if you find a lot of america presents. on al-jazeera. protecting the postal service the u.s. house of representatives tries to stop the cuts that could affect men in voting for the presidential election. hello there 6 i'm laura kyle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up west african leaders mediate between mali's military and the president they ousted in a coup. i want people in the real name right never forget and forgive these 2. president betterer says opposition leader calls police

violence against protesters the government's worst mistake and tells al-jazeera the president must go. plus a spike in violence in colombia's countryside raises questions over the country's fragile peace. there is house of representatives has blocked changes to the postal system that threatens mail in voting ahead of the presidential election they voted to give the agency $25000000000.00 and would jack said reforms that would have slowed mail delivery icicle hain reports. it's america's favorite government service by far the u.s. postal service that is until recently louis to joy a trunk donor and moralist was put in charge just about 2 months ago and quickly made changes to the financially. table service metal boxes removed high speed

sorting machines ripped out procedures changed over time stopped for money and as a result the mail has slowed considerably he blames a lack of staff because of the coronavirus democrats don't believe him just as we got her from a good stitch with diabetes who feared her family was at risk of losing their insurance after learning her payment had arrived a month late after it was mailed her story is sadly one of many being heard across the nation official post office data. these new documents show that the delays we have all heard about are actually far worse for their part republicans say it's not a problem nancy pelosi goes politically postal and that is the reason we are here today for a phony political theater to once again bash president charm just in

time for this sunday talk shows and the republican national convention the bill is passed so now the house has voted to reverse joyce changes and give the post office $25000000000.00 the reason this is such a political importance is because of the upcoming election because of the pandemic for the 1st time more than 3 quarters of americans will be allowed to vote by mail but the post office is warning the vast majority of states that they cannot guarantee that those ballots will be delivered in time to be counted the republican leader of the senate says he is unlikely to take up the bill the house leader thinks that will change they'll be hearing from their constituents because this hits home not receiving your mail in a timely fashion hits home not receiving your prescription is actually for veterans hits home in a way that is harmful to our country as well there's more on the line than missed this could call into question whether they can deliver

a free and fair election political al-jazeera washington steve clemons is as to launch for the hill and host of al-jazeera as the balsam live he says donald trump is trying to make it look like mail in ballots will lead to for old. president trump has just voted by mail and requested his mail in ballot from florida and it is those people with medical conditions those people who are elderly and remember the largest voting group in america are women over 50 years old and they are a vulnerable community there is a debate going on on whether the post postal service will be able to do its job or not it's an earnest question what donald trump is trying to throw is to make this look like it may lead to fraud no matter what the outcome is so these are 2 different tracks one where you're looking at whether people can vote whether votes will be delayed or not but donald trump will say it was a wobbly system no matter how the postal service behaves and run and performs state

to dictate by the law their own circumstances in this problem is that many states are able to undo what they already have set in place some of them allow mail in ballots to be sent in. you know a day or 2 before the election and so in that case given the load that may occur the postal service has told some of the states that it may not receive those ballots in time to be counted i think that what you heard in the democratic national convention and what you're hearing many others say is that those voters who want to vote by mail who want to request an absentee ballot or return a ballot do so as soon as possible and that is usually 15 days before the election and though should be ok those ballots should be ok it's the crash near election day that's the problem. a group of west african leaders has met with. president abraham

. and it with the military needs us behind the coup. as pushing for a 10 civilian role. in neighboring nigeria. even before the arrival of their course delegation the reality on the ground is not lost on both sides by alice military rule us. in the seeming popular support they have a tool thousands poured into the streets and friday in solidarity with the cool and the course would want to see a quick resolution without losing face. to her. appreciate what is happening in a live report for the rest of. the meeting discussed returning the country to democratic governors and about releasing detainees politicians including ousted president depression public akita. the army have promised to restore democracy

without say when its leaders also say mr cater was not overthrown but resigned from office and that he's held for his own safety but many don't see them returning the man they deposed to the presidency a mystic a disappointing and clear but his time is up. and you know concerned about coming here today we have the people and we are staying with the people the delegation is also expected to be diplomats before leaving body observers here the political process could easily be exploited by armed groups and ethnic militias leashing violence in north and central just like in 2012 when the military intervened and toppled a democratically elected president ahmed to trieste al-jazeera. there's been violence in ivory coast after president allison was hero was formally chosen by his ruling party to run for a 3rd term in october's election he accepted the nomination at the rally in abidjan

