but further south on the coast of somalia it's quite dry. a month after the beirut ports explosion hints of life beneath the collapsed buildings and rescue teams digging into the rubble. welcome i'm peter dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from our global headquarters here in doha also coming up fire erupts onboard a super tanker carrying 2000000 barrels of oil off the coast of sri lanka. the u.s. president donald trump launches another attack on the credibility of mail in ballots a day after suggesting people should vote twice. and dying from hunger during

a pandemic warnings coronavirus restrictions could cause thousands more people to become malnourished in india. the top story one month after the explosion in beirut rescue teams have been digging into the ruins of one collapsed building after finding signs of life underneath it scanning equipment picked up indications of a pulse and breathing the search team includes volunteers from chile the disaster on august the 4th was caused by large stockpiles of badly stored ammonium nitrate igniting at the ports more than $200.00 people were killed $6000.00 were injured and hundreds of thousands were left without a home in a hot or takes a look at the impact the blast is still having on the people who lived through it. it's been a month since the explosion at beirut port and many like north are still struggling

to cope this is my 1st time coming to modify and after the film. at the time of the explosion i was feeling really bad that i couldn't go down and how people but i was just very afraid of leaving my home even the blast rips through neighborhoods like . killing nearly 200 people and wounding thousands but some injuries can't be seen as a matter of concern for us now what we call the healing scars. the psychological effects of these explosions. the blast was lebanon's latest calamity. many businesses already reeling from a deep economic crisis were impacted united nations estimates 70000 people have been put out of work that's 12000 households lebanon was also on the verge of a humanitarian crisis with more than 50 percent of its people in poverty alley nasr

dean is thankful that he and his family survived the explosion their home is just a kilometer from the port they struggle to carry on like so many others they rely on aid agencies for handouts and. my car was destroyed or used to be a taxi driver i was able to feed my family and buy milk and diapers for my daughter garment relief workers came to assist our situation 3 days after the blast. damages are in the billions of dollars money the nearly bankrupt state doesn't have decades of corruption has been blamed not just for the economy's collapse but the port blast. many lebanese blame the political elite for this explosion so far mainly ports and custom employees have been arrested as part of the investigations but senior officials haven't been questioned even though they were aware almost 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate were stored in unsafe conditions in a warehouse i expected to president. the president the battery today in prison to

put themselves in custody until the investigation happens independently from their presence lebanese authorities have rejected calls for an international investigation into one of the world's largest non-nuclear explosions in history i'll see you angry. when. you're sitting here at home when you. when you're in danger. are you going to go through with. everything this country i don't even know i mean nor is not alone in her despair and misery it's been crisis after crisis in what is now a broken country. beirut ships from sri lanka and india trying to put on board an oil supertanker that's been burning for 2 days now off the coast of sri lanka the tank is carrying $2000000.00 barrels of oil pictures from the sri lankan air force show the fire is mainly in the engine room not in the

cargo area and joins us live from. the latest on what's going on there. peter from the naval authorities and the disaster management center we're hearing that efforts to contain that fire bring it under control are still raging out there this basically super tanker is in the international waters just off the eastern coast of sri lanka and we heard that the fire basically erupted when a boiler exploded 23 people on that tanker or one of them confirmed dead he had been missing expected to have been caught in that boiler room explosion all of the rest of those manning 5 that vessel have been evacuated by all the support vessels that are flocked to the area so right now there is

a race against time to try and contain those raging flames ensure that they don't want to make their way towards the cargo where this huge amount of oil is believed to be stored making its way essentially from kuwait to india for refining peter if it comes to that minnow all the authorities prepared for a big oil spill. at this stage they are very very keen to point out that the situation seems under control peter but i did speak to people over there in the disaster management center they are obviously beginning to take whatever sort of preparations are necessary they're moving people there moving apparently earth moving equipment they're taking whatever steps necessary under the advice of the marine environment pollution

