0. we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a al-jazeera bring you the news and current affairs that matter to you. down to 0. i don't come with all of that the america for most of my career but no country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why. refusing to give up hope rescuers in beirut stick further into a collapsed building looking for a survivor a months after the explosion. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up arrests and violence during the 100th nights of protest in portland oregon the u.s. city that's now become a flashpoint for anger over racism and police brutality. here.

there's also been violence at a rally demanding justice for daniel crude who died after being arrested in new york state. we showed resolve or. are still a lot of differences between us and serbia and kosovo agreed to work on economic links and a u.s. brokered deal but remain far away from formal political ties. the search continues for possible survivors underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut highly sensitive equipment detected signs of breathing on friday they've so far dug 3 tunnels to the spot where the signs of life were picked up but nothing's been found on friday lebanon fell silent to mark exactly a month since the explosion ripped through that city zain honda is there. the 191

victims of the devastating explosion that tore through the lebanese capital were remembered one months on a vigil was held outside the port where nearly 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate and safely stored in a warehouse ignited one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history one minute . of silence was observed at the exact time of the explosion 6 o 8 pm it was a moment many still vividly remember. they've gone to. court and customs employees have been arrested but many lebanese believe senior officials as high up as the president should be the ones to be held accountable they were aware of the

highly explosive material and did nothing about it today is about justice elena 20 years old she went through and so you literally work every single day in order to sustain over byron's financially. it's a bit like. basically like to live a kilometer away a desperate search for life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed from the impact of the blast sniffer dog alerted a team from chile that were surveying the damage in the neighborhood specialist sensors then detected breathing 18 breaths a minute which gave hope 24 hours later the breathing slowed significantly rescuers refused to say when they last had had proof of life but they did promise not to call off the search until they have answers it's unlikely someone could have survived for a month under the debris but it is not unheard of and while many remain hopeful it was yet another example of the state failing its people

a month later were still being our bodies why did it take so long this is another you know commemorative moment where we have to pay attention to how the situation was dealt what it was dealt and a very haphazard manner nonprofessional manner and honestly i hate to say this with . absolutely no conscious and no feelings and no humanity there was already much outrage over how the authorities handled the crisis since the port explosion they have been absent in the rescue relief recovery and rebuilding efforts as volunteers local and international n.g.o.s who have taken the lead and yet again it is them on the front lines of lebanon's latest calamity many wonder if it was false hope or whether there was a real chance to find life amid all the darkness. and zena joins us live now she's close to the spot in beirut where the search is still ongoing whatever is done there these people who are digging through the rubble they must be so close.

well it's they for 3 of this search operation they are still clinging to hope the operation is led by a team from chile and the team leader addressed the media and really addressed the lebanese late yesterday and he said we shouldn't talk about the percentage of error we should be talking about the percentage of the possibility of life let me just move out of the way so you can see what is going on behind me so the team leader saying that we will do everything to be able to prove or discount the presence of life so last night they wouldn't confirm or deny to us whether they detected any breathing how did this whole search operation begin on thursday morning it's because there are dogs and then their machines detected breathing 18 breaths per minute 24 hours later it was 7 press for minutes but all day all afternoon

yesterday they weren't able to detect any single any signal of life now they were worried that it was because of the phone us and live transmission in the area that is why late last night they said that they were calling off the operation and that they would resume early morning and that's when people left and that's when they use their scanners and sensors to try to detect any sign of life and they're being very tightlipped it's very difficult to get information from them all they tell us is that we will keep on working to find out whether or not there is a survivor underneath that rubble is one of the issues for the people who are running this operation so you know the way that in that particular area in the city i guess you've got a percentage of migrant workers who don't have residency permits formally the illegally so they can go to like an ally. just or an electoral roll to say ok in this building this building was home to 20 people and we haven't accounted for say

