on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a al-jazeera bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you. down to 0. 'd 0. hello there 6 i'm a star and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes police in belarus arrest at least 125 people in the 3rd week of protests since the disputed reelection of president alexander lukashenko. a divided nation montenegro

votes and a test for the pro western governing party that's been in power for 30 years. salvaging whatever they can severe flooding in sudan's capital as the nile river reaches unprecedented levels and announces a sweeping labor reforms as it heads closer to hosting the 2022 football cup. and i'm peter simmons of your sports lewis hamilton wins the belgium grown premier missy is gone missing porcelaine is pleased to not prove pre-season medical but the story's a no show off the telly club he wants to leave. we begin this news hour and valorise where tens of thousands of demonstrators are on the streets of the capital once again keeping up the pressure on the president to step down it's been 3 weeks now since the disputed elections and protesters continue to stage mass rallies despite the government calling them illegal well

police have detained at least 125 people in minsk on sunday reporters on the scene say security forces have repeatedly attacked peaceful demonstrators uniformed men have pushed back crowds and with heavy vehicles and water can president alexander lukashenko is rivals for them it's a kind of says it's more evidence that the regime is morally bankrupt. she remains and if you weigh near where she fled after that election are journalists in belarus and are working under severe restrictions many of them have had their accreditation withdrawn so al bennett smith is following developments from the u.n. is capitol hill in the us now bernard despite this crackdown we've seen huge crowds again in minsk today what's been the dynamic been like with the authorities. there's no indication that these protesters have lost or the protests have lost momentum after now 3 weeks since that presidential election on august the 9th when playing to what 80 percent of the vote nobody on the streets protesting in minsk

and in other belorussian cities believes that and they want to go now the 1st few days of protest after the after the presidential election the authorities attempted essentially to crack down violently almost protests they used to us they used rubber coated bullets to try and disperse the protesters but after those 1st several 1000 were detained 7000 hundreds injured and 3 killed but after those initial 3 days they allowed it seems these large scale protests to continue yes there have been people detained and people arrested many people were arrested after the women's protest yesterday and charged with illegal gathering but the hasn't been a major attempt to break up the protest but it therefore it is we're hoping momentum would go it hasn't for the moment but i know they say it's also lucas think as bad days a day and and also that russian president putin called him to wish him well also to

invite him to moscow that seems to be quite the show of support from moscow that of a birthday gift. yes a happy birthday from a lot of putin the kremlin called it to look on a visit to moscow in the next few weeks so no rush and yes a suggestion that the kremlin is going to look at important to him the kremlin is also offered to provide some sort of police rapid reaction force should look at shank one say it but import particularly because the european union is planning to impose new sanctions on belarus so russia no real friend putin no real friend of look at shanghai has decided for now they're not going to back him. on a smith they're monitoring developments for us from the lithuanian capital vilnius thanks very much. valerie except carlo is a better russian opposition leader who is currently in neighboring poland he believes lucas lanka has underestimated the movement against him everybody

understands the stance very well the locus and makes him go 'd out. tell percent of the public support these was the real result of the presidential election but in fact he wrote here he was he declared he had to go out 80 percent of the public vote which was absolutely not true well bill roots will never be the same that very obvious is. no. post from different sides i mean the look us encourage him you know look at seneca faces the position 1st of all from the side of the bill or public or society civil society 2nd from the west that didn't recognize the results of the presidential elections and the 3rd also is russia because now the

kremlin understands very well that lucas and doesn't have the support to inside his own country and i think that he is a kind of isolated from belarus itself or ability to speak pull itself from the western countries and from russia who publicly support him but in fact understand very well the real support to follow president going side to build a respectful and they will treat him respectfully. well a strong turnout is being reported in montenegro as parliamentary election president miller you kind of that has cast his ballot in the capital podhoretz or his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia you kind of it has government has led the country almost continuously since the end of communism in the 1990 s. that makes him one of europe's longest serving leaders project we expect that

montenegrin society will confirm its democratic maturity and responsibility in these elections that the elections will take place in conditions of absolute stability and democratic culture appropriate to modern montenegro i also expect that at the end of the day we stablish what is the free democratic will of our citizens my expectation is that after that montenegro will continue to move on the path of democratic and economic development choosing its european goals well for more now let's cross a live event have conviction montenegro's capital iran where just under 3 hours until polls close talk us through the consequences of the voters' choice today a shift in power could potentially mean a shift in foreign policy. well as i said there is a sharp division within the in this country within the main the leading parties which are now in power which are prominent in the ground with the opposition which is prosser b. and the main issue that they are talking about in these elections is issue of

