we understand the differences in the same cultures across the world so no matter what. the news in calendar for that matter. donald trump backtracks after suggesting that americans should try to vote twice in november he now says the voters must check if the postal ballots have been counted . alive adrian for them this is our 0 live from doha also coming up we called on russia to investigate this in a transparent and settlement there the e.u. steps up the pressure on russia as the kremlin rejects german allegations that opposition figure alexina valmy was poisoned. a boost for the leader of bella

roosts russia's prime minister reiterated force as alexander lukashenko grapples with a political crisis. at a quarter of a century after e-bay went online find out how its founder is backing efforts to rein in a breakup tech giants. we begin with breaking news nato has announced that greece and turkey will hold talks to defuse tensions in the eastern mediterranean they've been locked in an escalating dispute over gas exploration flights secretary general the and stoltenberg says that both nations aim to reduce the risk of accidents that could lead to a military confrontation. u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on his suggestion that photos should try to cost the ballots twice and move them the selection he urged people to send ballots

by mail then tried to vote again in past to test the mail in voting system democrats accuse the president of encouraging voters to break the law he's not changed his position saying that those voting by post should go as a polling stations to make sure that ballots have been counted let's go live to washington a white house correspondent kimberly health that is there. was this a u. turn or clarification by the president. yet appears to be a bit of a u. turn in a series of tweets the u.s. president kind of cleaning up the comments that he had made earlier suggesting that people should not only mail it of ballot but also vote in person in essence twice now the president in those tweets saying that what he really meant was that people should mail in their ballot may go to the holing station and make sure that ballot was counted now to be clear it is a federal offense a felony of fact in the united states to vote twice in the top elections official

in the u.s. state of north carolina reach iterating that for anyone who might be confused now if addition to the president cleaning up as cover as the attorney general also said the same thing essentially that the president wasn't suggesting committing voter fraud when he was just doing is essentially making the point that this isn't closely monitored and there needs to be better election security but most people not reading it that way so the president getting an awful lot of pushback particularly given the fact that we know there's going to be an enormous amount of mail in voting this year there was one quarter of the population or rather one quarter of voters voting by mail back and 2016 added six-pack to be even higher in 2020 because of the concerns of prone to virus and that there might be an increased rate of infection if you're forced to stand in a long line to vote person the president in the last 24 hours has also been issuing controversial statements about cities that have experienced protests of late.

yeah the concern is that some of these protests have kind of devolved into violence and that we've seen not just in washington d.c. in new york city but also in places like an ocean wisconsin and even in portland oregon in fact that's probably one of the most extreme cases where things have the protests and the violence starts and that's been going on for about 3 months and so the concern has become that things are out of control at least from this administration and so they put in place a memo the federal government suggesting polling funding from cities that seem to have gotten out of control the warning that this administration is using is their cues in the federal or rather the local officials abdicating their duties protect the citizens in those cities so as a result the attorney general's got 14 days to identify the list of cities notably they seem to all be controlled by democrats and so that left the president open to

criticism that this is really more politically motivated this is his effort to project strength the law and order at a time when he's trying to get away from some of the more negative handling of the economy and other negative headlines on his head live the economy and also the rising case of cope with 19 in the united states a white house correspondent kelly heloc of reporting live from washington kimberly many thanks indeed facebook has a house when it says a steps to prevent its platform from being exploited in the week leading up to the u.s. election it will stop accepting new political ads 7 days before election day but will continue showing ones they don't already in the system c.e.o. mark zuckerberg says he's concerned about a period of intense claims and counterclaims as the final results are counted facebook has previously faced criticism from the doing enough to fact check off the coals on its platforms. democratic presidential nominee joe biden this user visits

