played an important role. in the of. democracy of his fiance calls it a false death sentences for some of the saudi had squad who killed the journalist and 2800 other cuts to jail to. close down i missed on the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up snatched by masked men fears for the safety of

a prominent opposition figure in bella roups. new contriver see as the u.s. president hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who returned to south africa. and back on the move metro train service has returned across india even as it overtakes brazil but the 2nd highest coronavirus cases in the wilds of. saudi arabia is facing more criticism for overturning the death sentences for members of the hit squad who killed journalist jamal khashoggi 8 people have now been handed jail terms of between 7 and 20 years after the journalist was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 turkey says the court ruling did not meet international expectations alexy o'brien reports. the saudi hit squad accused of

killing journalist jamal khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul that's where a prominent and well connected critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while $21.00 men were detained by saudi arabia over his murder and 11 went on trial much of what happened in the courtroom remains a mystery the trial was done in secret and closed trial that there was no international observers in the hands of the victims or the accused were not published. and there's no more. appeal possible so the nature of the evidence although you know every technical part of the trial almost has been questioned by. internationally accepted judicial standards last year 5 of them were given the death penalty for the killing but that's been kept to 20 years in prison 3 others

have been given sentences of saving to teen years and will say is calling a fast i think. the whole verdict seems to me to have been manipulated and i way they used of course they get behind a fig leaf according to practice legal practice in saudi arabia and the family has the right to commute any sentence and the family has issued such a flourish and most probably under duress i don't think it was done really knowing the family. knowing the man so i was surprised by that 2 official gee sounds made the saudi king and crown prince in the weeks after they found his killing the cia and other intelligence agencies have said there's a direct link between the crown prince and the murder the case caused worldwide outrage and tarnished mohammed bin sahlins reputation but several of those in the hit squad coming from. than his inner circle though he denies involvement the u.n.

experts who investigated murder said in a series of tweets the saudi prosecutor performed one more today in this parody of justice but these verdicts carry no legal or moral legitimacy she went on to say that crown prince mohammed bin solomon remained well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdicts can't be allowed to whitewash what happened the saudi prosecutor says this causes the case both privately and publicly many though say justice for his shoghi has not been served brian al jazeera. now the european union is calling on bellerose to immediately release more than 600 people who have been detained for protesting on sunday it's also condemning the disappearance of a prominent opposition activist maria kolesnik over isn't missing after being snatched off the street by masked men and taken away in a van and center of the capital she is one of the 3 women who joined forces before

last month's disputed presidential elections to challenge alexander lukashenko and she is the only one who hasn't yet fled to belarus this is completely unacceptable to you it was very very clear in our statements that we can see that the actions of the authorities in belarus unacceptable we are deeply concerned about the continued repression and intimidation of the population by unexplained our wrists very often arbitrarily our roasts our wrists of our wrists which are motivated politically this is unacceptable we call on all people who have been detained based on political reasons and arbitrarily to be deterred to be released immediately well our correspondent bennett smith is monitoring developments from neighboring if you're way near. maria kolesnik obo was one of the last remaining main opposition activists still at liberty it seems until earlier on monday when witnesses

witnesses described seeing being bundled into a van by masked man she dropped her phone they say skulk woman was picked up by one of these men as they drug their all and drove away now maria tell us nico that knew the risks spoken of the risks of what would happen by standing above the crowd and speaking out against. his decisions the victory and the oldest 9 disputed elections she herself formed with colleagues at political party only last week called together to help push for those new elections so it will come as no surprise really perhaps to her and her friends that she seems to have been taken out of circulation for the moment leanest that could be serious he said that the waiting is foreign minister here in the us he has said that what is happening is that the outgoing leadership in belarus us are described solution to this government is cynically eliminating the opposition warm by warm and he says what is happening is