church and religion why is that so because the current montenegro government would love to reestablish once existing montenegro orthodox church 70 percent of people in this country are declared as christian orthodox the only or fish only recognized recognized in the orthodox world recognized the serbian orthodox church which has its leader sitting in belgrade in neighboring serbia and this is a national church so the national serbian. automatically a political dispute in this country further divisions happened by the end of the last year when. parliament in montenegro adopted a controversial law on the freedom of religion and that. should allow a state to take control over religious sites in this country which were build before night the night he 18 before montenegro joined the union with serbia so

serbian orthodox church is the largest i don't you just going to zation in this country believe that the primary primary target of this war so they organize the brought this this country almost every day they even excommunicated all leading politicians from power in montenegro from church and from christianity and they openly called their followers to vote for prosser be an opposition in. these elections so be an opposition primarily. and for. closer ties with serbia and with russia and i have to mention that montenegro joined nato alliance 3 years ago and 3 years ago and it was it happened with a strong. resistance from this opposition so it's a very tough political struggle in this country and the voters of the they decided to go on course and to waltz in a larger number so that's why we saw such

a large turnout which could be easily the highest turnout to the history of voting in this country. that's even pavlovitch there speaking to us from the montenegran capital thanks so much of. well there is plenty more ahead for you this news hour including. lives destroyed homes abandoned thousands flee after heavy flooding in kenya. and hundreds of migrants are brought to the italian island of lampedusa after being rescued at sea . and force them all walking backs were turned from their social justice protest and reach the n.b.a. playoffs semifinals peace will have all those details coming up.

qatar has announced a series of reforms to its labor laws for the 1st time it sets a monthly minimum wage for employees regardless of nationality or type of job it also gives workers the ability to change employees without needing a sponsor's approval imran khan has the story. after a 2 year long consultation process with the u.n. body the international labor organization the state of cattle has announced sweeping reforms in the way employees are treated in the gulf state some of the changes include the introduction of a minimum wage of $1800.00 tare rails around $500.00 us dollars a month which includes an allowance for food and accommodation there's also freedom of movement between employers without the need for what's called a no objections difficult the law applies to all x. party employees in the country including domestic workers employed by individual families there's concern that previous laws in place to protect workers haven't been in force properly local media have reported that some construction workers

were paid for months at the start of the coded in $1000.00 pandemic the international labor organization says the new laws will be forced and there will be more outlets to resolve labor disputes. we have to jointly with the state of qatar study its impact its paper ations and ensure that it's beneficial for all including good workers the private sector around the country so a lot of ground work had to be done also the legislative changes the actual law to be prepared but also when it comes to the minimum wage there actually has to be a study done on the needs of the workers councils largest export populations come from bangladesh pakistan the philippines and india the government says that the minimum wage will be beneficial to both employees and the country this is part of the bigger picture reforms 1st laws are very good these 2 new 2 major announcements today are fantastic for the country but implementation is

equally as important so we will be working with the government here. ensuring that the labor inspectors are fully aware of the legislation making sure that the workers are aware making sure that the enterprises companies the private sector is aware council is hoping these reforms will also address concerns in the run up to the football world cup in 2022 human rights groups have highlighted various issues about workers in the country that include deaths on construction sites and inadequate living conditions in the last 6 years 34 workers have died during the construction of well cup stadiums that's brought a lot of attention from the international community on cats are now these labor law reforms are partly their way of dealing with international pressure however the closer we get to the world cup in 2022 the more bright the international spotlight will shine imran khan al-jazeera doha. and my colleague spoke to sharon

she is the general secretary of the international trade union confederation and she says this is a step in the right direction making the world cup a secure environment for. this is a new dawn for workers migrant workers in qatar to have a free system to win the cafe our system and normalize contracts with appropriate provisions to have a back up system of the labor pool to grievance procedures representation at the workplace but then to have a nondiscriminatory minimum wage on top of that we are delighted to see the courage in the latest of the qatari government it's been a long journey we thank the ilo and the government for the dedication to these and frankly it will make the world cup much more secure environment for workers knowing that they have secured a normalised industrial relations system you talked about the fact that this will