the city of commotion in wisconsin which has become the new focus of the national debate on systemic racism he's expected to meet with the family of jacob blake a black man who was shot 7 times in the back by a white police officer last month the shooting led to days of sometimes violent protests against racism and police brutality let's go live now to commotion i was there as john hendren is that john what's the mood that of joe biden's visit. well it's in 2 separate tori but what we're not getting is the kind of reaction we would have gotten a week ago and that is when hundreds of protesters filled the streets here and they are largely gone but joe biden has arrived in wisconsin a little less than half an hour ago did not speak to reporters as he arrived at the airport and is coming here to meet with the family of jacob blake but wider family and we expect him to express sympathy and the family wants to talk about

legislation that could be passed to ensure that police treat black americans more fairly. biden then will come to this church here where he's expected to have a community meeting he's expected to meet with business leaders and law enforcement and that's key because he's trying to really draw a line on the one hand expressing sympathy for the aims of the protesters and the need to end this is demick racism in u.s. police department but also to condemn the violence that's going on here and can notion of the arson and some of the looting here that businesses have been dealing with so as he said in his speech in the last day or 2 he is firmly against the violence but on the same page with the protesters and the need for change and this signals that biden will probably be out on the campaign trail much more often now he has of course been doing a lot of virtual events from the basement of his home in delaware now we're told he

will be out on the road coming to places like no shit and trying to send that message that he is a centrist democrat while the president is portraying him as radical under the control of radical protestors and that he is actually prolonging foresman does not want to defund the police and he's here to listen to the community both the blake family and those who've been affected by some of the violence here. john hendren live in qatar shot by thanks to you joe. the kremlin is rejecting allegations or accusations rather that russia is responsible for the poisoning of alexina bali germany says that it has unequivocal proof that the opposition figure was poisoned with another chalk nerve agent chancellor angela merkel said the poisoning is attempted murder al-jazeera is laurence leamer reports. now lying in a hospital bed in palin alexina valley has become the latest critic of the russian regime to have his life put on the line the german government has made it clear he

was poisoned by novacek in order to silence him and has demanded answers from moscow across much of the european union the reaction has been the same be called on russia to investigate these in a transparent and for all men there and it's also in the interest of russia to provide answers to the questions because this type of. chemical agent is not freely available it was used on the russian territory against the russian citizen so it's very important that it's thoroughly investigated and that the assets are provided both from the russian public and to the international by the echoes of the poisonings of the former spice case cripple and his daughter in the english city of seoul spree also by novacek only to clear the british government has also condemned the attack on the valley but the response from the russian government has been identical in both cases there is no proof and if you will the investigation then let us help there's no chance of that russia's one friend in all this inside europe

is belarus where the beleaguered president ran to putin's aide accusing the german government of making the whole thing up but the calls have begun once again to get russia's attention properly by threatening to pull the plug on nord stream to the gas pipeline which will run from northern russia through germany to denmark yet for all the demands for a pan european response countries like hungary whose nuclear power is underwritten by moscow will surely know. ever agree if russia was responsible for the poisoning it also follows it is still not concerned what the repercussions might look like lawrence lee al jazeera. russia's prime minister is in better reuss meeting with president alexander lukashenko whose face weeks of protests against his rule russia has vowed to send police forces into battle if required demonstrators have been calling on lookers shanker to resign accusing him of rigging last month's election

he offered support to russia following those claims by germany over the vollies poisoning because shankar without supplying evidence disputed the allegation but it smith is monitoring developments for us from neighboring the 3 way nia. bottom it needs incentives prime minister to stand down and mince to really seal the deal for moscow to make it clear that bottom if you sin is going to back. the now and that was never clear before in the run up to the presidential election in ments on which the 9th shanker in fact used to set the rules frets of russian interference in his country's affairs if people didn't vote for him paul went to had claimed the one with $0.08 or as now as we know it will tens of thousands of people out on the streets of men who reject that and many most western powers of also rejected that 80 percent result on the calling for a reelection putin has decided to but who has decided to back lucas schenker

