be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic islands that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to need to transform lives the way tickets human way to a business if we're going to adapt to climate break out this stream on al-jazeera. the mail must get through the u.s. house of representatives reverses cuts in the postal service fearing they could affect the presidential vote. you know them or a car 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 the real net right there but forget and

forgive these tools. president. bellary says opposition leader calls police violence against protesters the government's worst mistake and tells al-jazeera the president must go. thus a spike in violence in colombia's whirl areas raises questions over the country's fragile peace. he has house of representatives has voted to protect the postal service and reversed changes that could have threatened voting the presidential election and also a move to ensure $25000000000.00 in funding particle haying 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 loyalist was put in charge just about 2 months ago and quickly

made changes to the financially unstable service medal 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 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 on 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 is more on the line than missed

mel this could call into question whether they can deliver a free and fair election political al-jazeera washington steve clemons is as to at large for the hill and hosts of the balsam line he says donald trump is trying to make him look like man and 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 with the military behind the coup there pushing for its hands as of any role when it just reports from a birger in neighboring nigeria. even before the arrival of their course delegation the reality on the ground is not lost of both sides ballasts military rule us bask in the seeming popular support they have a tool thousands poured into the streets and friday in solidarity with the cool and of course would want to see a quick resolution without losing face. to her. appreciate what is happening in the lead character 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 body just like in 2012 when the military intervened and toppled a democratically elected president comedy trees al jazeera. dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests in better routes have been brought the

country's journalists associations as more than 50 have been shut down including a polish back channel and a radio funded by the u.s. men's thousands of people have continued to rally calling for president alexander lukashenko to step down if come out every day since the disputed presidential election on the 9th of august despite a violent crackdown. blamed foreign elements for the demonstrations. bellary says opposition leaders felt logical skier says the people of her country will never forgive police for their harsh treatment of the protesters human rights groups have compiled 500 cases of torture my colleague fully vetted both spoke to tikkun of skye is in exile in lithuania and began by asking if she planned to return to belarus. 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 thirties showed to the russian people i considered 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 . iraq's prime minister has vowed to find those responsible for killing 2 prominent activist during anti-government protests mystifies me met with security leaves in the southern city of basra and the protesters were attacked on friday as security forces used live ammunition against demonstrators after they set the local parliament building on fire. the stories are obviously. would be covered 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 on the killers will be brought to justice very soon i'd like to tell the criminals who are sisson $87.00 hashimi 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 dispersed thousands of protesters calling for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to resign for weeks now demonstrations of gathered outside the us near 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 at least 17 people have been killed by armed groups in a 24 hour period in colombia is one the most violent days since the signing of a peace deal in 2016 and. reports it comes after weeks of increased unrest across the country. a truck carrying 6 bodies arrives at a morgue in south west

a town long at the center of the country's civil conflict as family members grieve soldiers and police look on these killings were one of 3 incidents in just 24 hours that left at 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 fired rebels that aimed to end the worst of the violence. there are groups which are fighting each other. sources of illegal rains mainly related with narco trafficking but also wheat illegal gold mining. groups are targeting youngsters in order to try to instill fear and we 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 the internal conflict as paramilitaries give the us and the army fought for control of territory but after a lot 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 the new special military unit well downplaying the increase in bio and. one of the 1st task. of connecting homicide. investigations to clarify the facts that have affected this region of the entire country. but the united nations mission in colombia says they have already documented $33.00 massacres 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 outraged. reminding many of the worst days of the conflict

just as the country struggles to turn the page on its violent past i listened. still ahead on al-jazeera a threat to his legacy why the reputation of japan's prime minister could take a hit. 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. how the weather remains largely quite hot and sunny across much of the arabian peninsula little more cloud down towards the south plenty of cloud up towards the north we got some wet weather between the black sea and the caspian sea still some alive the showers coming through him 844 baghdad and full kuwait not exactly as

hot there in doha you can see that schoolchild body stretch of the imagination 38 celsius humidity picking up as we go on through the next couple of days and $36.00 even stake here as we go on into monday so not particularly pleasant but at least it does take the edge off the hate plenty of showers around the southern end of the red sea plenty of showers central parts of africa see simp downpours pushing over towards the gulf of guinea and in fact in cameroon very heavy rainfall in the southwest of the country has led to widespread flooding here that has caused has caused major chaos a major disruption as a result of those big downpours which are set to continue somewhat out not a little further west which as we go through the next couple of days showers continuing their big ones across the south part southern parts of sudan south sudan seeing heavy showers big showers there across the democratic republic of congo and uganda and coastal showers there the tanzania.