10 of those people. to this this is the problem everybody is focusing on the search operation but what if i had the identity of this possible survivor if i was a lebanese then maybe their family would be here you know waiting for any of you as we haven't seen any family or there hasn't been any claim at least. in this area what we know from the lebanese army a few days ago is that 7 people remain missing 3 lebanese 3 syrians and one egyptian like you mentioned many migrant workers in there in this country many of them here illegally they don't have the proper paperwork i tried to contact the u.n.h.c.r. yesterday because 900 possibly 900000 syrians are registered with the u.n. and they say that they've gone through their list of people who live close to the ports explosion site there are some people who are still unaccounted for so far they're confirmed 16 deaths among the refugees but even those who are accounted counted for they cannot say for sure that these people are missing because of the

blast maybe they went back to syria so it's still not clear if there's somebody underneath that rubble and the identity of that person keeps people keep us across the developments i'm sure but in the meantime thanks very much in the heart of the live at the scene of what's going on in beirut. now police in the u.s. city of portland oregon have used tear gas to break up protesters during a $100.00 straight nights of demonstrations some people were also arrested and stretches began after the death of a black man george floyd in police custody in may the u.s. president donald trump dispatched federal agents to the city in july saying local authorities were incapable of stopping the unrest they were later withdrawn. on the other side of the country there have been more demonstrations in the city of rochester in new york state dozens of people are seeking justice often daniel pruett suffocated off to being arrested in march a mesh would twist placed over his head and he was held on for 2 minutes being handcuffed 7 offices have been suspended. and jacob blake the black man shot by the

police last month in the city of commotion has appeared in court via video link are you able to hear me clearly today sir yes sir efface is charges of sexual assault on domestic abuse police say they were trying to arrest plague when an officer shot him in the back 7 times leaving him paralyzed and shooting triggered days of protests across several cities john hendren has been following proceedings from chicago he says blake pleaded not guilty to all charges. it was an extraordinary scene jacob blake was shown in this room call lying on his hospital bed in a blue shirt and yellow tie the 1st time any of us have seen him since he was shot nearly 2 weeks ago on that sunday and he was asked for his pleas to the charges of 3rd degree sexual assault disorderly conduct and trespassing he pleaded not guilty to all of those now those charges weren't directly linked to his shooting but

apparently when police encountered him on this street in konoha they at some point discovered that he had the that he had a warrant out for him that his girlfriend had made these accusations against him and they tried to take him into custody according to police story they tried to tase him twice then chased him to his van in that video that we've all seen and shot him 7 times in the back so this case in directly to that shooting that has jacob blake in the hospital room. u.s. president trump is defending himself against allegations he called america's war dead loses and psychos there is a growing backlash from veterans and his political rivals in jordan picks up the story. on friday u.s. president donald trump called a press conference to talk about the economy and the kobe 19 pandemic but reporters wanted to know about the controversy that has been dogging trump all day in an

atlantic magazine article which says he has repeatedly disrespected the 2200000 members of the u.s. military it's a disgrace because you look at what i've done for the united states military i love those people the atlantic says in 2018 prop was supposed to visit a french cemetery where thousands of u.s. troops are buried he didn't go saying the weather was too bad but sources told the magazine trump was more worried about the rain messing up his hair trump reportedly also said why should i go to that cemetery it's filled with losers the magazine then claims then called the marines buried their suckers. and that probably didn't want wounded troops taking part in military parades saying nobody wants to see that the magazine also says that troubling question the troops motivation to serve

during a trip to arlington national cemetery koch was there with john kelly the retired general who served 1st as his homeland security secretary and then as his chief of staff kelly son was killed in iraq the president stood at robert kelly's grave and said to john i don't get it what was in it for them during his press conference on friday accused john calley of being one of the sources of the story i see anonymous but it could have been a guy like a john kelly because he was because it's going to show you understand he was a very you know look at some of his news conference is what happened to him he got eaten alive he was unable to handle the pressure of this joe biden's campaign quickly made this an issue really saying this ad and the former vice president call the allegations disgusting if true my son volunteered