authority to try and see and be prepared in the event that door was sort of services and that action is needed but so far when you talk to most of the authorities dealing with this crisis they seem to be saying they are 100 and that the situation will be brought under control they are obviously dealing with something unknown you are talking about as you mentioned over 2000000 barrels of oil 270000 metric tons and the hope is that this sort of situation will be brought under control and brought under control quickly minal thank you very much milton and as our correspondent in colombo well just 6 weeks ago another giant ship got into trouble running aground off the coast of the japanese on or carrying only suspense into looking around a 1000 tons of fuel into the indian ocean the japanese government is considering offering more assistance to help with the cleanup. dozens of crew members are still

missing after a ship carrying livestock capsized off the coast of japan the vessel went missing on weapons day for the caught up in a typhoon 2 survivors were found the one later died ship was carrying around 6000 cattle from new zealand to china. the us president donald trump is creating more distrust and confusion around mail in voting ahead of november's elections speaking at a rally in the swing state of pennsylvania the us president said those who vote early by post should still go along to polling stations on election day to check if their ballots being counted the election officials have won this would cause chaos and longer voting queues a day earlier mr trump did suggest people attempt to vote twice which is illegal in every state as a way to test and to fraud measures. signed your maryland down ok you sign it and send it in and then you have to follow it and a final action. early voting that is not tabulated and

counted you know vote and then if for some reason after that it shouldn't take that long it comes in they're not going to be able to tabulate it because you will have voted but you have to make sure your vote counts because the only way they're going to be this is by doing that kind of stuff trying to be nice. well chris adelson is an assistant professor of government at the american university he says mr trump could get his voters into legal trouble. i think what the president is doing not just here in this this this action but other ones as well sending a clear message is voters he said in the clip you just play it if i lose president trump is saying it means that the election was rigged and he's laying the groundwork he's doing something very dangerous by suggesting to voters that they should vote twice which is a crime it's happened before after the 2016 election a woman in iowa who of trump's supporter believe the trunk was telling her the election was rigged so she voted twice to try to test that apparently was

prosecuted and playfield 3 to a felony so it's dangerous for voters but it's even more dangerous for our system because i think its supporters are going to believe the only way he can do is if it's rigged he just told them that. but i think also what really makes sense right now although i want happen sadly is both republicans and democrats in congress need to stand up and reject what the president is saying republicans need to say there is you don't need to vote twice it's illegal to have it twice there's no rigging in the election if the president loses there is no evidence that he is going to lose in a way that is illegitimate the president is trying to undermine the election and this is not a partisan issue i would like to see republicans stand up and say that at this point sadly i know they won't i guess perhaps we can hope that maybe republicans who are not currently serving in congress some of whom of interest joe biden because of these concerns about the president maybe at least they will stand up and tell people the president is doing something very dangerous here well meanwhile

donald trump's presidential rival joe biden has been in can osha the latest city to become a center of racial unrest mr biden spoke with jacob blake who was shot 7 times in the back by a policeman algis it was john hendren followed the democratic nominees visit. seizing a moment later run into a movement joe biden came to do what president trump did not. just 2 days after trump stumped in can osha to tell law and order the democratic presidential nominee spoke on the phone to jacob blake the 29 year old man left paralyzed by police bullets he talked about how nothing was going to defeat him. where they walked to get or not he was not going to give up and he expressed sympathy in a meeting with blake's family seem to. have some things that could be the building of a platform that we could take to african-american people say this is what they're going

to do the 1st day they get in the white house if they do those things will support them all over what's the difference between him and a man who sits in that office now he never said on nephews name not one day not one second. biden said it was the white supremacist rally in charlottesville virginia that prompted him to run for president finally now getting the point. we're going to be interesting the original sin. of this country 400 years old you see original sin slavery. all the vestiges of it i can. for years but i guarantee one thing. i'm a whole heck of a lot better but his was a centrist message of compassion and also to connote she's business owners and police coping with days of arson and looting he offered condemnation of violence and a promise to pursue rioters so we're gonna see how angry you are if you lutie you

