and a man who risked everything to save their it's america. the love of books on al-jazeera. context the faith in storytelling about the biggest issues but had to do it if. i can forgive you you get yourself ready to take the souls of 51 innocent people their only crime in your eyes is being muslims. relatives and survivors recount the horror of last year's massacre at 2 mosques in new zealand prosecutors say the white supremacist gunman planned to cause maximum carnage.

from capitol this is just there a live from doha also coming up 2 members of the opposition coordination council are detained in belo roosts the day after one of the biggest protests against president bush. by compare expresses hope other arab states will follow the u.a.e. in establishing diplomatic ties with israel kicks off the middle east tour. bosses at mining giant to rio tinto lose their bonuses over the destruction of sacred aboriginal sites in a straight year the critics say it's an empty gesture. the gunman who murdered 51 people at 2 mosques in new zealand last year has faced survivors of his attacks in a courtroom day one of brenton terence sentencing hearing has begun with harrowing

accounts from survivors and families of some of the victims tyrant is already pleaded guilty to dozens of challenges he could be had to use elance 1st life sentence without parole when hey reports. under heavy security brenton terence was flown by the new zealand air force back to christchurch the city where he inflicted so much pain on so many since the attack the australian has been held in a maximum security prison in oakland where once the sentences handed down he's likely to spend the rest of his life there was also tight security at the court where terrence will sit for the next few days facing and listening to the victims and their family members i do. but. he will always be in the lives of our lives and we will. use his son was one of 44 people killed during friday prayers at the el nor mosque

where terrence began his assault armed with 6 high powered guns he then drove across town to the lynwood mosque and killed 7 more before he was arrested he streamed the attacks on the internet and did earlier uploaded a manifesto detailing his obsession with white supremacy and his hatred of muslims the court heard he wanted to inflict as many fatalities as possible and burn down the mosques afterwards he'd studied the floor plans in advance and targeted the mosques when he knew they would be busy the plans time for entry was to ensure the mix of the number of wishes would be present if it analyze the mosque layouts to determine likely exit routes fleeing worshippers might use a last. survivor spoke of his failure to achieve his goal of spreading hate and sowing divisions the hope that. we are become more united through. one of the. after

a surprise guilty plea in march terran sentencing was delayed because of coronavirus restrictions despite the lack of a trial the judge said he wanted those affected to have this say in court to help bring finale and closure that painful process is under way and a sentence is likely to be handed down on thursday when hey al jazeera. pervy men on is bureau chief at thomson reuters new zealand who's following the proceedings he says there's been a stream of support for the surviving. these attacks were approached a very good differently by news in a moment as happened there was an outpouring of grief. by the prime minister just another herself and that the really action from the community has been more of supporting. people who actually lost loved ones or victims of this attack and it

was a wake up call for that for the country and the prime minister has said. you know things are not perfect here but there is an effort now to world changing things it's opened the country's eyes to words racism towards islam of all the earth will turn up and you know there is there is now acceptance of this as as you say as you saw or even you know today on social media there was a lot of whoring and support coming from people who were actually going to these statements or the muslim community themselves people coming out and showing their support in different ways so it although the intention of the attack was to 8. the opposite has happened here in. 2 members of the opposition coordination council have been detained in bello reuss it comes a day off to one of the biggest anti-government protests in the country's modern history we're going to come back to that story 1st though we're going to go to

there is investigative eunice which has found the government of cyprus sold possible its to senior officials and politicians who are classed as high risk for money laundering and corruption by the european union the findings are in the cyprus papers we believe that there and we're going to go back to our story about belarus with 2 members of the opposition coordination council have been detained in the country as i mentioned it comes a day off to one of the biggest anti-government protests in the country's modern history let's go straight to step bos'n who is standing by for us in minsk state what more can you tell us about these detentions. were these are 2 prominent members of this coalition council they were arrested this morning at the factory one of them is the leader of the striking workers from this tractor factory who has actually grown into