reminiscent of the stalinist secret police. veronica except as another one of those 3 women who spearheaded that opposition campaign she is in exile in poland and told al-jazeera it's a typical tactic of regime to intimidate his appliance. country in belarus you know it's normal it's not normal but you know good sense but it's normal when the people get in without any explanations when she will be released as soon as possible because i really worry about her you know in belarus the indonesian leader so it's you if you see the leaders we see the leaders everywhere now in the streets in the students in the universities or in their factories in the player or players look at include you works this way everything and they see a leader and they would like to isolate this this leader from the people from the ship and these are so-called as i said it's normal are in a snob what are hopefully a will question will not be able to the 9500000 people for abilities because there

is simply they will not be in its place in the prisons now britain's foreign minister has summoned the russian ambassador to the u.k. over the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina valmy dominic rudd calls an unacceptable that a banned chemical weapon is used in a valley has been brought out of a medically induced coma he's being treated in berlin where doctors say he has been responsive german experts have found he was poisoned with one of the nerve agents from the family not reach up before a domestic flight in russia another russian opposition politician has released a video message calling for a criminal investigation then of let me fall for i see no volley fell into a coma in russia and he's citizen of russia so the authorities should investigate in russia why he fell into a coma and who poisoned him not just because angela merkel demanded this or sanctions can be imposed but because it was an attempt to kill a politician in russia it is very upsetting for our country that the obvious truths

need to be spoken aloud and repeated but i will repeat and demand an investigation takes place into the attempted murder of a public figure so we can officially name those who poisoned the valley with. well now the u.s. president is still trailing his democratic rival in the polls as the traditional labor day started campaigning kicks off donald trump has been focusing on nor an order and economic recovery from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic joe biden is challenging the president's handling of the pandemic and rising unemployment facing even more controversy with the release of a tell all book by his former lawyer michael cohen in the coming hours well in that book cohen alleges donald trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa and said that no black leader can run a country the mandela foundation has responded calling trump arrogant and uninformed cohen is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and financial offenses well let's get more

now with rosa in jordan she's monitoring things from alexandria virginia is really quite the shop response there from the mandela foundation and i expect even more fallout that will see on a number of fronts as the book is released. well it's not surprising that the mandela foundation would speak out against these revelations in michael collins memoir but let's not forget we're also talking about a man who even before he became president was known for allegedly discriminating against black renters who wanted to elise apartments from his family's our real estate business this is the person who raised the heavenly questions about the u.s. national ality of barack obama the former u.s. president and it's also worth pointing out that in michael collins new memoir that he says that trump was so incensed when barack obama became the u.s. president that he hired an actor in the impersonator as it were of barack obama to

sit in his office and to be recorded being rated by trump and then being fired by donald trump and michael cohen has released a photo of one of those sessions which he said trump found cathartic so it's not a surprise but certainly given that we are at the beginning now of the general election push that trump is going to find himself having to answer questions about these allegations in michael collins book as soon as on tuesday well as we've been saying today is traditionally that fast day of campaigning that this really is an average election year biden still ahead he's really trying to defend money now. that's right if not in normal electioneering that is because in large part of the code that 19 pandemic which not only has altered the way that the presidential candidates are able to actually get out and try to make contact with voters but it

also very much changed the way that they ran their political conventions this summer of course the big concern for rather joe biden the democratic nominee is that the trumpet ministration is trying to raise expected. he believes irresponsibly about the prospect of a valuable covert 19 vaccine being available to the general public before november 3rd which of course is election day this is the former vice president speaking earlier on monday in lancaster pennsylvania are our. friends back. on the problem. or if you are really good right.

now the u.s. president donald trump is going to be on the campaign trail on tuesday trying to make certain that he can overcome what is a competitive race at least according to the polls right now he's anywhere from 4 to 11 points behind joe biden but with 56 days until election day it is something that trump could very easily make up that is if all of the political alignments are on his side rosslyn jordan now across all that campaigning for us from alexandria virginia thanks and entre well still ahead here on al-jazeera. call it. football we've judeans. fighting extradition wiki leaks founder julian julian a song refuses the u.s. requests to have him extradited to face trial on espionage charges. and the clock is ticking why it's taking more and more likely that britain will crash out of the