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and again what reality is there is a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. house of representatives has taken steps a blog changes to the postal system that threatened men in voting ahead of the presidential election legislation now moves to the senate. a group of west african leaders has met mali's alst its present abraham because kaisa and the military leaders behind the coup echo us delegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. and dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests and bought a recent being blocked the country's journalists association says more than 50 have been shut down including a polish by channel radio funded by the us. russian opposition leader me as treats receiving treatment in germany for suspected pointing in his phone from a hospital in the siberian city of doctors that had initially said he was too sick to be moved but change their position on friday dominic cain 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 than his 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 but i see alex in avani is well known for his fight against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain al-jazeera.

thailand's anti-government protest movement is growing with more sectors of society taking part in demonstrations pressure is mounting on the government after weeks of student protests calling for elections and a new constitution when haye 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

encapsulates 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 proteus leaders they say they won't be deterred and. continue fighting for a better future. for him and i just had 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 in charging leaders 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 hey al jazeera chiang mai thailand . first when i'm president nicolas maduro says he hadn't thought of buying weapons from iran and those colombian counterparts gave him the idea both iran and

venezuela are on the u.s. sanctions and have been working on closer trade ties on thursday colombian president even duke a referendum lies is opposition leader one guy day as the legitimate leader of venezuela warned he had intelligence that majority wants to buy iran in missiles. you know you want. the truth is that when i heard ivan do k. i said my god why haven't we thought of this if iran has such tremendous technology and it's not to attack anyone but rather to defend us from imperial aggression which you do pay or a part of and if iran has the chance of selling us a bullet or a missile and if we have the chance of buying it good idea yvonne do kate approved i'm going to do it. as an american and caribbean countries have been some of the most badly affected by the corona virus outbreak 17000 new deaths were recorded over the region over the past 7 days but there are signs the spread of the virus could be coming under control the world health organization says the daily

infection rates in brazil one of the worst affected countries is leveling off. for people suffering from dementia restrictions join the pandemic of deprive them of much needed social contacts and routine stimulation and the heywood reports from southern england that's brought new challenges for their carers. out simas has robbed linda a former artist of her ability to communicate and walk unaided and of the future she and her husband john had planned he now does everything for her wellness so looking after the couple's daughter who has down syndrome lockdown meant linda's routine had to change and she's been unable to access the specialist daycare center she used to she doesn't recognize people anymore she doesn't. talk as much as she used to talk she when she does talk he can probably hear in the background it's more mumbling. words that dumped my kidney since the start

a lot down if you want to and i will she would tell you she can't do that now. you will too cheerio ration through lack of mixing with people it's hard to know whether linda's cognitive decline is due to a natural progression from out simas or months of social isolation or both but dementia charities say her situation is far from unique and people with dementia have been disproportionately affected by cope at 19 with official figures showing the disease was the most common main preexisting health condition and deaths involving kobolds between march and june this year in england and wales at the same time visits to relatives living with dementia inside care homes was stopped to try to hope the spread of the virus around 850000 people in the u.k. are living with dementia and looked down on social distancing has been particularly challenging for supper as and i carers and few feelings of isolation and loneliness

gather up and given all dementia u.k. says calls to its help line rowe sharply during lockdown leslie is a specialist to mention helping families like johns in ny all at the invisible like his care is i think often if you know the call often cite even pretend been i pray look down there. kind of. it can be quite a lonely existence and i think look down at that. i think some of the you know areas that they've struggled with he's not their needs not being recognised in terms of the level of care that they provide and some of the rest by they have that they've not been able to access linda and her family have faced constant trials since her diagnosis the coronavirus pandemic has led to tens of thousands of deaths the number of those whose lives have been changed and challenged by it though is harder to comprehend and i would. share south

korea has reported its biggest rise in corona virus infections since march with nearly 400 new cases sunday's jump marks the 3rd day they have crossed 300 most of the new cases come from a densely populated seoul area where health workers have struggled to trace contacts the government has banned large scale gatherings and shut like clubs and churches to stop the spread. so there are already japan's longest serving prime minister now has become the leader with the most consecutive days in office came to parent 2012 promising to revitalize the economy and change his country's pacifist constitution pride reports his 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 uninterrupted 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 the economy has to be are 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 assertiveness

contrast with you know president moon in south korea and sighing when in taiwan both of the merge of the pandemic with greater political power and stature abbey 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. and 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 way is really a diminished leader and much weaker and his legacy looks to be in tatters they can blame a degree of bad fortune for

a tanishq legacy but when he leaves office the fact that he served longer than any other prime minister might be the one achievement he's most remembered for public bridle just 0. and i can paraguayan has turned a deep puff hole because of pollution fish and bird life and being killed by a us presence in the sez he say there are there let environmental thirty's months ago tests confirm that untreated waste believed to be from a tannery is being pumped into the lagoon protests angry that authorities have still not stopped the flow. with al-jazeera these are top stories the u.s. house of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened lennon voting ahead of the presidential election and i just place and now move to the center chad pretends he has more from washington d.c.

. mcconnell's already said the senate majority leader that he is absolutely not going to introduce this bill into into the senate everyone is going back on holiday 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 but no that's 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 president abraham. kaisa and the military leaders behind the coup who asked allegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule russian opposition leader is being treated in

a hospital for suspected poisoning was flown out of russia on saturday his supporters believe he drank tea that have been tampered with just before he boarded an internal flights dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests and valorise 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. iraq's prime minister has vowed to find those responsible for killing 2 prominent activist during anti-government protests on friday security forces news live on the national against demonstrators after they set the local hall and building on fire. your headlines i'll be back with another news update on al jazeera that's after.

the 21st century began with extraordinary economic growth across much of latin america. but since this whole today in 2008 there's been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism once thrived. a chilean politician goes on a journey to me leading left wing figures to understand why that politics have lost ground to some dramatically. latin america a giant in time oil on al-jazeera. but . a yellow sun i'm not. being a bully. you have to be a superwoman. you're. not going. to be

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