probably help deflect criticism of qatar ahead of the world cup in 2022 but do you see other countries in the region following suit we see some movement in oman in kuwait a little bit of hope was there in bahrain but it's looking very great and of course we are in discussions ahead of the g 20 with saudi arabia but in 2 we see them recognize that the co-founder system must be in the transparent system of contracts a minimum living wage and of course the right for workers to be represented and to settle grievances when those things are in place then we will say this region is fit for business but the tasks are only reaches that binged today of course there are things we'll continue to talk to them about we continue to think where they are

actually at the plot of unscrupulous employers but this is a fantastic historic moment and congratulations to all involved. now all options are on the table to resolve protests over racial injustice in the u.s. city of portland that's according to acting homeland security secretary chad wolf one person was shot dead during saturday night's violence between rival groups in the city portland has been the site of nightly demonstrations for more than 3 months now since police killed george floyd in minneapolis president ronald trump is now expected to visit the city of commotion in wisconsin on tuesday that's when jacob blake was shot in the back 7 times by police and left paralyzed nearly a week ago thousands of people took part in another night of peaceful protests but more than a 1000 national guard members are on standby after unrest in the city and in the capital washington d.c. police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse anti racism protesters who

gathered near the white house police say the crowds were ordered to leave after throwing bottles at offices and setting fire to newspaper boxes for more on all of that let's bring in our castro who is in washington d.c. for us i.d. let's start with what happened in portland another shooting death and a highly charged protest really feels like tension is escalating really across the country now. that's right this has been a very significant week of escalating tensions and we saw this overnight in portland now police there are not directly linking the fatal shooting of this man with the skirmishes that happened earlier in the day between the pro trump supporters and the black lives matter protesters but what we do know is that this is victim was a white man who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest he reportedly was wearing a hat with a far right insignia identifying him as a member of a group that's clashed with these protesters in the past and leading up to this

point we know a caravan of some 600 pro trump supporters in their vehicles had entered the portland many went around the out scar outskirts of the city however a significant group went into the downtown area that is where of course these protesters have been staging their protests for now going on 95 days in their work confrontations between these 2 groups there were fist fights objects thrown at each other paint balls etc now president trump said on twitter earlier today calling these pro trump ralliers great patriots now in his republican national convention speech earlier in the week he singled out portland as a city that he said was in chaos because of democrats who lead the city there are unable to contain this fury that's erupted since the death of george floyd now the mayor of portland pointedly delivered

a letter to the white house saying he does not want the president meddling more in this earlier federal agents who are unidentified have been deployed to the city of portland putting people on the backs of vans and that actually inflame tensions even further attracting more anti-police protesters to the area of the mayor saying a repeat of that would only be worse does not want the national guard involved. as we know now the white house chief of staff just saying this morning that national guard's being deployed to portland is certainly an option that remains on the table heidi i'm curious amid all of these escalating tensions this announcement of the president's upcoming visit to condition how is that going over. right well there is a lot of anger among the protesters in can ocean namely because the president has not said whether he will meet with the victim of that police shooting jacob lake who as you mentioned is now paralyzed or with his family what we do know trump

intends to do is meet with the police groups there in can osha now of course that's just another city that's been gripped with these tensions we've been seeing more peaceful protesting in clint kenosha with vigils held overnight and during the day on saturday now of course this wasn't always this peaceful there earlier in the week it was can no show that solved bloodshed on its streets when 2 black flies matter protesters were shot and killed. the person charged with that crime is a 17 year old white teenager apparently linked to some of the bit vigilante groups that went to connote. to try to in their words protect the federal property that protesters were defacing also tweeted about this earlier in the day saying that white teenager now charged with those double murder calling him a good example of why tweeting a person who said that that teenager was a good example of why i decided to vote for trump so

a lot of questions there about what the president intended with that tweet again he will be visiting can ocean person on tuesday to visit with law enforcement at this moment not planning to meet with a victim of the police shooting jacob blake will be watching very closely indeed he does or castro that with all the latest for us from washington d.c. thank you heidi. well activists in montreal have pulled down a statue of canada's 1st prime minister after calling for the abolition of the police system the head of the statue of john m. macdonald was broken off when it hit the ground. historians say mcdonald's policies in the late 19th century included the creation of a residential school system that forcibly removed indigenous children from their homes and sent into state run boarding schools many of them were accused some died . now more flooding is expected in sudan in the coming days where the government says the river nile has already reached unprecedented levels parts of the capital