e.u. without a trade deal. high shame continues to make its way further north towards wakeling very quickly this is a real fast moving system this one that we go with the storm making its way out of north korea and as we go on through choose day that a punch is way into the far north east of china yet what will be some very heavy rainfall on that quansah weather comes in behind at least for a time she's day it can generally settle for south korea some showers there into north korea the showers a little more widespread as we go on into wednesday show is that the way into japan honshu looking a little on the damp side humid weather coming in once again 33 celsius for tokyo 35 in shanghai meanwhile central parts of china remain fine and dry hot and sunny

but to the south we are looking at a crop of showers coming in here joining up with the showers that we have across southeast asia some of them certainly on the live side through malaysia the philippines think some heavy downpours into china also pretty unsettled the middle a peninsula will see some heavy showers into northern parts of somalia show was nowhere near as widespread there into indonesia but we will see some here nevertheless for india while the heaviest rain is going to be out of the western ghats we simply downpours and the likelihood of flooding. this is one of them sounding technological revolutions and all of this makes our planet pretty good we have to meet this emission time electric cars that need mitchum emission they need to be mindful when people are just talking about cars in . the world of business and commerce driving the energy transition is the promise

of clean energy and illusion the top side of green energy. on al-jazeera. the. hello again i'm the stars here take into account let's remind you of our top stories here the salah saudi arabia is facing more criticism for overturning the death sentences for members of the hit squad who killed journalist. 8 people have been handed jail terms between 7 and 20 is. the e.u. is condemning the disappearance of better russian opposition figures maria kolesnik over witnesses say she was taken away in

a van by masked men in minsk she's one of 3 women who challenge alexander lucas shank is disputed election last month. and labor day is the traditional kickoff for the u.s. presidential campaign and president on trump is trailing his democratic rival joe biden in the polls trump is campaigning on law and order while biden is challenging trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. nearly 300 rangar refugees have been rescued from the beach in indonesia after drifting it safe to 6 months at least fasc people died on that journey from bangladesh those who survived have been moved to a temporary shelter but it's still not clear if they will be allowed to stay in indonesia just to washington reports from the capital jakarta. after 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey now though safe in the indonesian province of sindh nearly $300.00 reeking of refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on

the long trip from bangladesh the official fortunately we came to indonesia and indonesian people are really helpful towards us local authorities are working with the un's refugee agency to provide support including medical care you can. get that but i couldn't stretch my legs when i slept we were just sitting so it affected our legs so much that we almost got paralyzed some of the group told al jazeera they were trying to get to malaysia knows him to move out of one of the fact that i have my sisters in the camps so i wanted to go to malaysia to earn money to support them i have come here from the camps of bangladesh they came ashore at beaches along the coast overnight huddled together in darkness not knowing what would happen minutes hours later they were moved to a temporary shelter. hundreds of thousands of for him to have fled from manama where they face violence and persecution to bangladesh from then many tried to

reach southeast asian countries by boat to escape poverty in crowded refugee camps community groups are trying their best to help with food and other essentials like a lot of money so they said they were from bangladesh and going to malaysia but the boat became broken so they stranded and actually is welcomed with open arms. as they get health checks and it's not clear if they'll be allowed to stay here in indonesia. i think that they'll be kept here for the time being in tents and in the building the u.n.h.c.r. and government will register each of them. many of those we spoke to have made the same plain after the release of it if the indonesian government allow us to stay we will stay and if they don't allow us then maybe america or australia or canada want titles they desperately hoping they can make a new home for themselves wherever they're accepted just go washington to 0 jakarta

. while turning to the current virus pandemic down india is pushing ahead with easing restrictions despite a spike in cases that it now has more than 4000000 confound cases that's the 2nd most in the wilds behind the us elizabeth problem has moved from new delhi. the delhi metro had been transporting millions of people every day until its closure and by march on its 1st day of reopening the few people on board were relieved the service had resumed. because they. are not sure what makes one. so i feel this is being ready to me that it has started well in my toys very comfortable thanks be very. metra train services have reopened in most of india's biggest cities including chennai and hyderabad would limited routes and times to avoid crowding passengers must have their temperatures