a national strike leader in the last couple of weeks he has become a member of this coalition the other one is a complaint manager for that line of the family so it's too important some members of this council coalition council have held a press service since then they have said this is an effort to criminalize the work of the coalition council the only thing that we are aiming to do is to have a dialogue with the government about it transitional government * to look at xanga has lost the elections they are aiming to have a dialogue about free and fair ok we seem to have lost step vos and there who was and telling us about those opposition politicians who have been detained in. well back to the story we briefly mentioned earlier as i said there is vesta going to be and it has found the government of cyprus sold passports to saying officials and politicians who are classified as high risk for money laundering and corruption by the european union the findings

are in the cyprus papers a large scale leak of documents obtained by al-jazeera and our 2nd report deborah davies reveals the country made millions of dollars selling sedition violating in you anti corruption. fighting in the afghan parliament it began after the narrow election victory of miramonte ramani the speaker of the lower house he's a former general who became a businessman. what's not been public until now is that 2 years earlier romani paid 2 and a half $1000000.00 to buy himself and his family so-called golden passports from cyprus. among 2 enough 1000 names we've seen in confidential government papers many new cypriot citizens hold official positions in countries where the original citizenship makes it difficult for them and their money to move freely around the world mohammed jamil c.e.o.

of his family's business empire is a member of saudi arabia's general investment authority. heads his family company and sits on the saudi arabian monetary authority as an elected or appointed state representative they defined as politically exposed persons or peps on the international financial regulations definition includes relatives. so tom mccarthy is a pep as brother of the former lebanese prime minister najib mikati even if an individual is honest being a pet is considered a legal liability a risk of being corrupt or corrupting others you have access to public resources sitting on a government contract and inquisition you make decisions in that sense. we've identified more than 2 dozen high level political figures from russia ukraine

kazakhstan china and vietnam as well as the middle east who've already paid for citizenship hussein el new ace represented the united arab emirates in foreign trade deals and moved in influential circles as a pet he'd now be banned from buying a cypriot passport and a tie to rules on who is fit to be a citizen nicholas norris the interior minister said cyprus was functioning in absolute transparency but he didn't explain why pep super already bought passports would be allowed to keep them. deborah davis al-jazeera london. and more findings from the cyprus papers will be revealed through the way care and on of 0 doubt com and part 3 will be looking at how more than a 1000 russians have bought cypriot passports in the last 3 years and includes business leaders close to person and those wanted for corruption fraud and money

laundering on tuesday from $10.00 g.m.t. heroine of 0 the russian doctors her 1st street opposition leader alexina valise a bear responsible for saving his life is being treated in germany after being flown from a siberian hospital and used car on saturday doctors there say they gave me the correct treatment and no poison was found in his system apparent poisonings have killed or severely sickened many kremlin critics. power is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left large parts of the country without electricity firefighters have now put the blaze on the arab gas gas line northeast of capital damascus this was the scene a few hours ago though no details yet on what may have caused the explosion the oil minister is suggesting it could be an act of terror let's take a closer look at where the blast happened the 1200 kilometer arab gas pipeline

delivers natural gas to syria from egypt this fuels power stations in southern syria the explosion had a section of the pipeline between the towns of drama and dimia around 30 kilometers from damascus that caused drastic drop in gas pressure to nearby power stations causing some to shut down. in what it is monitoring the situation from beirut in neighboring lebanon she says the question is now what caused the blast. syrian authorities the syrian minister of oil so just saying that this in fact was a terrorist attack he did not provide any further information he didn't point the finger at any particular group and so far there has been no claim of responsibility the area is under the control of the syrian government in fact there is no rebel presence for miles the closest rebel position or it is as further south and in the

province of but even there there's a low level insurgency and it is the government which has the upper hand now of course there is i still i still is present further east closer to the border with iraq in central syria or an area known as the bad so james jeffrey suggesting that this is the work of beisel the syrian government saying this is a terrorist attack but without providing further information. still ahead on al jazeera. you know that is. that's right that's gone testing me donald trump is trailing in the polls can revive his campaign the republican national convention plus i'm nicolas cage on a bombing property in regional australia looking at how border. paid according major problems to the nation's multi $1000000000.00 overruling the story.

