people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way the skewed way we do business if we're going to adapt to climate breakdown this dream on out is there the. the. tens of thousands defy warnings to rally against the bellows president alexander lukashenko russia calls for national dialogue. play you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me for the back t. ball also coming up protesters are back on the streets in southern iraq as their deadline for the local governors resignation expires at least 13 people are killed in a stampede in peru as capital after a police raid or night trap for violating coronavirus restrictions and an

environmental disaster waiting to happen the u.n. sounds the alarm over a decaying oil tanker off the coast of western dam. tens of thousands of demonstrators in bell are defying warnings to rally against president alexander lukashenko is the latest wave of protests against his disputed reelection earlier this month sonia gago has. united in one cause they gathered in the streets and in the squares of the bella recent capital minutes since the disputed presidential vote in august 9th protesters have defied the authorities and have been gathering every day calling for an end to present because those 26 year old despite the continued threats of a violent crackdown opposition supporters say they won't. give up ahead of sunday's

rally the bellerose saw me rolled into the central city streets a warning to those marching any unrest monuments and statues would not be tolerated and they not the police would see to that on saturday in the city of good old law in the west to the man at the center of this wave of discontent alexandr look i shankar railed against the opposition supporters queues nato of deliberately positioning its forces by the country's western border and the army to defend its territory but the you were not the nato forces are approaching we understood this last year when they announced drills coronaviruses slowed them down a bit now the situation from their point of view has become unstable and they've switched back to operation and they've deployed all their troops we can see this. nato has dismissed because accusations as baseless only a few days ago strikes and protests to take place here but

a heavy handed response from the authorities provoked further outrage along with threats of job losses if state employees the president's traditional support base go on strike again the belarus is opposition leaders for atlanta to cut off sky his flight to laboring lithuania this is not a movement that is disappearing and she's urged her supporters to keep up the momentum what they know is that the russian people don't want this president president anymore and it's our people and authorities has to go this year to all this in and listen and has to hear what the russian people want. this is a protest that has taken root across the country may be clinging on to power by any means rejecting any talk of voter fraud in his electoral win but it is unlikely that he will be able to cultivate support for his leadership in

a country where many say they have had enough of his leadership so you go out his era and we want to show you some live pictures from neighboring lithuania where human chain is being organized from the capital vilnius to the better aussie and border in support of the anti-government demonstrations in bello rules among those expected to participate in opposition leaders set managed to come off who sought exile in the thruway nia saying she fears for her safety in better rules the president. is also expected to take part in the protests in that human chain on august 23rd 1989 millions had formed a human chain through 3 baltic states of lithuania latvia and estonia to express their desire for independence from the soviet union now alexandra so janowicz is a journalist based in the russian capital moscow and has been following moscow's

response to the unrest in bella rules she says officials have been encouraging look i shan't go to negotiate. missed that overall he's saying that the way out is wide and broad genuinely broad national dialogue with michael schenker should talk with the trade unions and that moscow would be ok with whatever he agrees with the opposition at the same time he's suspecting this quarter nation ill council of war position was formed the strange way saying there is a lot of people there they're actually on good russian he went further saying that north korea when she came abroad was apparently under some pressure and started again doing political statements supporting and calling for a 4 protests and he also said there is a certain program of the colonel in which is written in belorussia and said that belarus should go out of your asian consulate should they should go out of the

a collective security treaty and of the union state of belarus and instead go towards e.u. and eventually nato he even says that it's there that the russian language should be pushed out on the account of the belarusian language calling the kind of artificial language and this kind of rhetorical we heard before and we heard it in the case of ukraine all together with the foreign factor with the foreign interference which is unacceptable. russia is pointing out and saying that it is a parts of opposition that wants to violence on the streets of minsk and in belarus and they are calling for the bloodshed and that it should be up to belorussian people to decide what to do next. protesters in southern iraq have called on a local governor to resign or risk more unrests bodies have been sponsored by a number of killings of prominent activists and people are demanding those

responsible be held accountable iraqi prime minister mr jimmy has visited basra to try and help find a solution to the crisis he has more from baghdad. prime minister mustafa qadri arrived in basra only hours after returning from his trip to washington d.c. he met local politicians late on saturday night with the hopes of calming the anger on the streets but he had a warning for those looking to cause trouble i decided we couldn't we didn't leave 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 employees and crime i'd like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the government's law they would escape punishment on the killers will be brought to justice very soon i'd like to tell the criminals who us in $87.00 hashimi cutscene and the young female doctor that your blog will be a title for justice john a 33 year old re home to coop is the young female doctor prime minister kazumi