taken before boarding and wear masks while maintaining social distancing despite india recorded more than 90000 cases a day more lockdown restrictions are being east alcohol can be served again in delhi from later this week which comes as a big relief to restaurant artists who say they've lost at least a quarter of their revenue want to ban was in place on the day with the ordering food they want something to go along with the families you know they want to be along with it to be 2530 percent so we've got something coming back over there but you know dog. depending on when up to the start you know it opens up again so it's like a big hit for those people. it's because of the lockdowns impact on the economy that the indian government is continuing to ease restrictions while cities a study of returning to normal the virus is spreading to india's remote villages more than half of all of the quoted 9000 cases recorded and oldest came from rural districts 65 percent of india's 1400000000 people live in rural areas of the less

developed tend to land has only 20 percent of the country's doctors and 40 percent of its hospitals. doctors say that's a big concern thing that they are not getting. a broad but a good professional force the 2nd thing even if they reach a proper healthcare professional like it but i'm really health and. community health centers they're the 1st. the divide between india's cities and villages has always been big health experts say it's now imperative to bridge that gap by spending more rural health care if they are to get the coronavirus under control elizabeth broad of al-jazeera you delhi home brazil is marking its independence day with scaled back celebrations this year due to the global outbreak last month the defense ministry canceled the parade because of the pandemic and in the past 24

hours brazil has recorded 447 new coven 1000 feet tallit is takes the death toll to almost 127000 all 17 coronavirus cases have been confirmed greece's overcrowded maria migrant camp more than 12000 people at the camp on the island of less boss have been placed under quarantine after its 1st case was reported last week aid groups are warning that social distancing and basic hygiene measures are impossible to implement in the cramped facility now moving on and the latest stage in julian assange has legal battle against extradition to the u.s. has resumed in london the wiki leaks founder is wanted for espionage in the united states for leaking secrets related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan lawrence lee reports. he. didn't. go home on the resumption of the extradition hearing and the many and vocal supporters of jews in the sunshine are out in

numbers again sanjay arrived in a prison van from the high security jail on the edge of london where he's being held. in one sense none of the arguments have changed the u.s. says he's guilty of spying and wants him to face a court in the states his backers say these cases are threats to the rule of law and to the foundations of proper journalism what happens. to people like you and me for me. not everybody because most journalists would comply. with those who are not the real. challenge for you to call up for. governments to. reveal secrets and do all. the normal voice on those 2 issues. will be abridged the latest attempt to destroy the case is based on claims that the cia illegally monitored conversations between the sanj and his lawyers it is now

confirmed that legally privileged conversations between julian is lawyers were spied upon and the recordings of that were were delivered to united states so that in itself should. lead to dismissal it is a very long time ago that wiki leaks published the video evidence of american forces attacking john lists and other innocent people in iraq evidence that in another context would be applauded as the uncovering of war crimes and classic public interest journalism 7 years holed up in the ecuadorian embassy and a huge toll on a sanchez mental and physical health have offered him the status of a free speech masa to his supporters if not to sections of the british media and the government's. a full $160.00 lawyers have signed a joint statements saying that there are no grounds whatsoever for this extradition

to continue so it's hardly a fringe issue really the concern is that it's supposedly democratic countries criminalize investigative journalism then what hope is there anywhere else barring any surprises the case will run for 3 more weeks of us arms loses he will appeal barnsley al-jazeera london well now the british prime minister is warning that the u.k. made changes to leave the e.u. without a trade deal if an agreement isn't reached by mid october the 8th round of talks to save the deal is now scheduled on tuesday and baba has the story. he won an election promising to get bricks done and telling the british public he had an oven ready deal now could he be driving a coach and horses through the divorce agreement signed last year with the european union this week boris johnson's government is expected to introduce legislation changing agreed rules on exporting goods across the irish sea brussels believes that would contradict the withdrawal agreement breaching britain's international