but the opposition is called unconstitutional and says it amounts to a coup up to between opposition and government supporters in several towns austria have declined to seek. and change his mind after the death of his chosen successor last month dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests in bella ruse have been blocked the country's journalists association says more than 50 have been shut down including a polish back channel and radio funded by the us but in minsk thousands of people have continued to rally going for president alexander lukashenko to step down and have come out every day since the disputed presidential election on the 9th of august despite a violent crackdown because shanker has blamed foreign elements for the demonstrations and the belorussian opposition leader has told al jazeera that the people of her country will never forgive police for their violent crackdown human rights groups have compiled 500 cases of torture i call it folly but to both spoke

to sky news in exile in lithuania she began by asking her if she planned to return to bella roots. you know i'm going back to paris i want to go back to bonnaroo say and do my country and i will go there out when i feel safe do you fear for your husband who is back in belarus. for sure i do here. my husband and the same is i i'm wondering about all the bill russian people who are the struggling for their rights. that violence that our authorities showed to the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i cool for. authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real never never forget and will give these to our president and the russian people

changed and they will now are and accept old authorities and they will never. they will never accept an old president anymore and soon the only time he real have to separate and. it's better for everybody it's better for country if it had been in their shortest time russian opposition leader alexina vali is receiving treatment in germany for suspected poisoning he was flown from a hospital in siberian city of arms but says they're at a knish and he said he was too sick to be moved but change their position on friday when it cane has more from berlin. this is where these journey has brought him berlin's world renowned chef hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of russia's most prominent dissidents he was brought

here on board a special flight from siberia the man whose group arranged the journey says now valleys condition remains paul insists it's come on shore and this is basically it's very worrying we're all happy that he's landed safely here in berlin but it doesn't mean anything in itself because his physical condition is still of concern it's clear that if his original flight hadn't made the emergency landing in arms when it did he would have died staff here have immediate relevant recent experience of treating patients with the sorts of symptoms that alexy now than any has come here with now they get the chance to find out what exactly is in his system and how they go about removing it but how it got there in the 1st place remains unclear now families friends and family believe he drank tea that had been poisoned just before he boarded a flight to moscow from thompson they say officials in russia then deliberately

delayed his transfer to berlin to allow time for what ever was in his system to degrade making it harder to identify the authorities of the russian hospital where he was treated deny this. we have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of blood sugar levels to be specific due to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff but if you ask me what i see alex in our vanny is well known for his fight against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain al-jazeera. still ahead here on out is there. a threat to his legacy why the reputation of japan's longest serving prime minister could take a hit plus. i'm wayne hay reporting from chiang mai in northern thailand we will tell you why an old protest movement may be about to hit the streets again.

but. still no sign of any useful rainfall in the forecast across western parts of the u.s. down towards the south and east where we are going to see heavy downpours showers lingering just around florida right up the eastern seaboard and around the lakes spilling out of the canadian prairies i could be the case as we go on through sunday more big showers pushing further east was standing anywhere from the appalachians to the east of that and then as we go on into monday and wetter weather still in place dry skies into central parts one or 2 showers down towards the southwest these are the kind of things that are sparking off those wildfires having said that and the heat continues in phoenix at around $44.00 celsius notice down towards the deep south we have got more wet weather started to push its way

back in because we've got some very active weather in the caribbean at the moment to tropical storms here we have marco that's running across the yucatan peninsula at the moment and then we have laura now affecting the greater antilles that will continue to run its way right up the spine of cuba as we go on into monday late on monday we'll see marco pushing towards the deep south of the u.s. and laura that follow one for the next day that's going to continue making its way further north was and westwards as we go into the middle part of the week. on counting the cost cracks in the global economy stocks soared to record highs despite the coronavirus pandemic billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is it time to finally come from capitalism plus remaking china and president she's been. counting the cost on al-jazeera.

from the favelas of caracas so the battlefields around also our job is to get to the truth and empower people through knowledge. oh any what challenges there has reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. house of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened melon voting head of the presidential election and the dysplasia now moved to the senate. a group of west african leaders has met with molly's ousted president abraham doublethink. and with the military leaders behind the case last

elevation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. and dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests in belarus of being blocked the country's journalists association says more than 50 have been shut down during a polish back channel and radio funded by the us. at least 17 people have been killed by armed groups and a 24 hour period in colombia it's one the most violent days since the signing of a peace deal in 2016. reports that comes after weeks of increased unrest across the country. a truck carrying 6 bodies arrives at a morgue in southwest colombia a town long at the center of the country's civil conflict as family members grieve soldiers and police look on disk killings were one of 3 incidents in just 24 hours that left the least 17 young people dead in remote regions of the country it was