burn you should be held accountable as someone who dug into the house. the stock market a dramatic contrast to trump's appearance here on tuesday when he declined even to say jacob blake's name condemned demonstrators and then sided clearly with police must give far greater support to a law enforcement it's all about giving them additional support these are great people wisconsin is a crucial battleground state one that trump won by the soonest of margins in 2016 that year hillary clinton was widely criticized for failing to visit the state it was biden's 2nd campaign stop since the democratic national convention in august biden's visit to this church comes ahead of a series of midwestern campaign stops focusing on swing states including wisconsin it's meant to draw a contrast to president trump's do. as the president calls him is campaigning exclusively on line from his delaware base with exactly 2 months to go to the

election biden left a city divided within a divided nation but with his supporters more hopeful that change would follow john hendren al-jazeera konoha wisconsin u.s. media say a suspect linked to the fatal shooting. in oregon has been shot and killed by federal agents trying to arrest him he was under investigation in the killing of a supporter of a far right he was himself a supporter of a fall left group portland oregon has seen nearly 100 days of protests against racism and police brutality. still to come here on this program people are still marching against the president by the roots as he moves to strengthen his hold on power. and brazil passing the 4000000 mark in confirmed coronavirus cases that's the world's 2nd biggest outbreak.

of. how the number of big thunderstorms wondering cerise 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 the record stands just below 42 we're forecasting 42 or 43 in fact as

a heat wave and has been for days throughout the levant 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. frank assessments seeing that. there is. like this week's worth is informed opinions here's ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many parts of the old immediate region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after the use of proxy he does not have recently enters the bill if you feel in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera mining's peter told me these are your top stories rescue workers say they're closer reaching the source of quote signs of life detected beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut it's happening a month after the massive explosion the port which killed more than $200.00 people . ships boat sand craft from sri lanka and india are trying to put out a fire on board a super tanker ship is carrying 2000000 barrels of oil but the sri lankan navy says the fire is contained in the engine room one crew member has died. u.s. media say a suspect linked to the fatal shooting of a protester in portland oregon has been shot and killed by federal agents trying to arrest a supporter of a far left group was being investigated for the death of

a far right activist. 7 police officers in new york state have been suspended over the suffocation death of a black man who appeared to be in a state of mental distress daniel prude was taken off life support in march 7 days after his arrest offices that held him face down on the ground for more than 2 minutes his family released police video of his arrest obtained through a public records request 5 months after his death to see their video and see my father in the state of helplessness where he was complying and was a give anybody a hard time and in need of help is is deb statement is really taking the toll on me and marceau was because. we've never seen our father in this situation the way. i have the so now is i want i want justice i want these

officers charged with murder and. i want those disturbia rochester to do better. another 40 people have died in widespread flooding in pakistan the country is facing one of its worst monsoon seasons hundreds of homes have been damaged or swept away and roads and bridges linking villages of blocks days of torrential downpours and flooding the cause chaos in karachi the financial capital more than 200 people have died since the monsoon season began in july the joins us live from the outskirts of islamabad what are the latest developments that come out. well the borders have been days that over the past 2 weeks there's been heavy rain a crockpot gets on and that of course has led to many problems up in swathed which is their tourist attraction advisories have been issued that fortuitous to stay away because of the fear of flash floods dozens of homes have been scrapped away

hundreds of properties have been damaged badly and of course the problem is even worse in august on financial capital the kitty of karachi which has seen its record rain and a 24 hour period baking a 100 year old record that of course has disrupted communications and infrastructure being raped for in the 1st place was not able to wait stand a heavy pounding and a deluge all the authorities geared up correctly to deal with this because it does seem unusually heavy rain even for this time of year. indeed the old toward it is not right now. un relief effort and maybe i should be remembered. german tank german watch we.