previously there was no love lost between the 2 leaders but the payoff in may well be that way once had an irritating and not very compliant neighbor to the south well now. it's a viable 2. we're going to weather update next here on out of here and then across africa claims of corruption in response to the coronavirus product process in a number of countries. at least for the moment hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie is found not guilty of one charge but is still under investigation. hello the dry weather across much of the middle east but it's also

a very warm that alcee days through the eastern end of the mediterranean no real cloud in size and no real easing of those temperatures now elsewhere the winds are very lies they will say much the way of sand or dust but in fact how much is reaching the mid forty's baghdad across into kuwait not quite as hot further to the south a feeling really quiet here with plenty of cloud as well developing through central western as a soggy and still the child's there shows into the fall south and west of yemen that it is more rain in the 4 calls working its way across the black sea so we could see one to more showers and some thunderstorms across northern areas of turkey nickols coming down some very saturated ground say ok there would be to have you now those temperatures coming back in jerusalem suffered a 39 degrees celsius that is well above the average for this time of year maybe by monday want to but even then with a temperature of 35 it is still very warm for this time of the year central africa . they tend to really cluster around the gulf of guinea for the next couple of days notice a bad day friday further to the south across south africa by there is more rain in

the forecast pushing into his cape town on saturday i will see more of those scattered showers and cloudy conditions throughout much of central and southern areas of mozambique. but. a unique kid endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of the ecuador's tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about a city i knew most of we have here and now that probably alleges becoming by their self conservation in their communities al-jazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist untied teams afterwards to save the flora and fauna so precious in the region women make science ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. worthy of a lot.

again this is going to surprise you of the main news this hour says that greece and turkey are to hold talks trying to diffuse tension in the eastern mediterranean they've been locked in an escalating dispute over gas exploration rights. u.s. president donald trump has backtracked on his suggestion that people try to vote twice in november election he says the mail in votes should be sent and the voters should go to polling stations to make sure they're counted. and the kremlin is rejecting accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of alexina valmy germany says that it has unequivocal proof that a nerve agent was used the opposition figure who's now being treated in. lebanon's army says that it's found more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate

a beirut port the same highly explosive material of course the blast last month on the engine is reported to be dealing with it with no specific information given about what action is being taken let's go live now to beirut al-jazeera say to hold a joint since from the site of this obviously something going on behind you right now we'll talk about that in just a 2nd 1st briefly tell us what little we know about this ammonium nitrate find. well not much you mentioned the lebanese army in their statement saying that $4.00 tons of ammonium nitrate was found in a facility close to one of the entrances of the ports what we understand is that army engineers are now trying to remove this highly explosive material material that was responsible believed to be responsible for that massive explosion one month ago that ripped through a neighborhood and killed more than a $190.00 people really a lot of questions what was 4 tons of ammonium nitrate outside warehouses well.

where according to officials 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate were stored since 2013 now some experts have said the they studied the blast the power of that blast and they believe that 2700 tons of ammonium nitrate no it was much less because it's 2700 tons then it would have caused much more damage though this raises questions what was some of the material being stolen some documents have emerged in recent days suggesting that customs officials were concerned that the some of the of nitrate was being stolen and that was why there was repair work so so many questions investigations are continuing when the explosion 1st happened the authorities said that they will have the results in 5 days that they'll tell the public what exactly happened it's been a month and only today was the 1st day that they actually questioned a high ranking official the caretaker prime minister on what he knew about the

explosives stored at beirut port and what's going on behind you right now. rescue workers are. rescue workers. so. if there's anything anyone 'd. we were. busy busy busy there was like.

there's anyone inside the house busy. one of them seems to be alive. and we're trying to make sure there's no one inside. there was something on the. start doing to make sure that there was no one inside. busy.