the deadliest day since the signing of the 2016 peace deal with fire rebels that aimed to end the worst of the violence in several regions of colombia there are groups which are fighting each other in dispute for control of sources of illegal rains maybe related with narco trafficking but also wheat illegal gold mining those groups are targeting the youngsters in order to try. instill fear a week ago colombians had already been horrified by the killings of 8 college students near the border with ecuador another 5 young people were shot dead just days before outside the city of. massacres of this nature had long been routine in colombia's internal conflict as paramilitaries get 3 years in the army fought for control of territory but after a law following the signing of the peace deal violence has returned as the government has failed to assume control and implement peace reforms in those areas

the government has condemned the attacks and then seeing a new special military unit well downplaying the increase in biola. one of the 1st task. to advance in the investigations to clarify the facts that have affected this region but the entire country but the united nations mission in colombia says they have already documented $33.00 massacre seems to be gaining of the year and they are calling on the government to do more to implement the peace accord the sudden spike killing outraged. reminding many of the worst of the conflict just as the country struggles to turn the page on its violent past . let's bring in. the director of conflict analysis. he said there in that report that these are groups

fighting each other do you agree with the government the criminal organization. they do have a criminal nature or an object but still you know they they also destroy the bread of the political the t.v. does and the political leadership in society i mean it is criminal violence but it has a political impact and negative so how connected are they if a toll with the old great organizations of far some of these groups i rose from a splinter group of the bar but i will say the majority of these groups belong to or going to take i know as an osa leaned with their disputes with the 11 other gorilla that didn't sign that email or even started negotiations with the review

sort of the current government why is it that we're seeing young people particularly being targeted by this father. basically because they are the one is that our oboes do the interests of. the youngsters are the one as the refuse to join the ranks and files of these criminal organizations and to lead the organizations to continue with the peace in a way to be young in colombia is to face the breeze. you join them or you usually get killed in these very distant areas in which bring in a mostly related with narco traffic in operate and of these areas in southern colombia they've been called to exist in a state of anarchy what presence is there from the government that what what efforts are they making to try to stop these acts of violence. i would say that there are large branches there is enough present but it's very. sort of for example

grooming not just the most of the braces is either bleed so sorry bees are military prisons but not new certainly. services and public goods like just the city asian sunny day that leave these breasts and these estate prices mostly in most cases as a regressive presses and we dilute sufficient trust from the community in order to belong or to believe in a nationwide approach ok jorge restrepo good to have you back thanks very much for joining us here on out is there. a latin american and caribbean countries of been some of the most badly affected by the current virus outbreak 17000 deaths were recorded across the region over the past 7 days but there are signs the spread of the virus could be coming under control well health

organizations as the daily infection rate in brazil as one of the worst affected countries is leveling off. scientists and germany are conducting an experiment to investigate how the corona virus could spread amongst people who attend news it conses around 1500 volunteers attend the trial pop concerts in let's say with medical grade face boss disinfectant and tracking gadgets they all had to test negative for the virus beforehand and the movements in the arena records. iraq's prime minister has vowed to find those responsible for killing 2 prominent activist during anti-government protests and stuff. met with security leaders in the southern city of basra where the processes were attacked on friday security forces used live ammunition against demonstrators after they set the local parliament building on fire the star is obviously. would be caught again god willing this is

a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that is working to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security and prevent crime i'd like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the government's law they would scream punishment and the killers will be brought to justice very soon i'd like to tell the criminals who are sassoon $87.00 hashem that scene and the young female doctor that your blog will be a title for justice the challenge is big i was in a meeting with the military commanders and i told them that basra should be secured and we will challenge all israeli police have dispersed thousands of protesters calling for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign for weeks now demonstrations have gathered outside ness in your his official residence in west jerusalem they're angry about the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and his ongoing trial for corruption 7 people have been arrested thailand's

anti-government protest movement is growing with more sectors of society taking part in the demonstrations pressure is mounting on the government after weeks of student led protests calling for elections and a new constitution when hey reports. calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the northern city of lumpur $2.00 students were among the latest to be ordered to report to police to hate charges against them for their part in organizing a peaceful rally for most of our but i feel like thailand is becoming a country that takes away people's rights it's honestly shocking what's concerning about this situation is the fact that a country that claims to be democratic is trying to stop students expressing their opinions. the student led anti-government movement has spread to many parts of the country including the north and northeast traditional strongholds of a group known as the red shirts that staged large rallies in the capital bangkok in

