russian citizen he will get help and assistance that he needs and this was voiced by the

russian president's spokesperson known to be a person a bit russian president vladimir putin never mentioned by name even when he referred to this is what we can expect actually to wish him a speedy recovery this however leaves us with the question what happened actually 2 days ago to alexina why me why is in such a deep coma and was there a poisoning and we will be staying across that story for you that alexandra story out of it called for for us in moscow thanks so much alexandra. well before this incident the valley had been forcing his support for the thousands of demonstrators were now rallying for a 7th weekend in russia's far east cover of the region those protests are in support of a regional governor many people also showed solidarity with the anti-government demonstrations better roost now so go for gold was detained last month and taken to jail in moscow he is accused of ordering 4 murders and 2004 in 2005 which he denies

fergal supporters say the charges are politically motivated and a kremlin plot against democracy well in the region another sensitive issue as we've been saying from moscow the exiled belorussian opposition leader has called for more mass protests against president alexander lukashenko has spread learned to kind of sky is leading the call for his resignation there's been demonstrations for 12 straight days now including some of the biggest anti-government rallies in the capital minsk since the fall of the soviet union to kind of guy fled to lithuania after the election which he says was raped. while moving on and a ceasefire is in effect in libya after its un recognized government in tripoli called for an immediate halt to fighting the rival parliament in the east aligned with warlord khalifa haftar called on all parties to stick to the truce but the tripoli administration says it will respond defensively if necessary menu of one

who can enter will have to respect is this were they able to guarantee he would respect to supply after the burning talks or previous agreements if you specs this is fine we will welcome that because we do not want libyan bloodshed we call for peace however if you violates the peace agreement we are ready to fight and we will force him to leave like we forced him to leave western libya. well this potential breakthrough came as the warring sides were gehring up for a battle over the city of says. it has more context. the libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade. was. nato bank full season overthrew its longtime leader moammar gadhafi in 2011 for the roots of what's often described as this oil rich countries civil war started after the disputed elections in 2014. disagreement between the then house of representatives and the general national congress made worse over

a so-called roadmap for libya's future. the country split into 2 rival administrations the house of representatives led by the warlord. moved to the eastern city of 2 broke and what became the un backed government of national accord that by prime minister fayyad as us remained in the capital tripoli in the west. thousands of people have been killed and many forced to flee their homes 6 and a half years of fighting. the un accuses regional powers of repeatedly breaking a 2011. on libya by supplying weapons to both sides egypt the u.a.e. and russia have supported hafta while turkey and qatar have backed the government of national accord. in april last year hoft old an offensive to take control of tripoli aiming at what he described as cleansing the western zone of terrorist groups. his forces have shut down or taking control of major oil facilities in

eastern libya depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue. tripoli's only international airport has been repeatedly bombed using heavy artillery many civilians have been killed and wounded large areas of southern and western tripoli have been almost completely destroyed in the fighting repeated attempts at un bank cease fire talks of failed cease fire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision despite the fact that it's the d.n.a. and the work who announced this decision this time to decision is not libyan the decision is uniquely turkish russia with some input from some of the international powers and as long as it stays that way it's unlikely the cease fire will break. friday's cease fire announcement comes amid fears of an escalation by both sides mobilizing for a battle over the town sears the gateway to the major all terminals which are under the control of pro have to forces for now at least there's hope that agreement

between powerful countries that many say have contributed to libya's suffering a backing a cease fire that could end it civil war chance trafford. now the head of the u.s. postal service has told a senate committee that melon ballots will be delivered on time ahead of the november election postmaster general know he does know is facing criticism for making changes to the service that have caused delays democrats accuse him of being president on trying to accomplish and trying to suppress the voters how does a castro reports. calling the accusations against him outrageous lewiston joyce says the cuts he's made to the u.s. postal service were long planned and aimed at making the agency financially solvent not to complicate mail in voting in november as we head into the election season i want to assure this committee and the american public that the postal service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's election mail securely and

on time that's a reversal from what the postal service said last month in a warning to $46.00 states the agency had cautioned that millions of ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted and with the public fallout it joy announced further cuts to the postal service will be postponed until after the election. the liberal ballot process every ballot in. that it sees president trump claims without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive election fraud that's despite voting by mail himself we're not prepared for this 51000000 ballots . it will be a tremendous embarrassment to our country it will go on forever and you'll never know who won so i say that for you say it for the cameras because they assume that goes but i will tell you that this is a very serious. problem for a great democracy democrats accused of trying to sow doubt in an election that