to join the united states military as the attorney general who went to a rock for year won the bronze star and other commendations he wasn't a sucker. reaction on social media scathing this from a retired general when he met with the chairman of the joint chiefs general dunford his comment was that's a smart guy why is he in the military and from a veterans organization opposed to trial my message to donald trump is that you have no right being the commander in chief donald trump has bragged about not serving in the vietnam war in the 2016 campaign not only did he insult the parents of a man who was killed serving in iraq but he also mocked prisoners of war now all of that did not affect a candidate tromp with his military supporters back then but in 2020 his democratic opponent is betting that such talk from the commander in chief could actually

backfire on him roslyn jordan al-jazeera alexandria virginia. still to come here on this program creating change at the ballot box or on the street spend as well as opposition is divided on the best way to defeat nicolas maduro in the forthcoming election. and fighting to preserve their language protesting chinese problems for a spirit mandarin is being promoted and of speaking mongolian. hollow a list like a fine and sunny weekend across much of central and southern europe was a very warm sunshine ride across the map further north it says little more unsettled we got some wet and with the weather tumbling in from the northwest across the british isles through the low countries good parts of germany is where

we got the cool air tucked in behind up towards scandinavia 900. still getting up into the high twenty's if not the low to mid thirty's down towards the southeast and colder this band of cloud and rain that will stretch its way through the baltic states down across poland czech republic right down to the outs you might even see a few showers just around the pier in a sessile sinking a little further south which snuck in the edge of the temperatures in vienna say full of rather 8 or 9 degrees here 20 celsius on sunday to the south it does they find it right further north still quite a rash of blustery showers coming through still some wet weather they just night is pushing its way into the northeast this bank barcelona could see some wet weather for example a chance a somewhat weather to just stay around the last little crop of storms just coming through here much of north africa does look fine and dry we have got the showers continue for central parts with some very heavy rain pushing all the way into cynical.

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this half hour search is continuing for possible survivors beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut potential signs of life were detected on friday vigils and prayers have been held to mark a month since the explosion. police in the u.s. city of portland have used tear gas to break up protesters on the 100 straight nights of demonstrations some people were arrested around the supreme else as the death of george floyd in police custody in many. donald trump is defending himself against claims he called america's war dead losers and suckers he's facing a growing backlash from veterans and his political rival. now 3 mile state of emergency has been declared by the government in sudan because of weeks of flooding that's killed almost 100 people the nile has risen to levels not seen in a century and overall rates of flooding and rain exceed record set in the 1940 s. and 1980 s. 100000 homes have been badly damaged or they've collapsed entirely off a 1000000 people have been affected. hundreds of fighters are threatening to return

to a turn in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo after storming it on friday they surrounded a prison in bunia asking for fellow fighters to be released and to be integrated into the army they've been accused of massacring civilians welcome webb as the story. of the week fighters from the kotecha armed group have been gathering around the town of. they've been expecting to be integrated into the democratic republic of congo's army and given food rations by the government hasn't happened so on friday they marched into the town and occupied it for several hours they outnumber the government soldiers their residents were scared and angry one of the bandits we cannot understand how a militia can enter the town easily in the presence of un peacekeepers and

congolese soldiers un peacekeepers need to go. the un doesn't have much sympathy for the militias demands and wants them to be held to account for atrocities against civilians. you know amnesty means saying that the facts never existed did you see how they cut people to pieces in the villages high going to provide amnesty start normal to talk what amnesty is that serious situations and what about the victims do you tell them too bad. about a 1000 people have been killed and heart a 1000000 have fled their homes we need to re province in the last 3 years violence between groups is on the rise. congo's army has been trying to defeat could echo this year but it failed expected not the west's. is not going to bog why the demand of these guys because the army is there but it's doing nothing more no score your one force nearby but also doing nothing. by friday

afternoon fragile temporary agreement was reached the army took the fighters back out of town in trucks the militias said they'd be back in the day if they demand on met. there among several armed groups responsible for massacring and mutilating civilians in this area the people of faith and 10 days ahead malcolm webb al-jazeera. recorded corona virus infections of past 4000000 in india after the government registered a record 86000 on saturday the 3rd country to pass the 4000000 mark after the u.s. and brazil leaders are pushing to reopen businesses to revive the shrinking economy the iraqi authorities are warning hospitals may course lose control of the outbreak within days more than 5000 new infections were announced on saturday the highest rise yet iraq's hospitals have suffered from years of conflict inadequate funding