khartoum are submerged after days of torrential rain at least $88.00 people have now died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of this rainy season ever morgan is in khartoum this is all that remains of his belongings after the river flooded his home and his neighborhood in sudan's capital huts and he says when he 1st saw the river rising 2 days ago he thought he'd be able to save his home but soon realized otherwise. we put sandbags around the entrance of the house so it won't collapse then i went to help other homes much closer to the nile and when the water continued rising i ran back to make sure my house wouldn't collapse but it did and we lost so much i took my family to a relative's house and now i'm trying to see what i can salvage. dozens of other homes have suffered similar damage destroyed by the river less than 5 kilometers away. i took my kids when my home got submerged in water all our

property and life savings have been destroyed by the flood. i have lived here for many years but this is the 1st time the flood has reached this site has caused a lot of damage my house now has collapsed. meteorologists say the rise in the level of the nile river is due to heavy rains in the south of the country they also say climate change has increased the amount of annual rainfall flash floods have killed scores of people since the start of the rainy season a month ago thousands of properties around the country have been destroyed hundreds have been displaced some living in tents of us staying behind to guard what is left of their shelters for many families who've lost their properties in the floods they journeyed to starting over is one that will take some time the country is going through an economic crisis with inflation soaring at 150 percent and as families wait for the water levels to recede there remain concerned about the potential spread of water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera sudan's government says

it expects more floods in the coming days as heavy rains continue to fall in the highlands of neighboring if you are the source of much of the miles of water i know that. we speak to an increase in the normal level in all sections especially from khartoum going northwards so we're urging those people on the banks of the neulander branches not just to be alert but to help protect the areas in their villages and come together for osama the damage is already done he's hoping the government now focuses on assisting those who have been affected by the floods so that they can get over the crisis and rebuild their lives he will morgan on to 0 or tomb well and is president of the world association for sustainable development he says the sudanese government has not done enough to help those affected by these floods. the current flooding in from. the could be that which we all see but across the whole river not from doing well off from across the central part of sudan is primarily i'm not sure of the disaster no one can argue against that and

that the defense system that is defense or the bridges are all that that the british in mechanism which only you need to understand very well they have failed to deal with it not because of the failure of the system i'm always been a critic of the government but this is serious i think we have to be to give 6 right that advantage of that what these can hold in terms of quarter is being fraud is a broken record is quite heavy flooding naturally they come with serious health issues there will be lots of b c's loss of property even now some environmentalist trying to help the country by giving them warning about insects which will come out of the water it's a very serious humanitarian crisis come don't it's a natural crises nothing to do is it down but it needs the government when it's the minister of social affairs this is the time when you see a social fabric so bought it by government with the vision and leadership we have

never seen a single talk from any of the government officials prime minister is in different ways he doesn't feel the benefits people i think this is a real classic example of a government fairly you have to support is this and i'm just one example george w. bush lost. his leadership when he failed to respond to a national disaster in the u.s. i think what is we're seeing is international disaster we leave total government failure. still ahead here on al-jazeera. the husband who threw her needs only demanding answers the families of victims of enforced disappearances and pakistan the government to take action. voluntary and to help find a vaccine will meet the indonesian sisters taking part in human trials. and another record for tennis as well number one but he has met resistance for an idea that some deem inappropriate peaceable explain all that and sports.

and other planes dry weather across much of the middle east that there will be a bit of improvement over the next couple days through the eastern end of the magazine particularly holds here and those temperatures all set to come down just a few degrees but it should feel a lot better now there's more rain again across into southern western areas of yemen and quite a bit of cloud generates through southern areas of the arabian peninsula we could just see maybe a scattered showers in the day temperature wise on she say 37 and the winds a very light and of coming from any direction they can actually be from the southeast so it refilling very humid in deep in the winds beginning to pick up again through the eastern end of the mad so jerusalem still very warm over the next few days but nowhere near assholes as it has been so time has come down from the 39

celsius and sunny through wednesday and thursday into the low thirty's so still a little bit to warmer than the average across with nearly in september central africa plenty of rain showers plenty of thunderstorms on this long trading line of cloud this is also producing quite a few rain showers all the way from mongolia right the way across botswana zimbabwe down across into mozambique and of course into south africa we've got some fairly strong winds again in showers along coastal areas of south africa and as a say as we go through tuesday more. those rain sun extending through most. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline with illegally dredged satins of some of the islands off the coast of indonesia and literally vanished it's a big business smuggling sam when they go to take the sale very few of the sand in our area you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so

plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency sound was at this time on al jazeera. investigative journalism i've got my i day look this is my day on from the press club down area but there were colombo ex-pats and discussion should reparations be paid to the constitution and people losing their support the freedom of the people looking to leave giving voice to the voiceless it's like you're going to do why don't every time you work programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today on al-jazeera. the the you.