polls show him currently losing without a budget and doesn't want to have vote by mail without a president who like him best of all without a president who was like you in the polls. no i do well did joy was a trump mega donor before becoming postmaster general in june a postal service board member resigned in protest accusing the trumpet ministration of interfering with the independent agency now an internal watchdog is investigating and 6 states are suing the postal service for harming their ability to hold free and fair elections the house of representatives will hold a rare saturday session to take up legislation against the postal service changes and a joy will face and nother day of grilling before a house panel on monday. castro al-jazeera washington. still ahead here on out as they are promising a different approach joe biden and paula harris present

a united front after accepting the democratic nomination. last week following the syrians who sought safety in lebanon became victims of a devastating explosion. but . we got plenty of some hate across central parts of here but i've it was a northwest well is still looking at some rather lively weather bands of cloud continue to wrists well away in from the atlantic deep area of low pressure this one more the sort of weather of expect in the autumn we'll see the showers longer spells of ray gradually getting drifted away as we go on through into the weekend say things will gradually quieten down that's the remnants of what was a storm allan that's a cold front last making its way further south which in the east which will see west of weather gradually making its way over towards the baltic states latvia down

across potence seeing some sundry downpours and breaking the heat whether those heavy showers they will extend the way all the way into austria and across the still blustery day for the northwest into the british isles as we go on through saturday 22 celsius in london 25 in paris much colder than of late in berlin at around 26 celsius in the sublime picture as we go on through way into sunday what's the weather made for the south which in the swiss to the east of that right across southern parts of through the med it's fine and dry lots of warm sunshine that's the case too close northern parts of africa more heavy showers into the heart of africa little further north and they should be running all the way over to the west . to. meet maria driven by poverty into prostitution and. now is a marvel she's turning her life around with the help of a theater troupe

a group of colombia women fighting the challenges they face. is compelling series which showcases fresh filmmaking talent around the globe do you find a lot of america presents. on al-jazeera. and again i'm not hard let's remind you of our top stories this hour russian opposition leader alexina valley has just landed in berlin for emergency treatment for suspected poisoning valmy who is in an induced coma was initially considered too sick to be moved from a hospital in siberia but the doctors changed their position late on friday.

libya's u.n. recognized government has announced an immediate halt to fighting the rival parliament in the east aligned with more orderly for haftar has also called on all parties to halt the fighting. the head of the u.s. postal service has told a senate committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for november's election postmaster general louis to joy has faced criticism for changes that have caused delays. with that election joe biden and comma harris have given their 1st joint television interview since been formally confirmed as the democratic party ticket for november's election they revealed how they would approach the coronavirus pandemic in the us and what they think of president trump's insults against them she had brutality as the story. on a day on which the us passed 175000 dead from the coronavirus democratic presidential candidate joe biden vowed to take a different approach to the pandemic if elected. i would be prepared to do it every

takes to say why because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus that is the fundamental flaw of this list ration is thinking to begin with in order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed you have to fix the virus you have to deal with the virus so if the scientists saying shut it down i would shut it down i would listen to the scientist speech at the democratic national convention has been widely praised however the parade of republicans who spoke in support of his candidacy with only 2 could appearances from the democratic party's progressive wing how is that the criticism from the left that despite his rhetoric about social justice and inequality biden remains always always been a center right politician and this interview will deepen that sense at a time of the largest nationwide demonstrations in u.s. history spurred by a black lives matter we've been calling for

a redirection of the billions of dollars that go into funding an increasingly militarized police force into community investment joe biden reasserted that he was standing firm and on one of the fun police departments i think they need more help they need more assistance we have to make it clear that this is about protecting neighborhoods protecting people democratic vice presidential candidate carla harris shrugged off president trump's characterization of a as nasty and a sort of mad woman i think that there is so much about what comes out of donald trump's amount of that is designed to distract the american people from what he is doing every day that is about neglect and negligence and harm to the american people and incompetence absolutely. altro dismiss this week's democratic national convention and the outlines his load of attack against by numerous but over the past week the democrats held the darkest. gloomiest convention in american history