and neglect. sri lanka's navy has told an oil supertanker that's on fire off its eastern coast after began drifting towards land it says for now there is no danger of a large spill and the fire is largely under control. as mourner from colombo. more than 2000000 barrels of crude oil are on the tanker new dime and the sri lanka navy air force coast guard and their indian counterparts are battling to stop the fire spreading and the disastrous of oil spill it could realign in the indian coast guard has deployed special firefighting vessels with trained personnel and indian navy ship with a capability and a number of our own took both able to maneuver large vessels they're all part of the operation to control the fire. and engine room explosion on thursday killed a filipino crewman 22 other crew were rescued as the flames spread the panama registered tanker was sailing from quick to the indian port of part of

the now without power the giant vessels drifting towards sri lanka's east and caused. immediate lottie is to polish it away from the court so that even if there is a stream kind of. lives. there is not. and i understand. why the indian coast guard says a 2 meter crack has been spotted when new how intense heat in one place for quite a long of time naturally the steel plates get deformed the reading line get correct and you will see it started to see these cracks it's going to happen it's very natural. but it doesn't mean the ship is breaking apart sri lanka's marine protection authority says an oil spill was a severe threat to the island and he's appealing for international experts to help

it didn't want it in the media to the west coast and all you know is that there is a spill and the entire cargo oil on the ship 270000 tons of oil was leaked into the ocean we are now working on how to deal with it as a country. if this leaks into our ocean region it's not just the area but it will be a major global environmental disaster in the coming hours will decide with the sri lanka faces a major environmental disaster or just a budding tanka people here are hoping it won't be the catastrophe in the finance. colomba people living in the u.s. state of north carolina becoming the 1st people to vote in november presidential election by mail 600000 ballots are being sent out to those who have requested them postal voting has itself become an electoral battleground donald trump has claimed without any evidence as vulnerable to fraud earlier this week the president urged

people to try voting twice which is illegal to security measures. he wanted to maybe we should delay the election maybe we should. you know write in ballots or are fraudulent not a single bit of evidence this i mean it just is. and i think it's all for signs you create so much chaos. no matter what the outcome election is there is thrown up and here is just. it's just undermines. from a gentleman. of our democratic process and it's dangerous for the us has a no sanctions against venezuela's election officials ahead of a forthcoming parliamentary vote many opposition parties intent to boycott the ballot calling it an attempt by the president nicolas maduro to take total control of the national assembly to raise a boat as more. this stunning get are cast has become a source of water for people in venice with less capital and. people here call it

the beach. eagerly the u.s. comes here a few times a week because there's no running water available at home just like many others in venezuela these days ellie's has lost hope and that's why she's planning to not rebuild in venice way less legislative elections in december. the general run is again are these away i don't want to watch the news anymore the controversy is always the same politicians don't solve our problems i am not going to vote this situation is terrible there are people with nothing to eat i have free university a look at where i am oh you are this week president announced a pardon to at least 100 members of the opposition some of them have been hiding in foreign embassies inside the country. the move analysts say was meant to divide the opposition events in the past week show the president's strategy worked. over

50 countries including the united states recognizes venezuela's president says the opposition won't participate in the elections he has been trying to run a parallel government but has not succeeded in removing my leader from office. we have a pact that's a call to action to protest to mobilize and a grim. with the d. and transit towards democracy not to participate in fraud not to participate in a trap by maduro. but why though he's facing a rebellion by 2 time presidential candidate and we got police who says the opposition has to fight the government in the ballots. is banned from participating in the elections but there are other candidates in his party who are willing to run . he says boycotting elections means losing all a position representation in congress now there's nobody can be surprised what is