know again i missed the attainder let's remind you of our top stories here this hour police and batteries have detained at least 125 people as protests and a week demonstrators are demanding political change president alexander is accused of rigging his reelection earlier this month. of urging and montenegro is underway as well act a new parliament there president miller you kind of it's cast his ballot in the capital. his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia. and to rental rain and floods of sabbats to many parts of sudan's capital counter the government says the river nile levels are unprecedented dozens have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season. the rain is also causing big problems in kenya where thousands have abandoned their homes environmentalist say decades of deforestation

plus heavy downpours unusual have contributed to the disaster out catherine so i has been to lake baringo where water levels have risen around 12 meters over the past 7 years that's all boats on lake berryessa go in kenya's rift valley but this area was it always covered by the lake and its waters hundreds of homes some schools clinics and markets many thousands of acres of farmland as well as several islands also marched as the water continues to rise at about 2 and a half centimeters a day. nagas area who has recently moved to higher ground after her house was claimed by the lake villages on an island that has been split into 3 and the learner know this island was whole and we could move around now the water separated us from our relatives i don't even have a boat to go to the other parts of the village people here say they started seeing the phenomenon in 20. since then the water level has risen by up to 12 metres

environmentally decades of deforestation siltation and unusually heavy rains this year. this is a new village that was built a few months back after people were displaced by the floods but water is again on their doorsteps and they will have to move soon they tell us life is stuff they're dealing with the cold mosquitoes and other animals like crocodiles and he pours yet they don't know where to go next i had was recently killed by a crocodile several tourist hotels are also struggling to stay above water. this is a reception area of the lodge where we were staying beyond it was a carpark 6 years ago and right here the lake was about 500 meters away as you can see in the hotel next door is all gone the manager shows us what remains of a one story cabin that accommodated up to 7 guests and a picture of what it used to be 6 years ago we had for this go to this head and i

love for bond us. virgin large camping ground over there and this was sitting on around 10 misalignment this is a freshwater lake which hundreds of thousands of people depend on for their basic needs it has no known outlet and is largely fed by rivers whose source is a mouse forest one of the region's most important water catchment areas but government officials say people are destroying the forest through illegal logging and farming some people are suggesting building a canal for the excess water to flow out by it's not clear what impact that will have on those downstream and the lake itself for now knowing this area and thousands of other kenyans who leave here have to fend for themselves they say at the rate the lake is rising they might soon run out of higher ground catherine soy al-jazeera kenya. at least 3 migrants have died after their boat caught

fire near the southern coast italian health officials say another 5 migrants have been injured and taken to hospital local police say 2 of their officers were also hurt during the rescue operation dozens of migrants who were rescued from other boats in the mediterranean sea last week have now been brought to the italian island of lampedusa they were among more than 200 picked up by a charity vessel funded by the british street artist banksy our charlotte dallas has more power. after radio silence from the italian coast guard on saturday they responded to calls for help transporting 49 migrants from charity. to the island of lampedusa. it was 32 women 13 children for maine and one body and an identified migrant who failed in their dream to start a new life in europe. they had been on the louise michel a search and rescue ship funded by renowned british street artist banksy named

after a 19th century french anarchist banksy painted it with a fire extinguisher and tagged it with a modified image of his balloon go i did launch last week from near valencia but the sushmita ship and its crew of team have been quickly overwhelmed. it came across nearly 90 people floating in a rubber boat on wednesday in 130 more off the coast of libya eventually with an overcrowded did they take the life rafts to the ship and most are in germany for urgent help but received no assistance the reason that there would not ever 2 more were because they were going to live for a long time to not overcrowd that so much and also to have. 5 a place for the body that they found. as the drama unfolded banksy posted this on instagram because i think it's

