we checked his most popular comes into effect across america will this be. us china relations september on al-jazeera. the. al-jazeera. hello i'm barbara starr this is the al-jazeera news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next 60 minutes the us president backtracks after being accused of suggesting that people vote twice in the november election defusing tensions in the eastern mediterranean nato says greece and turkey are ready for talks athens denies any such agreement russia rejects accusations alexina it was poisoned by not the chalk is the e.u.

demands answers and asking the hard questions an independent panel is unveiled to review the world health organization's pandemic response. on how much now have all the sports stars continue to tumble at the u.s. open to attend see the. crashing out in the 2nd round. us president donald trump appears to have backtracked on his suggestion that people should try to vote twice in the embers election to test the mail in a voting system them across accuse the president of encouraging people to break the law he's now changed his position saying people should go to polling stations to make sure that their mail in ballots were counted helen fisher reports now from washington d.c. . after the president appeared to our 2 supporters in north carolina to break the

law and vote twice the defense from the podium of the white house briefing room the president does not condone unlawful voting by the president's been very clear about this some once again not surprised the media taking the president out of context president's trying to enfranchise americans which is exactly what he's been saying he wants every american to have a vote president himself tried helping with the cleanup he posted a series of tweets where he told voters to go to their polling places after sending in their 1000000 ballots to make sure their vote had been counted the contriver syrup to during a presidential campaign visit to north carolina he said people want to do but election fraud should vote twice let him send it in and let him go vote and if this isn't as good as they say it is then obviously there will be able to vote if it isn't tabulated they'll be able to vote so that's the way it is intentionally voting twice is a crime something officials in north carolina pointed out in

a statement he said attempting to vote twice in an election or soliciting someone to do so also is a violation of north carolina law there are numerous checks in place in north carolina that prevent people from double voting attorney general william barr was asked during an interview on american t.v. to respond to trump's comments the government's top lawyer said he didn't know the election laws in every state but added without evidence that widespread vote by mail is very open to fraud and coercion is reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire. president trump has often claimed that merely voting will be used to rob him of the election one expert in 2000000 voting says there's new evidence to support the president's allegations in the past when when politicians have debated election laws it's been it's been intense but it's not been to the level of vitriol and certainty behind the statements that we see the president and

his allies making about male it's it's a real stark divide between the evidence and the rhetoric on this issue that there's just such a wide gulf between the 2 the federal election commission says the idea of 1000000 fraud is a conspiracy theory that's backed up by a 2700 study which find the overall rate of voting fraud in the us is at the most 0.0009 percent own fishing i'll just see it in washington. for us and jordan joins us now from alexandria in for genea rosalyn trumpet as officials continue to question the integrity of the electoral process now in this particular issue donna tom seems to have backtracked but i mean you know 2 months to go before the election what impact could this actually have on voters. it's well it's the intent and i can't speak to the president's intent but if the intent is to try to further confuse voters about the integrity of the

voting process and of the political process writ large this certainly could have an impact it's important to note that this discussion about whether voters should be able to cast a ballot by mail whether in an official mail voting process or in an in an absentee voting process where you know that you're not going to be able to get to the polls on election day doll trump has been raising questions about the integrity of that process of voting ahead of election day for some time now and his critics have accused the president of basically of trying to depress the vote particularly from those who might be opposed to his attempts to be reelected this is also a situation where in recent weeks we have been talking here about the integrity and the viability of the united states postal service which is of course how people

would return their ballots if they were voting either in a formal vote by mail program or voting with an absentee ballot there have been questions about whether a postal workers have been directed to slow down the delivery of mail throughout the nationwide system and whether they are doing so in order to try to give an advantage to the president's supporters who would be very motivated to try to vote for his reelection come november 3rd this is a situation that has democrats quite concerned because of what happened in 2016 where public suggestions about the viability of mr trump's opponent hillary clinton did apparently play a role. in the final vote outcome even though she did win the popular vote not enough voters came out in those so-called swing states to give clinton the victory

over donald trump and so this is a system where with a little more than 2 months to go people are very concerned about any effort to depress the total. popular vote and if it means having people questioned whether or not they are there they can vote legally through the mail and then or whether they can just take their chances by going to the polls it's would be stirring up confusion. rosalyn jordan with the latest there from alexandria in virginia rosen thank you. meanwhile the democratic presidential nominee joe biden has visited the city of can ocean wisconsin the city has become the new focus of the national debate on systemic racism he spoke to the family of jacob blake the black man 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 by the ins appearances just 2 days