happening people are screaming for an option in an act of desperation we have to change that the plan we had is exhausted the agenda we presented to the country had failed it's over but as the political battle rages on in venezuela there is also a fight for survival where millions have lost hope that their situation is going to improve anytime soon. there is hello and a c.d.f. . students and teachers in the northern chinese province of in among the taking part in rare protests against a new policy requiring some classes to be taught in mandarin the government in beijing denies trying to phase out the bilingual system activists though worry that their language will go extinct as katrina you. videos the students shouting is our mother language and storming school grounds are circulating on social media protests have been held across the northern chinese province of inner mongolia after

a new education measures were introduced to reduce the use of the mongolian language in favor of mandarin that spoken nationally. many parents have withdrawn their children from schools some have clashed with the local police was my fellow mongolians i may not know one another but if they arrest one of us let's all go to the police station authorities are offering $150.00 in return for information on more than $100.00 of them wanted by police for taking quarrels beijing says the protesters have a political agenda and the new measures only affect certain subjects is how the mongolian language class hours remain unchanged the textbooks remain the same the language used for teaching remains the same and the existing bilingual education system remains on changed the. but activists say the new education policy will see the region's main language of instruction changed to mandarin by 2022 the vast

grassland province borders mongolia where one 5th of the population is ethnic mongolian mongolian people are worried about. extinct culture. wiped out. in the past 70 years the chinese government implemented the series of policies eradicating. cultural traditional way of life similar changes have taken place in tibet and she jungle where ethnic languages are now only taught its special classes the united nations says minority cultures are being suppressed chinese communist party. is anything. coming. through any organization. any sort of.

diversity china's leaders say promoting the majority had culture and nationalizing chinese language provides ethnic minorities with better economic opportunities. but many people are unconvinced and say they fear for the survival of their traditional way of life katrina you are just. ok the top stories for you so far today here on al-jazeera a search is continuing for possible survivors beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut potential signs of life were detected on friday vigils and prayers have been held to mark a month since the explosion. is at the scene. it's day 3 of this search operation they are still clinging to hope the operation is led by a team from chile and the team leader addressed the media and really addressed the

lebanese and late yesterday he said we shouldn't talk about the percentage of error we should be talking about the percentage of the possibility of life police in the u.s. city of portland have used tear gas to break up crowds during a weekend that will mark 100 straight months of protests there have been some arrests the release of been held since the death of george floyd in police custody in may well on the other side of the country there have been more demonstrations in the city of rochester protesters are angry about the black man daniel crude in police custody. the u.s. president donald trump is defending himself against claims he called america's war dead losers and suckers he's facing a growing backlash from veterans and his political rivals a 3 month long state of emergency has been declared by the government in sudan because of weeks of flooding has killed almost 100 people the nile has risen to levels not seen in a century and overall rates of flooding and rain exceed record set in the 1940 s.

and the 1980 s. 100000 homes have been badly damaged or they've collapsed entirely off a 1000000 people have been directly affected. recorded coronavirus infections of past 4000000 in india after the government registered direct quote 86000 on saturday it's the 3rd country to pass the 4000000 mark after the u.s. and brazil leaders are pushing to reopen businesses to revive the shrinking economy the iraqi authorities are warning hospitals may quote lose control of the outbreak within days more than 5000 new infections were announced on saturday the highest rise yet. people living in the u.s. state of north carolina are becoming the 1st of those in the member's election by mail more than 600000 ballots are being sent out to those who have asked for them postal voting has itself become an election issue donald trump has claimed without any evidence that is vulnerable to fraud up next it's the listening post i'm back after about 30 minutes of al-jazeera world news see that. after 2 years in office

has the pakistani prime minister delivered on his promises of freedom of speech it's now being curtailed under your watch mr prime minister. watch as the evidence then you just talked earlier pakistan's prime minister imran khan talks to al jazeera. but. it is hard to comprehend how something like this could happen. how in 1904 cords of hutu militias would roam the streets and countryside of wonder looking for to seize to kill. it is difficult to comprehend why they would turn on their neighbors their friends and in some cases members of their own families. it

was a killing spree that lasted $100.00 days and came to aid.