a guy writing like most people who make it in the art world. to cruise the meat it's a french navy vessel we converted into a lifeboat because. deliberately ignore distress calls from known europeans he goes on to say black lives matter. the u.n. suits 44000 migrants have crossed the mediterranean this year 5000 have been risk use mainly by charity ships 500 have droned there is a very dire very. preventable and a very unacceptable situation going on in the in the mediterranean right now there is deeply deeply concerned by the continued absence of search and rescue search and rescue vessels the u.n. to school to do more is a whole slew of countries like italy imports like lim produces beer a disproportionate lawyers in the migrant crisis. a

wildfire in southern spain has forced nearly 2 and a half 1000 people to evacuees 5 crews on the ground are struggling to access all the affected areas because of the rugged terrain that the fire has so far scorched around 90 square kilometers disease $29.00 people were killed when a restaurant collapsed in northern china $28.00 survivors were pulled out of the rubble and treating 7 with serious injuries local media say a wedding was being held at the time of the accident and the city of lynn fenton an investigation is currently underway. to the global corona virus pandemic valen cases have surged past 25000000 according to sunday's johns hopkins university tally scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a vaccine for the past 3 days indonesia has counted record numbers of infections and is advancing trials of a potential vaccine developed in china al-jazeera is just a washington has more from bob dole. this is just

a used to doing almost everything together and now yet another shared experience is part of the trial of a potential covert 19 vaccine. if this vaccine works praise god indonesia will go back to normal and we can go anywhere without being what. each day they feel in a health report and so far they've had no side effects on it and. so they did human trials in phase one and 2 and they were fine and so there's no need to be afraid more than 2000 indonesians signed up for the trial of the vaccine developed by chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers sign of back dr has also volunteered indonesia's medical community has been hit hard by the outbreak and dozens of doctors and nurses have died he hopes he can help his colleagues. know that. i don't feel like we're being used as guinea pigs in this time of the pain to make

this is an honor for us. the proposed vaccine has previously been tested in china now advanced trials are taking place in countries with higher rates of infection base 3 trials are expected to last around 6 months and if the vaccine does work indonesia's state owned pharmaceuticals manufacturer says it will increase production capacity and aim to produce around $250000000.00 doses of the vaccine by the end of the year. the government has signed a deal with son of that to purchase 50000000 doses of vaccine concentrate and take part in a technology transfer according to those running the trial in indonesia that's good for both nations. the infection rate is still high here we can benefit from this trial if it is successful in the one of the 1st countries to get the vaccine analysts say the outcome of the vaccine race could have long term impacts on global

politics. if. it's knowledge knowledge we have. as many as possible. more. son of a vaccine candidate is also being tested in brazil has been approved for late stage trials in bangladesh jesica washington al-jazeera indonesia looks on a bit sick is the lead at the u.c.l. global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases and she explains just what stage all the various vaccines are asked. well the clear front runners are the oxford or astra zeneca and buying and take candidate vaccines with claims that these could be ready as early as april 2021 now if we take a look at the timeline overall so going back to january 11th and chinese scientists

a 1st published the viral genome phase one clinical trials then quickly started where we have now moved into about $26.00 that are in human clinical trials overall and we also expect to see that there are several others including novak's will then also join fees through trials when the information is not being shared if there's a lack of transparency that can produce obstacles in terms of lessons learnt in ways to get an awesome on ice which vaccine candidate should be used wherever they also are that on the other hand there has been on precedence of about sort of a collaboration among scientists and of public health officials across many countries in the world open databases as well as rollback barboza prints in a way that's actually never happened before so while yes there are some elements of

the vaccine race that are concerning overall i do think we are moving in the right direction. now pakistan has one of the west records in the wild and forced disappearances rights groups say thousands of political activists and human rights workers have been taken against their will and held in secret al jazeera spoke to one woman his father was seized by armed men last year just rattled has her story. tanya contacts father idris is a well known human rights campaigner in pakistan on november 13th last year he disappeared in a police statement his driver said that an identified armed men stops their car put bags over their heads and drove them away in a separate vehicle the driver was released 2 days later and recently has been through for. me you tried to knock on every door of the men to the police. and it wasn't you produce

a sense one. and it was fine to see that so many families have to go through this do you through still reunions and the really need and the. and. in the end this still has the organization defense of human rights pakistan says idris is one of the around 5000 people portrayed as having been subject to inforced disappearance in pakistan in recent years to include journalists political and human rights activists and suspected members of armed groups many protests against the practice of been held families are demanding to know the whereabouts and fate of their missing loved ones in june the united nations released a statement condemning what it described as the widespread silencing of human rights defenders through intimidation secret detention torture and in 1st disappearance with the with the direct involvement of the pakistani government with