after a visit by president trump who said that that stray sions amounted to domestic terror john hendren joins us live now from and john we understand that joe biden met with community leaders there as well generally speaking this is meshed message right now and. he did he met with those community leaders after an hour long meeting in milwaukee with the family of jacob blake and during that time he's been in 15 minutes. with you completely himself having just come out of the intensive care unit one of the things that he told joe biden was that he was not going to give up what ever happened with his paralysis he's paralyzed from the waist down after that by. took the 40 minutes or so drive to canal sure wisconsin but 2 races during church and there he said that his reason for running for

president really began during the white supremacist rally in charlottesville virginia he said we need to make up for 400 years of racial injustice in the united states and he said that's what really got him going then he expressed listen to a lot of people who were complaining that there had not been enough progress there was a woman there who said we've heard enough words now we want action to stop this but least brutality in this country. he went on to say that he was concerned about the level of violence that occurred here taking a centrist line with sympathy for the black eyed matter supporters but on the other hand also saying that violence and arson and looting was an acceptable here's a little of what he had to say. we're in a situation now where we cannot let up we can have up

violence in any form is wrong in the one concern i have and i understand it is that people are going to be so frustrated particularly in the communities that need the help the most need to be treated. or say it's not worth it all are going to vote grows a very good friend of mine talked to him 2 days before he died john lois is john said. the only answer is divine. it's the only. show with exactly 2 months left to go to the election biden left a town very much divided canoe she voted for trump in 2016 then voted for a democratic governor in 2018 and one of the reasons he was here one of the reasons this is become such a battleground state is that hillary clinton did not come here in 2016 at all and

narrowly lost this state to donald trump biden does not want that to happen here he is the only can't democratic nominee 'd to come here since 2012 when barack obama can. drop into the latest from kosha in wisconsin john thank you. and staying in the u.s. there have been protests in new york after the release of police body camera footage of a black man who died after being arrested in march that was strange house call for officers to be charged with the killing of daniel prude police were called one prude ran naked in the street during a mental health crisis officers hooded him and knelt on his back pro died one taken off life support 7 days later the city's mayor a lovely one said the on thursday the prude was failed to buy her and she has suspended the officers involved well daniel prudes daughter says the officers should be charged with murder if you see they have video and see how far they're in

the state of helplessness where he was complying in was a given anybody your heart's hand in need of help is is deb statement is really taking a toll on him are so. we've never seen our father in a situation the way. i have to say now is i want i want justice i want these officers charged with murder in. the studio iraq shows. coming up on al-jazeera this news hour lebanon's army finds more than 4 tons of the explosive chemical the cause that last month's devastating blast in the same b. route port thousands of health care workers protest in south africa calling for more protective gear and better pay as they battle the coronavirus and in sports we'll tell you which team is set up

a semi final clash with the top seeds in the n.b.a. playoffs. nato says turkey and greece are to hold talks with the aim of the fusing tension in the eastern mediterranean but athens denies any such agreement the 2 countries are at loggerheads over ownership rights of offshore oil and gas reserves near cyprus and crete the neighbors have been carrying out competing military exercises in the region greece says turkey must 1st withdrawal any ships from the disputed region ankara supports the nature of talks both countries have accuse the other of stoking tensions with threats of military action while these are the exclusive economic zones of greece turkey and cyprus as the find by the u.n. it accords greece 71 percent of the a g. and c. and turkey 8.8 percent but this is how turkey redraws the same map claiming much

of greece's waters as its own and this is the area where turkey has started looking for oil within its self to find waters but that infringes on greece's maritime territory according to both the e.u. and the un stephanie decker has more on this now from istanbul. that announcement by nato secretary general came shortly after a conference call a video call that was held with the turkish president also the foreign minister here and senior security officials with the german chancellor angela merkel of course germany has been key in trying to mediate between the 2 sides trying to get the 2 sides to start negotiations what you have now according to u.n. stolberg as you said an announcement saying that the 2 sides have agreed to start technical talks this has to do with a de confliction line if you will when it comes to their military assets in the eastern mediterranean because the sea is so heavily heavily militarized at the