2010 that ended in a violent military crackdown that been largely quiet in recent years but as the momentum of the current protests grows red shirt leaders in the north of fixing their loudspeakers and entering the fray packed with the direction students are going these protests have more power than before because everyone is coming together it isn't just red shirts or adults or people who follow politics or. the protesters want a different more democratic political system from the one that allowed the army general who led a coup in 2014 to stay on as prime minister after last year's election but they also want to change an economic system that has helped to make thailand one of the most unequal countries in the world which is being highlighted and made worse by the corona virus pandemic the city of chiang mai in the north relies heavily on international tourism and is being hit harder than most the protest movement is already showing signs of spreading way beyond just students and the city probably

in capsule aids the threat that poses to the government most people here have never supported this government and now many are hurting economically. despite all the arrests and charges against protest leaders they say they won't be deterred and will continue fighting for a better future. ahead a hung fear can only be used once or twice there's been many cases where they tried to report the protestors but at the end of the day after everyone is over that fear it becomes a catalyst to come out more and go against the government. apart from arresting and charging lead is the government and police haven't tried to stop the protests yet but as the movement grows and becomes more diverse intensifying the pressure on the government that approach may change soon wayne hay al jazeera chiangmai thailand's . so there is already japan's longest serving prime minister now has become the leader with the most consecutive days in office they came to paris and 2012

promising to revitalize the economy and change his country's pacifist constitution which from abroad report says success has been mixed. when he became prime minister in 2012 shinzo of a was no stranger to the office he'd already held the post for a year in 2006 during japan's so-called revolving door premiership period when factionalism within the ruling party led to a rapid turnover in leaders by 2012 that period was over offering the chance to rule on interrupted i've been amazed that i will increase jobs and incomes and revitalize the countryside he promised aiming to transform japan's stagnating economy with his own brand of banal mix 80 years on the results are still disappointingly mixed and he cannot say that you can use economy has to be on a good situation so i think the. it's not successful but it was

stuck fast at some point a staunch conservative he also set about moving away from japan's traditional pacifist role and become more assertive with his asian neighbors but it was the unseen enemy of code 19 the critics say saw him lacking in the search of this contrast with you know president moon in south korea and sighing when in taiwan both of that have emerged of the pandemic with greater clinical power and stature abby has been basically missing in action 2020 was meant to be the high point of his premiership hosting the tokyo olympics which he successfully won for japan. daming to achieve $40000000.00 visitors even staging the games next year before he leaves office now looks in doubt even if he holds them it's not clear

that that's going to actually give him much of a bounce so i think we have peaked abbay in now is really a diminished leader and much weaker it is legacy looks to be in tatters you can blame a degree of bad fortune for a tanisha legacy but when he leaves office the fact that he's served longer than any other prime minister might be the one achievement he's most remembered for robert bright al-jazeera. thousands of people have been left without power and pressure rico following a tropical storm strong winds and heavy rain brought down trees and electricity lines ask operations have been hampered by flooding tropical storm laura is now heading for hispaniola the island is shared by haiti and the dominican republic and i can paraguay has turned a deep purple because of pollution fish and bird life being killed by it residents

in the city of limpopo say they alerted environmental authorities months ago tests confirm that untreated waste believed to be from a tannery is being pumped into the lagoon protesters are angry that authorities have not i've still not stops the flyer. to watching out of there these are our top stories here is house of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatens mail in voting ahead of the presidential election legislation now moves to the senate. has more from washington d.c. . mcconnell's already said the senate majority leader that he's absolutely not going to introduce this bill into into the senate everyone is going back on hold of the house the house is adjourned until september to mid september the senate was already on holiday it is quite astonishing if you think about all the emergencies

this country faces the room and congress is on is on vacation but. what nancy pelosi said earlier today the house speaker was she's aware of that but what she is trying to do is get that pressure going grassroots pressure there is. around the country and republican and democrat states about what is empirically by the post-offices own numbers a slowdown in mail delivery a group of west african leaders has met with mali's ousted president abraham boubacar cater and with the military leaders behind the coup ecowas delegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. there's been violence in ivory coast after president allison was or was formally chosen by his ruling party to run for a 3rd term in october's election except in the nomination at a rally in abidjan but the opposition has called it unconstitutional and says amounts to a coup dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests umbrella recent

being blocked the country's journalists association says more than 50 have been shut down during a polish back channel and radio funded by the us national positionally to alexina valmy is being treated in a hospital for suspected poisoning he was thrown out of russia on saturday around these supporters believe he drank tea that had been tampered with just before you board is an internal flights. and the surge in violence across colombia has left at least 17 people dead in just 124 hour period drug traffickers criminal gangs and dissidents of the guerrilla group are believed to be behind the attacks 260000 people have been killed in recent decades. as i had lines we're back with more news here on al-jazeera that's after counting the cost. one day i might be covering politics and the next time i hear of micro tossing from serbia and the hungry what's most important is talking to people understanding what they are going

through so that i can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week cracks in the global economy stocks so what's a record highs despite the coronavirus pandemic billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is it time to finally come from capitalism. remaking china and the world in president cheese image is the middle kingdom looking inwards as the chill of a new cold war threatens the factory of the world. and global debt saw as government spend spend spend on the world cope with even more debt.