get on a defense most country because of climate change which are needing to be. temperature rise which would of. course by get on most while neighborhood will be day by. day with your god ready below he. started days of course trying to head to asia now ever. neglect poor management for building control have many people have better properties. have been drained to allow the water to be a dad of god his garden problems up a tiny prime minister. day were just suffered a huge loss not just financially but also because of the problems faced by the people like award most of the award got their rates go did the thank you very much correspondent there reporting live from just outside islamabad

. people are russian president alexander lukashenko has received his top security posts and was widely being seen as a move to consolidate his power base it coincides with a visit from russia's prime minister says it's ready to send police to help deal with the ongoing protests his present. it's the most sustained challenge to the manual. alexander lukashenko for 4 weeks these peaceful demonstrate is having grabbing day and night demanding. 26. but in the face of group. street protests and isolation from europe look at shameka has found an ally in russia prime minister mccown the chastain visited midst in an apparent show of support. russia completely supports the sovereignty independence and territorial integrity of valorous valorous is dear to us not only thanks to

historical linguistic and religious connections but also hundreds of thousands or millions of citizens who are practically one people the belew seen opposition council says it's determined to hold new elections despite recent rare public rift between main challenger of last month's disputed elections so atlanta chicken a skier and some of its members always to unseat the president legislation why should as things stand today the social movement the social platform that was created in belarus has 2 main goals the 1st 2 and human rights abuses and to free all those who were detained for political reasons and secondly to accept that the election results were falsified and the new president elections should be held in belarus here we have absolute agreement. on friday a chicken a skier will attract an informal meeting of the u.n. security council on a legit human rights violations and crackdown on journalists there in spite of

russia and china she may find support for the new but steady wave of protests among european member states and the us have called last month's presidential election either free nor fair. al-jazeera. nato has announced that greece and turkey will hold talks to defuse tensions in the eastern mediterranean they've been locked into an escalating dispute over gas exploration rights so he has welcomed the initiative but greece's they'll be no talks unless turkey withdraws its ships from disputed areas. brazil's government has now recorded more than 4000000 cases of coronavirus nearly 125000 people have died in the world's 2nd biggest break so there are new indications infections could be coming down. as more now on the challenges facing brazil. will run very briefly through the latest data from brazil's health ministry as of thursday evening the number of confirmed cases of code 19 was

4041638 only the united states compared to the rest of the world has a higher number of confirmed cases then brazil i don't think anyone could have imagined brazil being at this point more than 4000000 confirmed cases house represents somewhere close to 2 percent of the country's population but it there could be signs that things are improving if you look at the daily contagion rate the daily death rate over the past few weeks it does show signs that the health crisis is starting to improve last week the daily death rate dropped below $900.00 per day which is still very horrifying especially compared to the rest of the region but could be an indicator that brazil is finally starting to climb down from that plateau of contagion that is sort of characterized it as a nightmare scenario for latin america here in mexico there is concern over in alarming contagion rate among doctors nurses medical workers which is now the

highest in the world and a lot like brazil mexico is leadership has been widely criticized for taking what many would characterize as a relaxed approach to the containment efforts against the cove in $1000.00 contagion the united states will formally withdraw from the world health organization in july of next year president trump had already signed the move saying the world health organization had failed in its response to qubit 19 the u.s. state department says it's looking for alternative partners to carry out the work but the w.h.o. was doing. oxfam is warning the world on the brink of a hunger pandemic the charity says up to 12000 people could starve to death every day because of related restrictions in india well nutrition is already a threat to life and the u.n. says it's being made worse by the pandemic elizabeth reports now from new delhi. she did they have these relatives have come to her home to comfort the mother of 2 her 5 year old daughter sagna died after having diarrhea she says it's because they