moment you have turkey continuing life fire exercises until september the 12th you have greeks military fleet you have other countries with a military fleet there as well so the potential for any accident if you will in such a tense time is very real so i think that move is of course a welcome move when it comes to deescalating that tension but the bigger picture of hasn't been addressed is incredibly complicated when it comes to maritime rights who says what turkey is not a signatory to the u.n. law of the see it here is to what it says it's continental shelf greece of course says that turkey is infringing on its waters when it's coming to exploratory moves that are still going on and will continue until september the 12th so it's very difficult to see how those issues are going to be addressed and resolved because president everyone's had a lot of harsh words in the last couple of days saying that turkey is not going to back down it's being unfairly treated its coastline is being caged in and greece of course also not backing down saying that turkey is infringing on its sovereign

maritime rights. well let's go to greece now and speak to our correspondent who joins us via skype from athens john obviously not only do the 2 countries need to i guess try to diffuse the escalating tensions but they also need to discuss the actual issue at hand then and this far as greece is concerned they're actually saying these talks aren't even happening that they haven't agreed. well there are 2 separate processes here the european union which currently has a german presidency has undertaken to broker talks on the substance of greek turkish differences which is that continental shelves and exclusive economic zones that did result in talks beginning in late july those were not the actual main negotiations to settle boundary disputes those were simply preliminary talks to discuss the parameters of the negotiations the greeks want

those talks to take place on the basis of the un law of the sea turkey resists that now turkey broke off from those talks and since then the germans have been trying to restart them that is the main negotiating process that addresses the substance of the differences what nato is concerned with is not territorial nato is concerned with its allies not having a war within the alliance and what it is trying to do is to have these de confliction mechanisms put in place which would prevent accidents from happening on the understanding that neither greece nor turkey intend a war to happen but what has happened today in that process is simply that the 2 representatives of greece and turkey in nato were briefed on the secretary-general against oldenburg ideas towards such a deep confliction process staking place that meeting lasted 6 minutes according to

greek diplomatic sources clearly more discussion is going to be needed before heads of government on both sides say that they are willing to proceed on the basis of those ideas so what the greek side has said is simply this that we know to the nato secretary general is good intentions to work towards the confliction mechanisms within nato but de confliction consists only in turkey withdrawing all of its ships from the great continental shelf in other words greece will not enter into even these de confliction talks with. and so they ships on what it considers its continental shelf that greece considers would be to enter in a go sation on turkey's terms and it feels that nato is not being impartial in this massive chance hopeless for the latest there from athens and apologies for the slight glitches on the skype line john thank you. lebanon's army says it's found

more than 4 tons of ammonium nitrate at the port of beirut that's the same highly explosive material that caused the last month's blast army engineers are reported to be dealing with it with no specific information given about what action is being taken so the holder has more from beirut. $4.00 tons of ammonium nitrate that's according to the lebanese army statement they said that customs officials alerted them to the presence of this highly explosive material at one of the containers near the entrance at the ports now this material is believed to have been responsible for causing that massive explosion a month ago that ripped through neighborhoods and killed 191 people and injured thousands of others it's not clear why 4.35 tons of ammonium nitrate was in a different container when at the night at the night of the explosion officials

said that 2700 tons were kept at a warehouse 12 since 2013 so really a lot of questions are being asked a few days ago there were some reports that emerge suggesting that the authorities at the port were concerned that ammonium nitrate was being stolen so that there was repair work on warehouse 12 which could have caused the fire now investigations are continuing the authorities had promised a swift investigation they said in 5 days the lebanese public would know the outcome it's now been a month and only today a high ranking official the 1st high ranking official the caretaker prime minister was questions over the presence of this material where in a beirut neighborhood may see one of the neighborhoods that was badly damaged as a result of that explosion you can see the collapsed building behind me it's been a month like we've been saying and only this morning a team from chile one of their dogs