they spent 4 straight days attacking america is racist a horrible country that must be regained job by grimly declared a season of american darkness i'm the only thing standing between the american dream and total anarchy madness and chaos and that's what the republican national convention begins on monday she ever turns the old washington now a delegation of west african natives is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a coup that ousted its democratically elected leader and former nigerian president goodluck jonathan and john called cassie bru the president of the regional bloc eco wess commission are expected to be among that delegation opposition supporters have been holding rallies celebrating the overthrow of president abraham about a case that the military joins us says it plans to appoint a transitional leader that has not given

a timeframe for doing so. and afghanistan there have been 3 separate explosions in the space of an hour in the capital kabul they all targeted security personnel an army colonel is dead and several other people are injured no group has yet claimed responsibility well i soul is claiming responsibility for an ambush that has killed 3 russian soldiers and creating a major general in syria their convoy was attacked while on the road to damascus for a supply run the soldiers were inspecting the damage when a 2nd explosive device then went off killing them and injuring several others yet says love god cook is the 1st russian general reported killed in syria since 2017. now turkey has announced its biggest natural gas discovery a 320000000000 cubic meter field beneath the black sea the country currently depends on imports for most of its energy needs present russia time about one says he hopes to find more reserves and turkey's controversial explorations in the

mediterranean. will be making concerted efforts over the past years both the exploration vessels we doing the same mediterranean sea both vessels of juggling worlds in both the black sea in the mediterranean by the grace of god we film this big discovery and i'm certain that we will have similar good news from the mediterranean well out and costello is in istanbul and she says the government is hoping that the find could be a much needed boost to the economy the size of the gas reserves found by that by turkey is of course very small compared to energy giant countries like china or united states or russia but will it be a remedy for the ailing turkish economy that's the question and this is what the turkish government is very positive about turkey's and that energy importer country for instance in 2900 took imported 45000000000 cubic meters of natural gas and it

costs around $15000000000.00 u.s. dollars for turkey and it constitutes at least half of turkey's current account deficit so for a country like turkey totally dependent on foreign energy supplies even though it's a short term gain it's of course the size the scale of the. resource is not enough to be a game changer but it's going to provide tricky a lever it in the black sea also a legitimate station of energy exploration in the eastern mediterranean this is how the government sees and of course this is good news for the ruling party to consolidate its electorate given a fragile economy to ribbons turkey is going through. now lebanese citizens were not the only victims of the beirut port explosion hundreds of syrians were among the thousands engined the u.n. and aid agencies are providing help but they haven't been able to reach everyone has this report from the lebanese capital. 2 weeks after he was injured and where

most of us pain hasn't eased knocked unconscious from the blast of beirut port he spent a few days in hospital and is now left to deal with his injuries alone the father of 6 is a syrian migrant worker who are among the worst hit being left out of an already struggling system is not hard. can i go for a check up these no one to take me someone was supposed to pick me up 5 days ago to scan my heed and i'm very dizzy i can't get up. hundreds of syrians were injured in the explosion many worked and lived near the port there were also 30 percent of the more than 180 people confirmed dead and they too are among those unaccounted for. the jewish through when my daughter. from. my own wife

broke her buck and she needs leg surgery and cannot move my other daughter or broken bones on her neck the keno family lived here for 13 years like so many others they had no idea the smoke that was billowing from the port less than a kilometer away would trigger such a devastating explosion that is why the family was outside when it happened. falling debris killed the alley kino's 16 year old daughter sidra the family has since moved in with the eldest son mahmoud whose home is too small and income too little to care for them in an unwelcoming country. the model of i'm an immigrant so . the hospital where my father was treated demanded money even though the ministry of health said it could cover the cost for all the victims hospital management insisted syrians had to pay we managed to discharge him after a journalist who was at the hospital brought attention to our case. the nearly bankrupt state has been largely absent in relief efforts but even before the blast

human rights groups have documented how syrian refugees and migrants are discriminated against the keno family hopes they will receive support from the un which is helping 100000 lebanese and syrians rebuild their homes. of i don't know where i will be in the near future i'm at my son's right now i don't know what is next to. the explosion destroyed neighborhoods devastated lives and people's livelihoods but for those who already live on the margins of society the road to recovery has to start. beirut turning to the coronavirus pandemic down south korea is said to reimpose tighter social distancing restrictions from sunday to cope with a resurgence of infections there the country has reported its 9th day of triple digit case increases with 332 recorded on saturday night clubs and churches will be