refer to she was a prominent activist investor and let several womans marches she was killed on wednesday when gunmen with assault rifles riding a motorcycle opened fire on her car. days earlier gutman had shot dead activists seen osama their deaths sparked days of protests and unrest fueled by anger protestors set fire to local government buildings in the southern iraqi city demanding those responsible be brought to justice and calling for the resignation of the provincial governor danny the recent rise in targeted killings poses a challenge for the new prime minister there have been nearly a dozen attempts on the lives of well known activists this month and 4 have been killed 3 of them in basra the prime minister dismissed the local police chief last week after osama's death in response a number of senior tribal leaders issued a statement saying the armed themselves if the government fails to protect the

people this is the worst andress the city has seen since last year's protests which led to the resignation of prime minister the law. is known as the wealthiest province in iraq it's home to most of the country's oil reserves yet it has some of the worst facilities of public services years of mismanagement and corruption have led to protests on a regular basis. protests have broken out in the u.s. state of louisiana after police shot and killed a black man on friday but he say trey for pellerin was carrying a knife and had been trying to enter a convenience store in the city of lafayette video appears to show pellerin walking away from officers who then shot the 31 year old after a stun grenade failed to work our bird manny has a story. i'm not here to give everybody motivated to come off. as you know the killing of. us oh my own son today more than 150 people

block traffic on the infantrymen highway. the site of where hoffa dozen police had surrounded and then shot 31 year old 25th padron on friday the incident was captured on video by a bystander become a minor. then made a. legal shooting no you've got to wait we've got to wait oh no you got to. get on the ground. make believe me when i'm. taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead the louisiana state police say he was walking towards a stool with a knife they shot stun guns at him but say they were ineffective but activists here see it as another form of police violence against black people and i think one of

the things that when i got here today to the site that discussed it with the back of the store is still open a man died on the doorsteps of it but circle k. continues to launch a business and allow people to come out here and purchase like nothing happened just a likable black man worth less than that of anyone else the american civil liberties union of louisiana is the most. ending a filler investigation saying triffid pellerin should be alive today instead a family is mourning in a community is grieving none of the communities is safe when the police can murder people with impunity all when routine encounters escalate into deadly shooting sprees. was one of the protests there were tensions if you go on. a reference. found by police in minnesota in may that's killing spot calls to defund police departments and galvanize

a black lives months of protests across the u.s. which is still continuing in some states palin's mother has spoken out about her son saying he was an intelligent man who suffered from social anxiety one civil rights attorney said instead of giving him a helping hand they gave him bullets but the people here a quantity of to be dismissed his latest shooting spree at the height of their anger at the police. to protect. me i have to say ok. and violent confrontations between rival protests coast led to a riots being declared in the city of portland in the us early on sunday a rally being held by armed wing groups quickly to a counter demonstrations by anti-racism protesters hundreds wearing helmets and makeshift shells brawl 12 hours 14 people were arrested and police eventually forced protesters away have been more than 80 straight days of demonstrations in

court and following the police killing of george 48. i said i had on the program we ask if the us president could be laying the groundwork to dispute november's election results plus. m one hey reporting from chiang mai in northern thailand we will tell you why an old protest movement may be about to hit the streets again. had i watched the season the rain across the sage is slowly coming sighs it is still the time of potential typhoon season to typhoon yet it's a tropical storm and is over water those effects in the small rods of southern japan and just catching taiwan but it's law if you grow in strength it could well be a thai food by late monday so that the water will throw off its arms of showers and

of course the sea which will affect japan eventually south korea and the east coast of china the same time the rain briefly heavies edgy across the usa into north korea south of all this it's still humid and increasingly wet hong kong for example is like to be showery for the next 3 days having had a reasonably dry spell the last month or so and then there's a gap in the shower regime over southeast asia may not be quite office but here it is over land for vietnam cambodia in town it's a fairly dry picture of the moment with a bell to showers from sumatra through borneo and east was being fairly active shower belt at the moment maybe no surprise things are changing jakarta is a fairly dry place until thursday when the rain kicks in mostly job is going to be dry the moment and so it should be.