a search dog alerted to the possibility of a body underneath that rubble now we've spoken to a number of the team members here and what they're saying is that their dogs as well as their machines because they brought advanced machines with detected 2 bodies one could be dead and the other could be alive. the kremlin has rejected accusations that russia is responsible for the poisoning of opposition leader. but germany says it has unequivocal proof the kremlin critic was poisoned with another chalk nerve agent chancellor angela merkel says the poisoning is attempted murder and is consulting her nato allies about any response which could include sanctions barnsley reports. now lying in a hospital bed in berlin alexei navalny 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 truly available it was used on russian territory against russian citizen so it's very important that it's really investigated and that the answers are provided both of the russian public and to the international the echoes of the poisonings of the former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter in the english city of saul's pre 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 looks around 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 never agree if russia was responsible for the poisoning it also follows it is still not concerned what the repercussions might look like laurence li al jazeera. bella bruce's beleaguered president is promoting hardline loyalists to top security posts despite nearly 4 weeks of protests the reshuffle which coincides with a visit from the russian prime minister is seen as an attempt by alexander lukashenko to consolidate power russia says it's ready to send police to belive loose to help me deal with the protests if requested the unrest began last month

after look at shankar was the clear the victor of an election that the opposition say. india's health ministry has the fended the government's decision to further unlock the economy and lift restrictions across the country the nation a suffered a world record daily spiking infections more than $83000.00 cases were reported on wednesday the 3rd time this week the total has been above 80000 the us so the previous single day record with 77000. voting has begun in jamaica's general election despite an increase in corona virus infections the election which is 5 months early is being contested by the country's 2 major political parties analysts say the governing jamaica labor party called the vote early to try to capitalize on public satisfaction before the effects of colvin 1000 hit polls suggest the jamaica labor party will retain power jamila maitland is in

kingston with more on what's at stake in this election. the lexan fever is high and so is the spread of the current virus as jamaica head to the polls to date on the use of 3 new poll that 90 related deaths there is extreme caution fair is that the staging of the general election 6 will cause more infections add more deaths now there are long lines at polling stations and frustration among some photos the neck joint commission on the right to enforce the poll big 99 that was on the inside but on the outside of supporters gathered by the dozens and forcing the social distancing measures to some extent there is rose worries among that well good work already in a lot of problems because to do and see for the north up to be the top of the box we're not there because the last known school was who would fix us but the school i mean so much more good job growing don didn't want to prudent in the teen. who are

going to assume the remarkably good we know the stakes are high for the 2 major political parties the jamaica labor party seeking a 2nd term of the people's national parties hoping to break that train that both offering solutions to the burgeoning health crises the contracting economy the rising crime rates and on employment figures who'll wrong the pandemic democracy but this is only lies in some swing seats that they're hoping to secure. a number of african countries are facing protests over scandals related to the purchase of medical equipment in kenya the president has ordered an investigation into the state agency that handles medical supplies that's after allegations some officials and businessmen stole $400000000.00 during the procurement process and in nigeria doctors in state run hospitals have been striking over a lack of p.p.

eat more than $800.00 health workers have been infected. and there were similar scenes in south africa where thousands of health care workers have demanded more protection from covert 19 and better pay that demonstration in pretoria was called by the country's biggest health workers union it says personal protective equipment is in short supply and hospital managers are failing to follow safety protocols south africa is the hardest hit nation in africa with more than 630000 cases and over 14000 deaths from me the miller has more now from pretoria. a few dozen protesters have gathered outside the union buildings here in pretoria that's the seat of government just outside the president's office and while it is a fairly small group because remember that restrictions are still in place they can't be gatherings of more than 50 people they people here are vocal and these have also been very persistent complaints around the procurement of personal

protective equipment equipment and hospitals and a lot of it it revolves around alleged corruption we've spoken to a number of health workers who have said that there isn't enough p p e in hospitals sometimes none of tool they've also complained that the often they've had to reuse and disinfect p p e and they're blaming corruption for this in that the companies that have supplied p. p. e. often have connections a political connections are connected to the ruling african national congress here in south africa and that's how they've come by these contracts when in fact they aren't actually capable of delivering the equipment that's needed and they say it's for this reason that health workers are at risk at least 24000 health workers in south africa many of them nurses have contracted covert 19 and at least $250.00 have died so far and this is what angers the protesters behind us they say that so