how low we have a turn in the area now it's this one here bobbie and curiously it's being over water for its entire life just affected by the taiwan the sudden. q. change and it's going to be throwing off rain into the far east to china and southern japan in the next day or so but the side from that the weather's rose at the. that's the seasonal front was drifting south leaving fine weather behind in beijing ahead of it apart from a few showers in tokyo most of japan is enjoying fine still pretty warm weather however come the end of wednesday and thursday as this thing runs up towards really nowhere else to go eventually n.o.c. it is going to cause a lot of potential problems i think in this potential in china and in the korean peninsula big waves a swelling of course an awful lot of wind and rain and to some degree it tucks the

seasonal rain further south and enhanced is it in southern china grandaunt particular the monsoons also consolidated into separate areas this one north the bay of bengal on the good giraffes and elsewhere close by this is the scene in europe as of yesterday widespread flooding again the 2nd time this year and it's not going to stop there is more right to come in this part of india and in southern bangladesh. but. history has called it the great one in the final episode the 2 sides fight themselves to a standstill while britain and france conspire behind closed doors to produce a secret agreement that will shape the middle east for the century to come world war one through our eyes on al-jazeera play an important role in tackling it when.

now watching al-jazeera reminded of our top stories this hour the gunman who murdered $51.00 people at 2 mosques in new zealand last year the face of oliver's off his attacks in a court for families recount a harrowing experience at brenton terence sentencing hearing. 2 members of the opposition coordination council have been detained in bello rusa comes a day off to one of the biggest anti-government protests in the country's modern history. power is gradually being restored in syria after a gas pipeline explosion left large parts without electricity has managed to put on

the plays on the arab gas line northeast of the capital damascus. u.s. secretary of state mike compare is the west of them where he's given his support to a deal between israel and the united arab emirates the 2 nations agreed to normalize relations earlier this month a player says the move is a step towards the trump administration's plan to bring prosperity to the region i want to come here today in part to congratulate the prime minister will travel to the emirates to meet with them and congratulate them to what's taken place here is deeply consistent with what president trump set out to do create a more stable more prosperous middle east this is a really good step in that direction canonic relationship between the emirates opportunities for innovation and science travel between these 2 places will now be open and that's important that's important to create between israel and this arab state this opportunity well harry force that was following the press conference in

western he has more details on what the israeli prime minister and what pompei o had to say. as you heard from from both men then was to emphasize the common interests in the region both on combating iran as they see it trying to buttress more support for the u.s. position and the israeli position to extend arms embargoes and get the snap back of the j c p o a deal in place despite the fact of course the united states pulled out of the j c p o e p o a iran deal also to talk up what has just been done between israel and the united arab emirates in terms of the normalization deal and as you heard from pump a 0 to try to to persuade more such countries to follow through to follow suit he will be traveling to sudan to bahrain and to the u.a.e. on this trip potentially other countries as well and for the u.s.

administration it's also an opportunity to talk about what has been done so far in terms of moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital the recognition of the golan heights the recognition you just talked about as far as the united states is concerned that settlements aren't per se illegal despite the fact that as far as international law is concerned there's a broad consensus that they are it's worth noting that this is the 1st day of the republican national convention in the united states later on on monday and controversially pompei will be making a speech from here with the backdrop of jerusalem into that convention remotely that isn't something that's been done in the past by u.s. secretaries of state went on official government business abroad so that's potentially why he was emphasizing those points at the end of his remarks just now . well that convention starts in the coming hours and donald trump is hoping it

will give a boost to his reelection chances the republicans will officially nominate the president as candidate for election day in november as he trails democratic challenger joe biden in opinion polls our white house correspondent can be how could reports. for president find large political rallies the 2020 republican national convention was supposed to be donald trump's campaign crescendo helping him cruise toward reelection in november. but kovac 19 and social distancing his dash trump's plan to accept his party nomination of thousands of bag a hat wearing supporters. drops claim of creating jobs has also disappeared as thousands of businesses of closed permanently millions of people are out of work and the stock market has seen historic gains wiped out. we did it we built the greatest economy of this to the world and now i have to do it again.