legal responsibilities and risk a hard border between northern ireland in the republic of ireland the head of the european commission the singer from the lion tweeted i trust the british government to implement the withdrawal agreement an obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership protocol on island northern ireland is essential to protect peace and stability on the island and integrity of the single market. e.u. chief negotiator michele bunny who's in london on choose day for the 8th round of talks says he remains worried because boris johnson seems to want the best of both worlds at the same time the prime minister's telling the e.u. there needs to be a deal struck by the next leaders summit in mid october. in a written statement he said there needs to be an agreement with our european friends by the time of the european council on the 15th of october if it's going to be enforced by the end of the year so there is no sense in thinking about timelines that go beyond that point if we can't agree by then then i do not see that there

will be a free trade agreement between us and we should both accept that and move on nobody is quite clear why the u.k. government is doing this it might be to pressure brussels into making further concessions in tricky areas such as fishing rights perhaps its designs to please hardliners in boris johnson's conservative party before the u.k. makes its own concessions over the next month or maybe as part of a strategy to let the u.k. head off into the uncertain waters of a no deal breaks it could further delay in his statement boris johnson says the latter would be a good outcome for britain this expert says whatever the intention the most likely outcome now is no deal the u.k. trading with the e.u. on world trade organization rules the european union is increasingly annoyed by an ideal wreck that they see as an ally a 2nd or 3rd order issue in terms of priority for them i don't see the u.k. government headed by a prime minister and adviser who are not worried at all about no deal and can see they see the political and economic. upsides of

a no deal as as worth pursuing this month groups representing u.k. truckers contacted the government saying it was sleepwalking into a disaster warning of severe disruption to supply chains. until monday another warning from believe. the time you know the u.k. must be willing to compromise on the key issues governance level playing field and he she was once more we believe a deal can be reached but at the same time the german government is preparing for a no 2 situation. with the prolonged status quo coming to an end on the 31st of december tell you is of the essence unless of course you're running down the clock . al-jazeera. the military leaders who carried out a coup in mali have a week to pick a transitional president and prime minister the 15 nation regional bloc eko west says pressuring create leaders to hand over power to civilian rule the military who overthrew president abraham say they will step down after

a transition period they have proposed rewriting the constitution 1st and a 3 year transition but echo as leaders dismissed that idea. wildfires have burned almost 810000 hectares in california this year the most ever in the u.s. days 15000 firefighters about 3 almost 2 dozen blazes one of them is believed to have been sparked by pyrotechnics at a party in san bernardino county california as governor has declared a state of emergency in affected areas 8 people have been killed and more than 3000 structures destroyed in 3 weeks. so again this is out of there and these are the headlines saudi arabia is facing more criticism for overturning the death sentences of members who were part of the

hit squad who killed journalist. 8 people have been handed jail terms of between 7 and 20 years. the u. is condemning the disappearance of better russian opposition figure maria kolesnik over witnesses say she was taken away in a van by masked men and minsk she's one of 3 women who challenge alexander new has disputed election last month britain's foreign minister has summoned the russian ambassador to the u.k. over the poisoning of opposition leader and. the valley has been brought out of a medically induced coma and doctors in berlin where he's been treated say he's been responsive the u.s. presidential campaign has officially kicked off and president donald trump is trailing his democratic rival joe biden in the polls trump is campaigning on law and order while biden is challenging trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on trump's a former personal lawyer michael cohen is alleging in a new book that the president made disparaging remarks about black one of leaders

cohen says trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa the mandela foundation has called trump arrogant and uninformed jordan has more on cohen's book michael cole with apparently also has written in his memoir that was so incensed by the election of barack obama that he actually had a lookalike hired to play the president so that trouble who routinely bill rate him did tell them that he was quote fired and he has released a photo. showing this apparent interaction between donald club and the. former u.s. president nearly $300.00 ranger refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for several months they were originally bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of the pandemic well those are the headlines i'll have more news for you here to inside

story. a month of protests in belarus has failed to push alexander lukashenko from office no opposition leader has a missing or fleeing to exile so how much longer can the president hold on this isn't a story. hello welcome to the program on iran come on alexander insists he's not going anywhere despite

a month of protests against the belarus and president's disputed reelection tens of thousands of people rallied again on sunday to demand a new fight saying last month.