closed again and large gatherings are to be banned on the world health organization chief says he hopes the world can end the coronavirus crisis and less than 2 years faster than it took for the spanish flu the pandemic has today now killed nearly 800000 people and infected close to 23000000 worldwide of course with more connectedness the virus has better chance of spreading it can move fast because we're more connected now. but the deceived line we have also the technology to to stop it and the knowledge to stop it so we have the disadvantage of globalization close in its connectedness burton advantage of better technology so we hope to finish this pandemic before. liston to use well virus experts are concerned the rollout of an only partially tested russian

vaccine may encourage the krajina virus to mutate some scientists say deploying about saying that's not gone through full scale trials could cause the virus to evolve more quickly if it's later found to be only partially effective when i report from the associated press news agency says the coronavirus death toll in the united states might be far higher than the official count and the people of color are disproportionately affected as many as 215000 more people died in the 1st 7 months of this year compared to the same period in 2019 but the official coronavirus death toll for that time was only around $150000.00 ethnic minorities make up less than 40 percent of the american population but account for more than half of those excess deaths. our prayers economy has shrunk by more than fatty percent as a result of this pandemic millions have lost their jobs the government is trying to enforce measures to control the virus but people are breaking the rules as they

desperately try to make ends meet mariana sanchez reports from lima. for you over to rob her of the overall market. selling bamboo plants the businessman turned street vendor says he'll do whatever he can to put food on the table for his wife and children. i heard the small business but when the pandemic began i tried to stay home with my family and lost everything now i have no choice but to sell anything on the streets to make all the 6 or 8 dollars which is not enough for food . the deuce national statistics institute says nearly 7000000 peruvians lost their jobs as a result of the government restrictions to prevent people from getting checked it with covert 1000 that's 40 percent of produce urban population out before in the last 3 months market by which of all the us there's so much poverty no work we have to sell whatever there's no money to. businesses especially retail and services

have gone bankrupt analysts say still worst recession in more than 100 years throwing economy get chief men's back 10 years fisherman are going to be the effects of brutal it's the worst recession since the 19th century the economy was shut down completely in 12 or $24.00 regions there wasn't one covert case instead of isolating them the quarantine was also imposed on them which reveals a lack of understanding of the effects of such a measure. since the pandemic began the government approved an aid package of nearly $36000000000.00 to reignite the economy including tax relief sent cheap loans the government is handing out more than $200.00 in subsidies to more than 5 and a half 1000000. distribution. process is slow and inefficient doesn't reach everyone who needs it maybe they simply don't work for any historic context including during a war the numbers a staggering and the long term effects

a huge loss of human capital children with education of malnutrition problems we'll see the effects for the next 10 or 15 years since june 1000 cases up doubled the worst tally of latin america to brazil in the last 2 weeks more than 100000 peruvians were infected the government we imposed curfews and banned family gatherings most believe you can say they want to avoid getting infected without food on their tables the choice is tough but he just. kind of addresses out of there and these are the headlines russian opposition leader alex seen a ballet has arrived in berlin from argentina treatment for suspected poisoning doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in siberia but they change their possessions on friday and on mccain has more from balance charity hospital we can expect that he will be making his way all

that the convoy he will be part of making its way to the hospital pretty soon and when he gets there it's clear that the officials there the medics there they want to establish exactly what's in his system how bad his condition is what's in his system and then of course the question is which will flow from that how did what's in his system get certainly questions like that since being asked by many different european leaders not least of which the german chancellor angela merkel in the course of the last 3648 hours so lots of questions being asked of the political level but then from the practical medical level also by the doctors and nurses who are waiting to receive mr nardelli in the building over my right shoulder the challis to a hospital here in berlin. now libya's u.n. recognized government has announced an immediate cease fire the rival parliament in the east aligned with warlord khalifa haftar has also called on all parties to help the fighting the head of the u.s.

postal service has told a senate committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for november's election postmaster general we did join has faced criticism for changes that have caused delays a delegation of west african leaders is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a coup that ousted its democratically elected leader when i hear in president goodluck jonathan. who's president of the commission of regional bloc ico us are expected to be amongst that delegation opposition supporters have been holding rallies celebrating the overthrow of president abraham back acacia. in afghanistan there have been 3 separate explosions in the space of an hour in the capital kabul they all targeted security personnel an army colonel is dead and several people are injured no group has yet claimed responsibility. well those are the headlines and i'll have more news for you here on al-jazeera after inside story do stay with us.

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