couldn't afford to feed her while she was sick. the mother. got the money she died hungry and there was nothing to eat what do we eat there is no work even if i go looking for work there is none. sagna is just one of nearly 2000 under 5 year olds who die every day in india with malnutrition the underlying cause and the un has warned of more hunger and malnutrition because of the increase in unemployment and poverty during the coronavirus pandemic. the indian government says it spending $20000000000.00 on giving free rides sweetened lentils to $800000000.00 households but help isn't reaching everyone non-government aid organizations continue to fill the gap left by the state of new scientist magazine for 115000000 andean children who are dependent on daily school lunches are on the verge of

malnourishment because of one long term school closure is to enjoy your child rights and you have been feeding the children the people of this westerly neighborhood for the past 15 years and says if we've never been as busy as it has been here. sonia who is pregnant with her 1st child collects free rations with what she feeds herself and her 10 year old nephew saeed her husband has been looking for a job since the factory he used to work in closed months ago. we've come to state our sister in law was to eat because we didn't have any food at home the russians have helped us we could eat a little because there were days when we would go to bed hungry the situation changes very quickly yet the un's children's agency unicef says addressing malnutrition must remain a priority so much effort going to preventing and meriting the huge huge numbers of covert and taking that are dozens perhaps more but the same time we should not lose

all the efforts made into stopping malnutrition and losing all of the progress that has been made in the last few years. has she did they view the death of her daughter couldn't be more painful her 5 year old son also died from hunger during the economic crisis in india 4 years ago elizabeth pradhan al-jazeera new delhi. un human rights experts have criticized china's national security law for hong kong saying it breaches international obligations in a rare open unless a un advises could be used to unfairly prosecute activists several protesters have already been charged under the law which makes it a crime to call horse a session. scientists in mexico are hoping the discovery of hundreds of mammoth skeletons may help explain why they became extinct at least 200 skeletons were found during construction of an airport north of mexico city and it's believed they lived up to 20000 years ago scientists are looking into whether environmental

changes may have been a factor in wiping them out but. part of the research will also allow us to understand what role climate change plays in ending the populations of these animals contrary to the other proposal that humans may have impacted on these populations. updating our top stories for you so far today rescue workers say they're close to reaching the source of signs of life to the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut is happening a month after the massive explosion at the port which killed more than 200 people ships boats and aircraft from sri lanka and india trying to put out a fire on board a super tanker the ship is carrying 2000000 barrels of oil but the sri lankan navy says the fire is contained in the engine room one crew member has died in alpha and has more now from columbia efforts to pen in that fire bring it under control

still raging out this. tanker. in the international waters just off the eastern coast of sri lanka and we heard that the fire erupted when a boiler exploded 23 people on that tank one of them. expected to have been caught in that boiler room explosion. donald trump is creating more distrust and confusion surrounding the mail in voting ahead of november's elections speaking at a rally in the swing state of pennsylvania the u.s. president said those who vote early by post should still go along to polling stations on election day to check if their ballots being counted election officials of one this would cause chaos and longer voting queues on the earlier mr trump would suggest people try to vote twice which is illegal as a way to test anti fraud measures. u.s. media saying a suspect linked to the fatal shooting of

a process to in portland has been shot and killed by federal agents trying to arrest him the suspected supporter of a far left group was being investigated for the death of a far right activist happened during months of often violent protests in portland in oregon against racism and police brutality. another 48 people have died in widespread flooding in pakistan and it's facing one of its worst monsoon seasons ever hundreds of homes have been damaged or swept away many roads and bridges and are blocked the days of torrential downpours and flooding of course devastation in karate the country's financial capital more than $200.00 people have died since the monsoon season began in the month of july you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next here on al-jazeera its inside story i'll have more news at the top of the hour i'll see that there is no. world leading this count is like nothing you've ever seen. but we want to know how do these things affect people we

visit me. even when there are no international headlines. and really invest in them and that's a privilege. his zimbabwe reversing. the government is offering to turn down to. forced off their properties 20 years ago but is this enough to resolve one of those divisive policies for the euro this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. they. are in zimbabwe is controversial 2 decades ago former president robert mugabe a vile.