its complicity complacency those are my. brother has been missing since 2017 and since then my mother self has deteriorated we are worried about her health we demand pakistan's army chief to help us in his recovery as promised by him prime minister imran khan was a vocal critic of enforced disappearances while in political opposition after being elected in 2018 he approved a draft law criminalizing the practice but to muse later the rule still has not been presented to parliament for approval it is absolutely shameful that after 2010 there was the report of the national commission on enforced disappearances nor elected government has and forced are implemented any off its recommendations pakistan's minister of human rights offers no explanation why it's taking so long

to pass the law for them and they said why do we need more and more on this one but government like. that. just to get it off the list ready to be read at the moment this is a pretty forward focus on i wonder does that mean mr tallia made a video as part of the family's campaign demanding more information about their missing father in a rare acknowledgement of an enforced disappearance the military has confirmed that it receives facing charges on the pakistan's secrets act the family have filed a petition in the high court ordering the government to tell them where he is so far they have heard nothing they are increasingly afraid about the safety of a man they say has for years worked tirelessly to improve human rights in pakistan stratford al jazeera well ramon weighed in is a south asia campaigner with amnesty international she says actually likely to be

a higher number of people have gone missing and what's been reported. inforce disappearances are certainly something that because they're shrouded in secrecy we're never going to have an idea of the exact numbers of what a racket how many people have disappeared especially in box and across the region but in fact when we see that it's very much an ongoing phenomena it is something that we see almost daily reports often it doesn't really show any signs of relenting and in sri lanka we seem to sort of moved on to where the looking at as where it's at a transitional justice where they're not ongoing but families are still waiting for justice but i think the most critical number that really sort of defined the phenomenon of the horses appearances in south asia is the number 0 which is the number of prosecutions that uptick that is one of the biggest reasons why it continues to happen with the force that it does it's one of those situations where it really as long if the political will doesn't exist it doesn't really matter what

the background wants of how the government was functioning or how entrenched they were in the military if there is because as we see that even if the democratically elected governments that spent this francis continue to happen relent that's the and and even in sri lanka of course we've had civilian governments that have decided over this we've seen in the body that has been the case we've seen that in kashmir that continues to happen so it's really just you don't have the political will and that's if the act itself is not criminalized to continue unabated now they have been protests and malicious over the government's slow response to an oil spill is that people say that environmental damage is wes that it might a thing more than $1000.00 tons of fuel spill that's when a japanese ship struck a coral reef back in july and car like reports. are going to perceive. the final desperate moments of a mother trying to save her dying cough. this footage was filmed by

a fisherman as he tried to help the pair as they struggled in waters contaminated by oil in militias but they join dozens of others that have washed up dead in recent days that's happened after a japanese own tanker truck a coral reef in july and leaked more than a 1000 tons of fuel oil into the sea nourishing or 30 states not yet clear whether the spill is to blame for the dolphins deaths but environmentalist and experts warn the worst is yet to come and the strongest ship is stranded on coral systems and destroying the creatures creating clouds into the water inside the coral reef despite the militia and government's efforts and a team of specialists sent by japan the people here say not enough has been done. to. thousands gathered in the capital port louis calling for an investigation and for government officials to step down the government says it has set up a commission to look into the spill and promised autopsies on all the dead dolphins

but many say that's too little too late since the one i have been like soliciting our government about. their immediate precautions to prevent any spillage into the ocean but i've never once thought they were completely in action they are the full impact of the spill is still unfolding but scientists are warning of a major ecological disaster one that could impact militias and its tourism dependent economy for decades to come car leg al-jazeera. sports is next here on al-jazeera and a player tests positive for the crime virus a day before tennis as u.s. open is set to begin. jump into the stream and julian on global community this generation will have to

create its own democracy with social media and will online 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 violence that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he keeps human way to business if we're going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is the era. the latest news as it breaks it from testing not only against a police crackdown but also against what they call our big election with details coverage. more than 300000 people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and phyllis journalism from around the world following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material there are plans for mass demonstrations. rooted.