the africans have sacrificed so much so far during the slump down and to add to that you now have a government that they're accusing of being in efforts and corrupt worsening this health crisis in the country. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour from the fringes of the internet to mainstream politics what's behind the rise of q of the q movement and then sports we'll hear from the man in the lead in england world cup glory on whether his side can beat cricket top 20. hello the number of big thunderstorms wonderings or east europe has declined as all of cult fronts this line here is a cold front is introducing the weather behind it's far more like autumn and now

we're in september we can except that of course windy and wet weather has been prevalent in allah and it's currently pretty wet and windy in the coast of norway and that's going to last through friday as well in bucharest the temperature has dropped scattered showers could well be briefly big thunderstorms in the eastern side of roumania the temperatures still rising slightly as we see the weekend reveals sunshine once again in fact much of southern europe is still quite warm in some places exceedingly hot but that's quite a limited area of places this is far more the way things are going but if you look at nicosia in cyprus we could exceed the record on saturday that record stands just below $42.00 before crossing $42.00 or $43.00 in fact as a heat wave and has been for days throughout the event the temperature for example in jerusalem forecast to be up to 40 degrees on friday that probably lasting throughout the weekend but not for turkey in turkey you see the color has changed that's because that winter from what i'm from dodge say has come into the north.

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told me i'm going to he who cares the other end of a joke a long. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president dog appears to have backtracked on his suggestion that people should vote twice in november his election he says people should go to polling stations to ensure their mail in votes count nato has announced that turkey and greece are to hold talks with the aim of the fusing tension in the eastern mediterranean but athens denies any such agreement there are longer heads over ownership rights of

offshore oil and gas reserves they are cyprus and crete. and them across the presidential nominee joe biden is visiting the city of commotion wisconsin is with the family of jacob blake the black man shot 7 times in the back by a white police officer last night's. france has just announced a 118000000000 dollar stimulus package to help ease the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has more now from the french capital. well france has very strict a 2 month lockdown and the current a virus pandemic has meant that the french economy is now in recession unemployment is rising so will the french government want to do of course is reverse this trend and that is why they have launched $118000000000.00 stimulus package now it was announced by the french prime minister. said the aim is really to try and make france more competitive and more self-reliant the focus is very much on job

creation and also investing in sectors like transportation health culture present role has also said that he really wants a focus on the green economy 3rd of the money from this fund is going to go into green tech green jobs and industries the support for sustainability there is little doubt that for president micro with an election in less than 2 years time he will want to see the economy really getting a boost and he will just say unemployment rising unemployment and it is of course in micros interest however trying to lift the economy and public confidence at a time of so much uncertainty won't be easy the current of ours pandemic continues and infection cases in phones have continued to rise with an average of about $5000.00 new infections each day being reported the government is telling people to remain vigilant many cities across france most major cities of in fact made the

wearing of mosques out in the street obligatory children or the 11 at school and university students they have to wear masks to the government says the people must take care and continue to social distance because of course his health crisis is far from over. an independent panel established to review the global response to the coronavirus pandemic insists it is prepared to ask all the necessary hard questions of the world health organization the panel will be chaired by former new zealand prime minister helen clark and former liberian president ellen johnson sirleaf other members include the former british foreign secretary david miliband chinese professor is young and sharon and the former head of doctors without borders join you from canada but the u.s. and china have refused to join a global effort to develop manufacture and fairly distribute any covert $1000.00 vaccine $172.00 nations are committed to the kovacs program the u.s.

will also withhold the money it still owes the w.h.o. $62000000.00 from this year's jews will be redirected to other un health initiatives the u.s. will withdraw from the w.h.o. in july of next year well professor jeffrey lazarus is the head of the health systems research group at barcelona institute for global health he joins us now over skype from copenhagen surf thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera now this panel has been set up to effectively sort of investigate the w.h.o. is handling especially of the early stages of the pandemic looking at the panel's makeup and how it's meant to be working over the next few months are you confident that it is going to be able to find answers to the questions people have been asking. i'm very confident this is a high level panel you're already mentioned some of the key people on it like helen clark but also michelle because mark dybul the former heads of the global fund i think it's important that they not just focus on the in the early response to the