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the capital off in a rules is the latest in a wave of protests against the disputed reelection of president alexander lukashenko. protesters in southern iraq have called on a local governor to resign all risk more on breast demonstrators are calling for justice over the killing of a number of common intactness and protesters have vented their anger in the u.s. state of louisiana after police shot and killed a black man in the city of lafayette activists are demanding an investigation into the incident which was captured on video. by the head of the u.s. postal service will appear before a house committee on monday to defend changes that could have delayed the delivery of postal votes doesn't donald trump restrict made in voting saying it could impact the legitimacy of november's election and with this republican convention getting underway at questions about what he might do if his defeated rob reynolds reports from los angeles wow. wow president donald trump appears to be laying the

groundwork for disputing the election results the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged remember the trailing democratic nominee joe biden in the polls trump is hinting he may declare the election invalid the narrative the president from the spending that the locations are all going to be rigged. and therefore are illegal when they. make tension remember rather well for him to say i won to some scholars of authoritarian regimes trumps moves are right out of the strong man's playbook. trying to say that democracy is corrupt democracy the mechanisms of the don't work . american isms of democracy and and this is classic.

hold over 20000 lives. so it will be hard to imagine him. abrogating idea that there's been widespread well proof tampering or you know. been constantly tweeting about the danger of dead people voting. and he's really. a very skilled propagandist in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic trump and senior officials stand accused of trying to hobble mail in voting because by trump's own admission he thinks it would hurt biden. this kind of politics while you're accusing your opponent of trying to break the auctions you yourself are making the elections public outcry and pushback from congress forced trump's postmaster general to backtrack promising lawmakers that mail in ballots would be prioritized and delivered on time but trump has also suggested delaying

the election doing it over if he loses and sending police out in force to polling places what he's aiming to do here is create a sense of uncertainty and suspension so that he wouldn't have to concede defeat based on his words and deeds one thing seems clear trump doesn't want to leave office without a fight rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. in peru at least 13 people have been killed in a stampede during a party held in defiance of covert 1000 restrictions more than 120 people try to free the thomas rest in the capital lima as it was raided by police or as latin america's 2nd worst affected country by coronavirus. it was a little upwards the crowd of people wanted to get out when they saw we were coming in the hustle of iran going out immediately the door closed and we rule tripped we

told people to go back so they could get out and risky those at the bottom no one listened. the police arrived they spoke to the owner the officers entered with their cameras to film they used tear gas and closed the door and that's how the madness started because you can't breathe with tear gas in italy the governor of sicily has ordered all migrants to leave the island by midnight on monday but it's unclear how the decree can be implemented so spawn a caesar decided by the italian government in order also bans the arrival of any new migrants or refugees this was issued because a few is over the spread of colona virus at least 70 migrants have tested positive in recent weeks india meanwhile has now confirmed more than 3000000 cases of cold in 1000 after recording over 70000 new infections in a single day the country's leading the world in numbers of new cases on a virus is spreading through rural areas across the country especially in the north

india has the 3rd highest number of infections after the united states and brazil. is from the center of social medicine and community health. care university he says as a need for an improved plan to curb the spread of the virus underside of concern to one that it's increasingly. smaller towns and villages. the public and services certainly would be correct that if the speaking. as well as the fact that though on the aggregate tests have shown up in terms of tests per 1000000 population india is still a lot behind comparable countries such as the brics nations all they're testing for a serious and u.k. india is certainly putting in a lot of emphasis on testing however what is also true is that the info infrastructure and resources need to be augmented

a lot more to make testing available to instill greater confidence in the public and system so that people who come forward with even relatively minor symptoms and get tested and the other thing that's really crucial for containing from here on is the extent to which people. practice and certainly enhance preventive behavior such as mosques such as distancing as unlock gets into newer and newer areas in other words as newer newer sectors of the economy open up that the indian health authorities both central state as well as local health authorities certainly in hundreds the risk communication strategies and greater degrees of very sensitive community engagement because haitians are on their way in mali between members of the west africa. and the mali and clearly this delegation is trying to find

a way forward after a group of soldiers seize power on t.s.a. . has met former president brain but cock a tad the back sways being detained i was forced to resign after the takeover. in libya warlord highly for have tar has rejected calls for a ceasefire by the un recognized government his spokesman called it a publicity stunt and says the tripoli administration is planning an offensive on the strategic city of sirte backed by turkey after. egypt and the rival parliament in eastern libya had supported the cease fire has been no significant fighting for the past 2 months. anti-government protesters have gathered again in thailand calling for elections and a new constitution for weeks students led rallies have defied a state of emergency to control the spread of coronavirus and a crackdown on government critics and there is a police arrested 8 more activists including 2 popular rappers for defying