but it is now time for force and peace are a good day fellows hamilton another good day actually start to lose hamilton clinching his $89.00 career win at the belgian grand prix the 6 time world champion made from pole position at spa to finish at the top of the podium ahead of teammate felt terry barton s red bull's next step and was 3rd hamilton is well ahead in the championship standings and now just 2 wins away from the all time record of 91 career wins held by 7 time world champion michael schumacher. if to return to spa a year on from the fatal crash that claimed the life of driver and one who bear and gravely injured one man well of course they are but it wasn't a good day for roy in

a sunny and then take them who crashed and frustrations boiled over on the team radio. but because of it very well you it cannot get. out in front roberts waterman took the checkered flag but all eyes were on make sure america finished 3rd the son of formula one legend michael schumacher hitting the 2nd podium of the weekend. tennis player has to suppose that of 4 coronavirus and withdrawn from the u.s. open which begins on monday reported a french newspaper named the player as ben war pair the 17th seed is not showing symptoms but must now isolate for 10 days organizers the u.s.t.a. say they will begin contact tracing to determine if anyone else needs to go into quarantine this year's grand slam in new york is taking place in the bubble and without spectators because of the pandemic. meanwhile will number one ever talk of h. who recently recovered from coronavirus goes into the tournament as the favorite for

the men's title on saturday he equalled rafa adele's masters 1000 record of 35 career titles so when the western and southern open final beating me last round each 1663 in $64.00 that will also means he is the 1st man to win each masters event at least twice. but he's also faced criticism off the court after resigning as head of the a.t.p. as player counsel jack of it wants to form a new separate independent means players' association to cater to players needs and concerns that roger federer rafa in the dell and andy murray feel that given the coronavirus pandemic this is not an appropriate time for his idea there's been a couple of groups of $200.00 plus players that have been formed. create covidien also during cove it and sending various letters to a.t.p. and expressing their discontent with certain certain things that are in place and they wanted more power to be wanted more voice and they don't have it made

a mess he has failed to show for a pre-season coronavirus test at barcelona's training complex the origin time is fighting with the club to let him leave after announcing his intention last week basis teammates all turned up for the medical test earlier on sunday he's absence means he won't be allowed to join them for the 1st training session on monday the forward is asked for a meeting with the club's board to negotiate his exit but so far barcelona has refused to end these deal which expires next june unless another club is willing to pay $833000000.00 for him especially backing barcelona. the n.b.a.'s return to action after days of strikes by players protesting social injustice the more he began the movement put their energies back into the playoffs on saturday as they face the orlando magic journal reports. please join us in observing a moment of silence a return to the courts in florida but this day was about so much more than just

basketball it began with a minute's silence for amongst others actor chadwick boseman who'd played black panther and who died aged 43. and then again the milwaukee bucks and orlando magic players knelt for the national anthem and ongoing call for social justice that's still strong in the wake of jacob blake's shooting which sparks the bucs initial refusal to play midweek and ignited a movement through american sports. it's something that we did from our heart you know we were totally different things going on in this world we want action one of the things we got a hole. and we decided ready to do this as a team. the buck shown on the court as well as a combo had 28 points and 17 rebounds as his team beat the magic 11821042 close out the eastern conference series in 5 games they'll face miami in the 2nd round beginning on monday. the l.a.

lakers also went through winning their western conference series against the portland trail blazers team anthony davis scored a playoff best 43 bron james had 36 points as the top seeded lakers won a playoff series for the 1st time since 2012 james says he'll keep leading his team on and off the court as the conversation about social justice continues to. change . and while yes we use my voice yes we resume or trying to create change but no there's not actually. the lakers will now play either houston or oklahoma city the rockets have taken a 32 lead in that series after 811-4218 victory james harden lead the scoring 31 points the aim to reach the same. finals with game 6 on monday joining us al-jazeera. the n.h.l.

are also in their playoffs and the 2018 runners up vegas golden knights have taken a 21 lead in their series against the vancouver canucks with the roots of the straightforward win for vegas 3 nothing the school in game 3 edmonton alex tucker zach a white cloud and mark stones going for the golden knights of auburn later made 32 saves. in the western conference the new york islanders are 21 up in their series against the philadelphia flyers on saturday and surround new york secured a 31 victory in game 3 this game was richard york from thursday after the players decided not to play in protest against social injustice. dustin johnson and he documents were yama share the lead going into the final round of golds b.m.w. jam project and the only 2 players under par in the field with this eagle at the 4th hole on saturday the shot of the day though came from cory connors who aced the 6th season a tie for 21st. that's where we leave it for the most sports news late in the

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