or 'd. just making sure that there wasn't as inside the house thank you edward thank you so rescue operations are a month later there's a lot of anger here with a government that many believe has been really negligent since that support explosion people like edward they work for local n.g.o.s the government really has done very little in the relief and rescue and repair operations since the blast how does arizona hold up reporting live from beirut many thanks dude. jamaica's general election is underway despite a worsening corona virus outbreak more than 7000 people have been hired to maintain hygiene a polling stations infections have spiked since the vote was called in august by prime minister andrew hall most 6 months ahead of shuttle polls suggest that his

center right ruling party will win another 5 years in. student unions in urging people to boycott vendors general election they say that the country can't build real democracy as long as the constitution reserves a quarter of all parliamentary seats for the army zeros florence louis reports. in myanmar telltale signs that a general election it's coming downtown and gone try shows have been decked out with party flags and printing companies have been busy putting party logos on banners t. shirts and caps the upcoming november election will be myanmar 2nd contested elections since 50 years of military rule ended in 2011 but for some the hope and excitement of the last election in 2015 have given way to a sense of disappointment. university student men can't chore is the communications

officer for the federation of student unions that's urging voters to boycott the polls in order to any government elected from an election held under the 2008 constitution can never be sit to be one of debts for the people is only for the interests of the really terry is happening now as well as why we need to dissolve these constitution which is why we need to a post this election only 75 percent of seats in parliament up for election the rest are reserved for the military effectively giving it veto power over any constitutional change the ruling party the national league for democracy or an audi one a landslide victory in 2015 and try to amend the constitution but fail to obtain the 75 percent needed it's politicians have criticized the no vote campaign as misguided and more easily we can separate elections from democracy. if you don't

have elections and democracy will feel. the vote because we want democracy we can make the constitution be the only issue. but the n l d has also struggled on other fronts it's failed to stop the fighting between the army and ethnic armed groups despite a nationwide cease fire agreement in 2015 and several rounds of talks and the government has come under pressure internationally over a military crackdown on the rohingya minority in rakhine state in 2017 which rights groups have said tend to mount to genocide. the national league for democracy is one of the most worried about the no vote campaign and all day leaders know why the no vote campaign has been revived they once stood with the n.l. the against the military dictatorship they also vote for the n l d now they are unhappy with the n.l. days performance and are not going to vote even so many analysts expect the n l

d to win the election but possibly with a smaller majority and its landslide victory in 2015 florence italy al-jazeera. a prominent media mogul and pro-democracy figure in hong kong has been found not guilty of intimidating a reporter from a rival newspaper jimmy lai was facing up to 5 years in prison adrian brown reports from hong kong. it was all over very quickly surrounded by media some from organizations he owns jimmy lai was a man in a hurry as you arrive at west kalou magistrate's court within minutes of entering the building he was acquitted of the magistrate said she found insufficient evidence to support allegations that the media proprietor had intimidated a reporter from a rival newspaper more than 3 years ago calling the journalist an unreliable witness. i didn't talk as he left court it's not the end of his legal fight

he faces at least 5 other criminal investigations last month around 200 police raided his newspaper office after he became the most high profile figure from the city's pro-democracy movement to be detained under a new security law he was charged with foreign collusion and faces up to 10 years in jail that trials expected to happen next year jimmy lies acquittal comes amid renewed debate over judicial independence in hong kong just this week the chief executive terry land said there was no separation of powers between the executive legislature and judiciary a principle that's been repeatedly emphasized by the city's top judges carrie lamb will be able to point to wednesday's verdict as proof in her eyes that the judiciary here does remain independent even as more legal thinkers say the opposite

adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. prosecutors in slovakia are appealing the acquittal of a high profile businessman who was charged with ordering the murder of an investigative journalist in q.c. account his fiance was shot dead at the home 2 years ago police suspects that suspect rather that was targeted for reporting corruption involving businessmen with political connections the murders led to mass anti-government protests and the resignation of the prime minister afghanistan's government says that it's freed nearly all taliban prisoners in the run up to peace talks that are due to start in castle $400.00 prisoners were awaiting release a study and france though are objecting to the 7 remaining inmates being freed they'll be held in custody while the negotiations are held india has recorded the world's biggest single day rise in new corona virus infections all the 83000 cases reported on wednesday the 3rd time this week the totals been above 80000 the u.s.