pandemic but also what's happening now and what we need to do moving forward because we can see i mean we'll talk about it later in more detail but there still is a true international cooperation now a lot of countries especially the united states have accused the show of not handling the initial stages of the pandemic correctly especially in not being clear that china was perhaps not being as open as it could be but of course national governments have made mistakes few people knew what they were going getting into do you think there's a chance that the w.h.o. may become a scapegoat for a lot of national governments. i think we've seen governments a few big governments in particular trying to scapegoat the u.s. but we're in the middle of a major deadly pandemic and we need to think about you know what control measures we can implement now and how we can you know how we can respond properly moving forward i don't think it makes sense to focus too much on the past unless it can inform how we can how we can move forward quickly and effectively and rigorously

and what do you think are some of the things that the panel should be investigating what do you think are some of the questions that need answering. i think the panel needs to ask well on the one hand why some governments have been very slow to respond when they continue to be slow why there are an even responses in some countries and among countries i think we need to look at how we can restore the public's faith in governments and control measures they need to focus on why tried and trusted measures like facemasks like hand-washing like physical distance they still aren't being implemented but that's very much about how the governments but this panel was very much set up to investigate it ugly acho itself so what questions do you think i should ask all of the u.n. institution. i think it should ask how the un institution can and can how do it you can better collaborate with governments we need to know what governments need from w.h.o. w.h.o.

is the leading organization in this field they have focal points in every country but it's also relatively small organization in terms of budget when compared to many national budgets particularly in high income countries you actually work for the w.h.o. for i think about a decade you worked in the regional office for europe so you know its you know inner workings of a well and i guess some of the difficulties that any u.n. agency faces so again i ask you specifically what do you think this panel should really get to when it comes to restoring some of the faith that people may have lost in the w.h.o. itself. i think you know if it's going to look at the early early weeks and months it needs to look how quickly w.h.o. was on the ground in china and what was communicating to governments i don't think the world is clear how closely in contact w.h.o. was with for going to national governments in january in february before the pandemic was declared on march 11th and we need to maybe see what some of that communication was and then see how governments actually reacted to it or rather did

not react to it and correct me if i'm wrong but organizations like a w.h.o. don't necessarily have to reveal all their internal paperwork and like some governments are you confident that that will happen that actually all the communication will come out. well i'm not sure all the communication will come out but i think it's important that this panel ask for as much communication as much material as possible to restore confidence and i remember when i was at w.h.o. you know with the emergency preparedness team and we had focal points in other countries and there was regular contact and i think that some countries are scapegoating w.h.o. it would be nice to to know what division actually was informing them early on in the pandemic yeah because a gang going back to the point about international cooperation which is crucial in a pandemic obviously both the u.s. and china have refused to join the global effort to develop and distribute any cove aid 19 vaccine do you think that that in itself shows i suppose that a failure of the w.h.o.

in providing a leading role maybe don't necessarily it's fault because at the end of it it's a sum of its parts but do you think that there is anyone right now that could really give global leadership on this. well i think that we've just been restoring its image and remember w.h.o. is governed by its member states and the u.s. complained about the future being close to china not china's not participating in the global vaccine collaboration i think that's a real tragedy for the world there are 2 major countries in the u.s. in particular is is far ahead you know developing that scene's and i think needs to be a part of such a collaboration well the 1st meeting of this panel i think in just about 10 days or so so be interesting to see what comes out of the initial meeting in the coming months for the moment professor jeffrey lazarus head of the health systems research group at the barcelona institute for global health and of course and then 4 of the w.h.o. for several years sir thank you thank you. now

slovakia is a special criminal court has acquitted a prominent businessman who was alleged to have ordered the killing of an investigative journalist the murders of his fiance more than 2 years ago led to mass protests eventually bringing down the government that reports. he's one of slovakia's best known businessmen and has just been acquitted of murder . judges said prosecutors had failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that marion could another defendant ordered the killings of journalist young could jack and his fiance 2 years ago will remain in prison serving 19 years before a jury in an unrelated case. when you put everything together the evidence was sufficient and they did they would certainly claim something along the lines of his financial criminal activity not being connected to this case but he might be connected so they should have acknowledged. what.