you know that is. that's right that's god testing me truck blames china for not halting the virus but a majority of americans blame him for a mismanaged coronavirus response that hurt trump in the polls with weeks until the election he trails his democratic rival joe biden problem is after 4 years in office people now know what to expect from a donald trump administration and it's really tough for people to not think about a reelection campaign or as anything other than incision about the incumbent and so i'm not sure that the playbook that works for trump and 2016 is going to work this year in 2020 with few new ideas some people are accusing the president of employing scare tactics to round up votes at campaign stops trump says if biden is elected

taxes and crime will go up the stock market will go down but when it comes to his own campaign promises his vision is a clear what are your top priority items for a 2nd term but one of the things that will be really great you know the word experience is still good i always say talent is more important than experience i've always said that due to the pandemic most states will allow voters to mail in ballots instead of in person voting trumps arguing with little evidence that mail in ballots are open to fraud democrats say trump's insistence people vote in person during the pandemic is an attempt to suppress the vote with both sides accusing each other of breaking the election results of the 2020 vote are uncertain will tropics upset if he loses as he has always said he'll see what happens on and make a determination in aftermath. donald trump is counting on the republican convention

to inject new life into his lagging reelection bid he's planning multiple appearances before pared down crowds of supporters at a week one a vet that kicks off in charlotte north carolina and culminates here at the white house on thursday when trump will officially accept the republican party's presidential nomination kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house. black lives matter protesters in the united states are enraged by a video of another police shooting. offices the scene choosing a black man 7 times in the back jacob like seriously hurt in hospital an overnight curfew was imposed in kent osha and wisconsin state governesses he stands against the use of excessive force on black americans. 2 explosions in the southern

philippines have killed at least 10 people several of his own in jude's in the town of holo ensued province initial reports say a homemade bomb on a motorbike exploded close to military vehicles there's been no claim of responsibility jamila dogan is a minute with the latest. these particular explosions today happened just as cheap away from whole lot cathedral which was also attacked early last year by armed groups which left at least 20 people dead now that attack last year was claimed by a group linked to icily which pledged allegiance to eisele though this particular attack there's been no claim of responsibility or any group owning up to this attack but local militia officers say that the 2nd bomb was actually detonated by a female suicide bomber this happens at the very difficult time at a time when just a few months ago for intel officers who were reportedly going after suspected

bombers were killed at point blank range by local police officers but there is a question as to whether the killing of in the officers has actually left the vacuum of critical intel operation their information needed to prevent these particular attacks today in this area of the law has a very high level of insurgency and that this week as well many are questioning the timing because this week there are also several change of command of the local military officers on the ground here. the chief executive of mining company rio tinto will lose his $3500000.00 bonus of the destruction of an ancient wrong formation in western australia the jew can gold caves were blown up and made to expand an iron ore mine rio tinto released an internal review saying that had they had to blast the caves but neglected its own guidelines and standards the company's chairman described the destruction as

a failure to respect the heritage of local communities where the caves are of ancestral significance to the pin it coulda and puts who can teach indigenous community the 46000 year old site is one of the earliest known to have been occupied by aborigines the culture importance of jew can go was confirmed by an archaeological dig carried. just before that last dig uncovered the oldest known example of bone tools in australia including one made from sharpened kangaroo bone which is 28000 years old. james fitzgerald is legal counsel of the astray and center for corporate responsibility he says rio tinto his management system is such that no one will be held responsible for the damage to do congo which the company is lacking the essential top down leadership on these issues and so that you can go it's tragedy is unlikely to be why not it's more likely to be a harbinger of the future while the current senior management is in place the