held the previous single day record with 77000 a number of african countries are facing protests over scandals related to the purchase of protective medical equipment hospital staff in south africa held a demonstration of the turia of a low salaries and the poor quality of protective equipment a report by the orders of general found that some of the 30000000000 dollar coronavirus fund has been fooled you limply used. step into my time machine i'm going to take you back 25 years to the beginning of the dot com boom many of the startups wouldn't survive but one that became known as e-bay transformed buying and selling as we now know is now the man who founded it is working to limit the size and power of today's tech giants as i was there as well brunell's reports from los angeles. in 199528 year old computer scientist

pierre omidyar had an idea for a new type of e-commerce company based on an ancient model that became known as e-bay used to take in the. idea and the bizarre which we have now now is like centuries all and you have figured out a way to scale and you know kind of scale it globally and that was the beauty of you know kind of really not all e-bay quickly became a rising star in the emerging online world e-bay became a publicly traded company in 1998 making omidyar a billionaire at 31 under c.e.o. meg whitman e-bay entered a period of growth and acquisition those were the years that you know wired. and so many different companies that were very very lucrative and were a significant part of the company's early success by 2015 e.-bay stock was worth $80000000000.00 it had revenues of 8 and

a half 1000000000 dollars that year and employed $11600.00 people but he commerce rival amazon began picking up steam innovating crushing rivals and taking more and more of a share of e-commerce from e bay i would characterize than as a little bit of that that happy year the company was was doing well financially but then they seemingly had slowed down it had lost the momentum in the market place to amazon today iba is still profitable but it is dwarfed by amazon's scale and reach as for omidyar he stepped down from the base board in 2017 and has devoted himself to philanthropy through his investment firm the omidyar network he's stepped away from and yes a lot of time to think about how to make the world a better place from his point of view the no. work has taken aim at tech giants including google and facebook and their impact on political discourse and

democratic values 2016 of worship. on pure what other people raise concerns and where. we're very. network supports legal efforts to break up and rein in the tech giants an issue that has become increasingly prominent politically democratic presidential candidate joe biden promises to take a hard look at splitting up companies such as facebook if he's elected robert oulds los angeles. it's good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines from al-jazeera nato says that greece. but hold talks to try to defuse tension in the eastern mediterranean they've been locked in an escalating dispute over gas

exploration rights secretary-general against book says that both nations will set up a mechanism to reduce the risk of accidents that could lead to military confrontation the us president donald trump has backtracked on his suggestion that people try to vote twice in the event as election he says the man in votes should be sent on the photos should go to polling stations to make sure they're counted a white house correspondent kimberly hell could reports. especially what the president is doing is cleaning up the fact that what he suggests was indeed illegal and that is the latest word from the top official the head of the board of elections in the u.s. state of north carolina it's illegal to vote twice bottom line full stop that's what the president suggested and now his series of tweets sort of dialing that back . the kremlin is rejecting accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of alexina valmy germany says that it has unequivocal proof that another truck

nerve agent was used on the opposition figure he's being treated in berlin russia's prime minister is in better roost meeting with president alexander lukashenko who's faced weeks of protests against his rule russia has vowed to send police forces into baylor reuss if needed lebanon's army says it's more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate at beirut port the same highly explosive material that caused the blast there last month on the engine is are in the process of securing it afghanistan's government says that has freed nearly all taliban prisoners in the run up to peace talks user starts in cats about 400 prisoners were awaiting released a study and france though objects the 7 remaining inmates being freed now those are the headlines more you see here. is inside story next.

his zimbabwe we've been seeing policy and then see if the government is offering to tone down to wanting to call the forced off their properties 20 years ago but is this enough to resolve one of those divisive policies for them. this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. they issue of who owns the land in zimbabwe is controversial 2 decades ago former president robert mugabe a vile.