a ban on public gatherings when he has more. calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the northern city of lump on $2.00 students were among the latest to be ordered to report to police to hear 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 of the student led anti-government movement has spread to many parts of the country including the north and northeast the 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 they've been largely quiet in recent years but as the momentum of the current protests grows redshirt leaders in the north of fixing

their loudspeakers and entering the fray power 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 will continue fighting for a better future from home 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 and 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 hay al jazeera chiang mai thailand. the united nations is urging the warring sides in yemen to work together to prevent a potential environmental disaster as stricken oil tanker mord near the city of her data is slowly leaking more than a 1000000 barrels of oil and as mohammed our ports they are fears it could all spill into the red sea by next month. up with turn show environmental disaster on

the pristine waters of the red sea this oil tanker has been murdered here off yemen's recent cost about 8 kilometers from a port since 2015 it's holding on the street at 1140000 barrels of crude oil experts say the ship structure is deteriorating and earlier this year water breached its engine room in july the u.n. want the tanker called the suffer course pull 4 times as much oil as the exxon ferries which ran aground in alaska in 1989 spilling 37000 tons of crude that are also fears the ships unstable cargo could explode if fire breaks out on bald. surfie and if the tanker explodes it will cause devastating economic and environmental consequences in yemen might even be more powerful than the explosion in beirut environmentalist

expect the pollution could reach barber monday and the swiss sea channel in the north. this lawmaking by a mental catastrophe has prompted the un to dispatch a team of engineers to evaluate the rescue but the team is yet to start work the u.n. security council has appealed to the holes the authorities who control parts of yemen including capital sana'a to give unconditional access to the team but. we asked for germany and sweden to be like a 3rd party. bring their own people so we can trust the outcome of this evaluation . yemen's un backed government which is supported by a saudi your qualification blames the deterioration of the visible on the whole theory run government and son the oil company in charge of the vessel says the

situation for the deteriorated after the saudi us. blocked an oil shipment that was to be used in its calling systems. in 2016 we imported fuel for the tanker but the shipment has been denied x. is the unlawful piracy practiced by the saudi emergency coalition doesn't in the year it has restricted the injury of diesel and low grade fuel shipments from saudi arabia seaboard in jesus on these restrictions are the main reason behind the current humanitarian crisis. there are still talks to figure out how to resolve this issue the company assigned by the un to look after the tanker wants to tour to kuwait for repairs above the hole fees say they wanted to fix locally or transferred to a 3rd party the count trust like the government of switzerland the tankers holding tens of millions of dollars worth of oil that could help many struggling yemenis

the united nations house dress the urgent need for stopping the threat posed by the soccer oil tanker but many here rule the international attention this story has booth can bring yemen's boring side back to the negotiating table with the aim of ending the conflict and also it could be a way to ease the world's worst humanitarian crisis mohamad al bob i'll just. from the seaboard city where they did the bride of the red the. play again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera and other major anti-government rallies underway in the capital of ben i will say salacious in a wave of protests against the disputed re-election of president alexander

lukashenko boston is in men's with the latest. there was a large rally at the independence square it was actually not enough space for everyone so that's why did you decide to move elsewhere in the city so that's where they're moving towards right now tens of thousands some people even say it's a similar size of crowd that we saw last sunday which was more than 200000 people on the street and the worst quite a festive atmosphere families bringing their children small children as well people shouting out to resign and singing. song while the authorities kept urging them ordering them to leave the square repeatedly protesters in southern iraq have called on a local government to resign or risk unrest demonstrators are calling for justice over the killing of a number of prominent activists in peru at least 13 people have been killed in a stampede during a party held in defiance of covert 19 restrictions more than 120 people tried to

flee the venue in the capital lima as it was raided by police negotiations are underway in mali between members of the west africa. leaders of a military coup the delegation is trying to find a way forward after a group of soldiers seize power on tuesday early and go she has met ousted president a cock a top. libyan warlord highly for have to has rejected calls for a ceasefire by the un recognized government spokesman called it a publicist a stunt and says the tripoli administration is planning a turkish offensive on the city of sirte after his allies including egypt and the rival parliament in eastern libya have supported the cease fire those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's 101 east obesity china's big problem.

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