strela suffers from substandard cultural heritage protection laws that's not my opinion it's being acknowledged by most governments. and. so therefore it is up to large and reputable companies to commit to international normative stand it's like the united nations god of principles like the united nations declaration the rights of indigenous people and to add here to those stain that's what we have in australia at the moment is a situation where miners are enjoying and taking advantage of the substandard protection laws while trumpeting the performance under these various international standards and you know really that's they've got to stop walking on both sides of the street they can either have the good standards or they can get away with what the law. she found is in astray or are hoping the price of oil rises before they go bankrupt covenanter restrictions are just the latest disaster for the multi-billion

dollar industry to add to their problems there are $68000000.00 sheep and not enough workers to share them they can gauge has the story from rural new south wales. lambing season isn't far off on is sheep and cattle farm on the plains bringing a small sense of normality to an anything but normal few years for david gergen he's been tested by prolonged drought then bushfires in january soon followed by coated 19 that's certainly having an impact on on everything especially the the wall market. that is is collapsing as well and i want where we're heading border and trade route closures during a pandemic have devastated prices here with the markets down about 40 percent on this time last year it's also leading to a workforce shortage when millions of sheep need to be she'd be she hundreds of

seasonal shears normally fly in mainly from new zealand respond outside goban is using local workers but in other parts of the country there aren't enough the government is trying to find solutions with rising unemployment can stay at your private not paying the logical thing to do it would be right more people locally to work if you say that he's happy but it's not that simple horse training takes time to get a job that requires skill and if the process is delayed then it becomes an animal welfare problem and a financial problem to the process have led to a growing stockpile of wool in storage but this shearing contractor says for many whiting for high a process isn't an option then i'd have money coming in i cheated by the bill. and that's where the river runs relied on yeah then you will claim that's the major one of the writing comes as trade tensions between australia and china increase with

the restrictions imposed on australian beef imports as well as high tariffs on bali about 90 percent of the strike is currently export to china stage process see everything from clearly the carpet we both need each other we both have very strong and constructive relationship and also not rosen that chimes in the new year old the distant future but the industry is also looking at diversifying with some experts concerned it relies too heavily on chinese by for david gergen he spoke of his own producing world quasi will to keep his farm in business nicola gage al-jazeera regional new south wales. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories the gunman who murdered 51 people at 2 mosques in new zealand last year has faced survivors off his attacks and of

course for the families recounted harrowing experiences at brenton terence sentence a harrowing 2 members of the opposition co-ordination council have been detained in belarus becomes a day after one of the biggest add to government protests in the country's modern history despite a military deployment on the streets of the capital around $200000.00 people turned out to demand president alexander lukashenko resign they say he rigged the election earlier this month he stepped out and has more on the arrests from inskeep. these are 2 prominent members of this coalition council they were arrested this morning at the factory one of them is the leader of the striking workers from this tractor factory who has actually grown into a national strike leader in the last couple of weeks he has become a member of this coalition the other one is a complaint manager for that line of. so it's too important some members of this council coalition council has held a presser since then they have said this is an effort to criminalize the work of

the coalition council the only thing that we are aiming to do is to have a dialogue with the government about it transitional government. the russian doctors who 1st treated opposition leader development you say the responsible for saving his life he's being treated in germany after being flown from a side buried hospital in an induced coma on saturday doctors there say they gave novell need to correct treatment and no poison was found in his system. is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left launch parts of the country without electricity find find his have now put on the blaze the only arab gas line northeast of the capital damascus. 2 explosions in the southern philippines have killed at least 10 people several others injured and the town holo ensuite province. well those are the headlines and the news continues here on al-jazeera run off the inside story which is coming up next.

what's behind the reco draw is in global coded 19 infections several countries are reporting some of the biggest numbers since the pandemic began should we be worried a more look down is the this is it side story. hello and welcome to the program on the i'm wrong nearly 9 months since coded 19 from the chinese city of wood and the virus appears to be spreading faster than

ever all around the world some countries are reporting that highest daily infection writes india parts of the.