alina sousse over an acquaintance of kitchener was also found not guilty but thomas was sentenced to 25 years in prison for helping carry out the murder back in april 2 men were convicted after admitting involvement in march 2nd former soldier who was the gunman got 23 years in prison and the other 15 years. young can his fiance martina cause near over was shot dead in their house near bratislava are in feb 28th they were both 27 could check wrote about corrupt businessmen in slovakia as well as italy's drunk at a mafia and its connections with slovak politicians the 1st targeted killing of a journalist in slovak history prompted the biggest street protests since 1990 anticommunist velvet revolution in czechoslovakia within weeks the government collapsed prime minister robert fico resigned in the national police chief was fired but the anti corruption protests continued and the year after the killings suzanne a couple tova a human rights lawyer and political newcomer was elected president.

she said she was shocked by thursday's not guilty verdict which left the families of young teen accused there over distraught and the prosecutor involved says he's already filed an appeal to the supreme court the al-jazeera. days of torrential rain and widespread flooding in pakistan have caused chaos in the financial capital caracas at least 23 people have died and there is widespread anger among residents . reports. in karate floods batter the city plunging pakistan's financial capital into chaos since last week people have had to contend with power cuts mobile network outages and shortages of both fuel and cash . perhaps with all the a.t.m. machines aren't working all over the city and we are unable to withdraw money even for our groceries and we are facing a huge problem there is no want to help. dozens of people have died as

a result of the trench will downpours and widespread flooding. and anger is growing . but incumbency did negligence say absolutely it's incompetency and negligence on part of the government we are paying taxes and in return what are we getting there's not even a proper sewage system and that's why there is dirty water flowing all over analysts also say corruption and lack of proper urban planning are to blame but government officials deny those allegations the accusations made by p.t.a. are presented in this mode to the connection of mismanagement. in the. funding situation in the city of karachi one reason i think the influences you have put out some of the unprecedented into going on previous records and it is only unfortunate that had this wonderful time when the nation needs food and then the to solve these problems these p.t.a. percentages and again distorting these bases and the nations despite the

difficulties driver hide that cleans and repairs his rickshaw. a financial situation was ready by that but now the floodwaters made it worse i'm unable to drive it in that water is. i really hope he'll be able to continue to provide for his family but like so many others in karachi he also worries things may get more difficult mom. q. and on a movement that pushes far fetched conspiracy theories could be about to go mainstream it's unproven claims include the belief a so-called deep state is trying to bring down donald trump now a woman who's spoken in support of q. and on looks likely to win a seat in congress and the gallic of reports an online grassroots movement or came to be called the great awakening the q and on conspiracy theory was born on the dark fringes of the internet nearly 3 years ago followers believe that the

unanimous queue is someone with high government clearance the movement began with the unfounded claims that satanic worshipping politicians and celebrities who work in tandem with global governments to abuse children and that a so-called deep state wants to destroy president donald trump i am 100 percent behind q why he's working for the president is working for our country the rallying call of we are q. was then heard at trump rallies and even the president himself seemed to embrace a movement the f.b.i. has called a potential domestic terror threat these are people that don't like seeing what's going on in places like portland in places like chicago and new york and other cities and states and. i've heard these are people that love our country and believers are now running and in marjorie taylor green's case winning elections green who president donald trump calls a future republican star beat

a conservative neurosurgeon in georgia and will likely had to congress in the u.k. and then elano mars in minneapolis and the blood drive not only of men and we're not going allow them to tear our country down berners is right and believe. we want him back here in northwest georgia where according to media matters more than 60 former and current congressional candidates have promoted or embraced q and on political experts say in reality the movement remains on the fringe it hasn't gotten bigger but it could. but with that said i think people are more resistant to these sorts of ideas than sometimes we give them credit for and at the same time conspiracy theories are just a part of the human experience and this is really nothing new i'm more involving those candidates that did well while embracing bizarre conspiracy theories have since distanced themselves in some cases the republican party has subtly aligned

themselves with the q and on movement and the president has retreated q. and on followers at least 200 times there even gating followers outside the us it said that we live in a post truth era but cuban on has serious consequences followers have been accused of attempted kidnapping murder and other criminal activities it may have started as a fringe cult like belief system but following the president's comments and several victories in elections they may feel more emboldened than ever and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida. still to come on al-jazeera at this news hour tyson fury says he's ready to knock down another champion but probably not the one boxing fans were expecting salah has the details coming up in sport.

kids go to santa now and the hunt for the sport. thank you very much barbara well topsy is continue to fall at the u.s. open tennis being. was yet another side to exit determined at flushing meadows the spaniard was beaten by their own hola may have 1st only meant in 3 years it will garry and showed no signs of rust as she took the match in straight sets 7563 to book her spot into the 3rd round. or she will be drawn to the next round by a reigning australian open champion to fear kevin the 2nd seed was

a straight sets win against unseeded laila fernandez 6463 was the score in the men's draw 2nd see that dominic c.m.'s celebrated his 27th birthday in style the austrian and a spot in the 3rd round with a straight sets win over summit and god will face 2014 champion in the next round. he's a real champion as you said i mean one of the. very few victories grand slam champions. he knows what it takes to to win big matches to be to win even the speak tournaments. he's all the time fighting putting 100 percent effort. against a great role model for all sports it's going to be a 1st match a grand slam level i'm really looking forward to the long. one of the stadiums set to host matches qatar 2022 has staged its 1st official game since being completed

in june yeah education city stadium in the new season of the stars league on thursday the venue has a capacity of $40000.00 and is set to host matches up to and including in the quarterfinals at the world cup 3 more stadiums are expected to be completed by the end of 2020. and there was a thrilling and as spain held germany 211 draw and the u.f.o. nations legal with international football resuming in europe having been disrupted by the global pandemic. they scored in injury time to cancel out the team of an as a 2nd half strike $11.00 the final score guys goal meaning that spain keep up their record of scoring in all their competitive games over the last 4 years. one of the candidates in the running and to be the new barcelona president. says the club must

find a way to keep hold of it all messi the 33 year old argentinian handed in a transfer request last week in the aftermath of barcelona's 82 champions league exit against by munich mrs father arrived in barcelona wednesday to discuss his son's future is hoping a solution to stop messi leaving can be found. you're quite ok a little machine gun i think leo messi never wanted to leave i think he was angry angry with the board of directors angry with the results and the lack of provision but in view and i think it was a case of momentary anger for everybody's sake i think we must get him to stay there are frictions in all of stories and leo in boston had a friction after many years of a relationship but i think love must prevail they use and rockets have set up a semifinal encounter with top n.b.a. sees the l.a. lakers they did it by beating the alcohol the city thunder in game 7 of their 1st round series russell westbrook scored 20 points against his former team james

harden and may have had a low scoring night with just 17 but made a big block shots shot with just seconds left in the game the rockets winning 104102. and isn't conference the miami heat as past the milwaukee bucks the heat has found a 6 point lead in the final seconds of the game jimmy butler has 2 free throws with no time remaining lifted the heat 26814 when miami is the 1st n.b.a. team in history to take a 2 nothing lead over a number one seed. in limited overs captain owen morgan believes his side are underdogs ahead of their home t 20 series against australia which begins on friday morgan side are seconds in the world ranking just behind the aussies they are expected to be out full of strength and their drawn series against pakistan now with the offer are to and just but

available for selection the series was meant to be a warm up for the world a t 20 which was scheduled to begin in october but has been postponed because of the global pandemic. when you drop watching ashes cricket or any game against australia it's always 'd built up and seen as. a pinnacle of anybody's career and i think regardless of the format that you play there is always a bit more on the line when you when you play against australia or strongest scored 'd it will probably be putting out their best 11 so if you're to go on doubt i'd say they're probably just. now tyson fury has set his sights on winning a more championship gold but probably not the type you'd expect the world champion boxer wants and so done with all the wrestling entertainment champion drew mcintyre fury of course is no stranger to the wrestling ring having performed in w w e a last year and he seemingly got plenty of time to spare with his highly

anticipated against antony ducks were not expected to happen till 2021 they said contact my people nick carr let's get it on get triple h. overage contact make let's get this fight over the line congress sad are you royal going to grab you have noticed when you're around that really never mind playing all you're going to get knocked out by the gypsy k. cause my promise. and that's why as well for me i will have a more for you later on but for now i'll hand you back to bob i love the santa thank you very much and that is it for this news hour do stay with us though i'm going to be back in just a few minutes with more of the day's thanks for watching. on

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will it prove to be an uphill struggle for this group of activists over the wheel do you find that on al-jazeera. the u.s. president backtracks after being accused of suggesting that people vote twice in the november election. alone barbarous are you watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up the fusing tensions in the eastern mediterranean nato says greece and turkey are ready to talk.