and. this is about power. pure and simple power. joe biden challenges president trump's motives for rushing through a replacement for the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our global headquarters here and also ahead iran's supreme leaders addressing a crowd in tehran a day after the u.s. to impose more sanctions. prep process in

egypt demonstrators are demanding the president after all fattah el-sisi who should step down. and counting the cost of sudan's worst floods in a century crippling inflation is rising as the waters recede. our top story the u.s. democratic nominee joe biden has hit out at president donald trump and leading republicans who are pushing to replace the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg he said that would be abuse of power before november's presidential election of of the 3rd and he had senators to delay the confirmation vote until after that date alan fischer reports now from washington. the supreme court has suddenly become the dominant election issue in the united states donald trump says he's going to move forward with filling a big can see this week democratic challenger joe biden says with ellie voting

already underway that simply wrong the people of this nation are choosing their future right now as they vote to jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in raw political power. no i don't believe the people of this nation will stand for. president trump told a rally in south carolina on saturday he's sending his nomination for consideration to the senate this week it will be a woman a very talented very brave if. you average joe's in yet but we have numerous women on the list that are thought to be 2 leading candidates amy connie bennett is an appeals court judge a favorite of conservatives and has been considered for earlier vacancies and there's barbara lagu up a letter moving from florida which would be the more political choice but the white house might not be able to push through any nomination before the election in the

last 45 years the process has taken on average 68 days the election is just over 40 days away and there's questions about the president even making a nomination before november the 3rd is texas republican senator ted cruz is in no doubt that in order for a supreme court nomination to go forward you have to have the president and the senate in this instance the american people voted they elected donald trump but there's potential for the court to become the center of a constitutional crisis if republicans can push through a nomination before the election let me try to do it before the inauguration on january 20th but if joe biden wins that election that could cause problems the democratic leader of the house says the of ways to delay a nomination we have our options we have arrows in aquiver that i'm not about to discuss right now but the fact is we have a big challenge in at country republicans see the vacancy as an opportunity to change the face of the supreme court securing

a conservative majority for years to come and they also believe it could galvanize support around donald trump both know and on election day and of people are talking about this they're not talking about the u.s. reaction to covert about unemployment or about health care all big issues before the death of a supreme court justice. alan fischer al-jazeera washington well meanwhile one of the rising stars of the democratic party had this message for the republican party leader in the senate to mitch mcconnell we need to tell him that he is playing with fire we need to make sure that this vacancy is protected that our election continues and that the american people have their say. iran's supreme leader is expected to speak shortly a day after the u.s. made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions against tehran it's a move of the world powers that lacked legal basis ayatollah ali khamenei speech

comes ahead of the annual conference of the international atomic energy agency that's about to take place in vienna our correspondent joins us live from tehran what do we think we're going to hear. well this is 40 years since the start of the iran iraq war and usually they are events held down the country military parades usually here in the horizon is that the muslim of the former supreme leader and the founder of the islamic republic ayatollah khomeini but because of the covert $1000.00 pandemic that's not happening this year and usually it's not the supreme leader to the how many that speech is usually the president has and rouhani but because of that pandemic he's expected to speak it is the 40 year anniversary where over 200000 iranians lost their lives in that 8 year war and it's also known for the use of chemical weapons by saddam hussein now we expect him to talk about the sacrifices of normal iranians juric

that conflict but also the western support for saddam hussein and also some of the regional countries that supported iraq during that conflict and this was a conflict that shaped the political dynamics of iran but he is speaking a day after the united states said that the u.n. sanctions are back in place president hasn't rouhani spoke yesterday and seemingly mocked the united states saying that their maximum pressure campaign had turned into maximum isolation so we expect him to at least talk about the sanctions against iran and also the isolation the united states is facing at the u.n. security council and the u.n. in general and how iran is standing up to these sanctions so is the 40 year anniversary and it is a main event in iran considering the impact that conflict had on this country as you're talking to us and we're showing pictures and i'm intrigued to know why there are pictures coming to us of i assume parliamentarians waiting to hear from the

ayatollah ali khamenei and also every of the seat seems to have a picture of marnie there draped in some sort of mourning material you know so the presence of kassam still a mani even though he lost his life for 67 months ago the presence the specter of what he stood for still clearly part of the political religious mindset in iran. absolutely we have to remember how many is the spiritual and political leader of this country he's world is absolute and on this occasion they are remembering cos and so the money who is considered a martyr and at least here in iran the idea of martyrdom is intrinsic it's within the political fabric and theological fabric of the country and he did fight in the

iran iraq war he made a name for himself during that conflict and forcing him to be seen as a martyr to be assassinated by the united states is seen as a very high religious status within iran and and still even just a few days ago we had the head of the g.c. and other military high ranking officials talking about still it and acting revenge for he's killing and again i go to the home and he was close to cos and so the money they were friends and he was seen to the money seem to transcend be above the kind of political differences in this country and even out on the streets here in the horizon and around the country there are still posters of course and so the money there are still billboards there are still people having his picture on their cars and on their motorcycles and even sometimes you see badges with pic pictures of course and for the money he was the this commander this general of the all could force which is a part of the revolutionary guard that deals with operations outside the country he

was credited with defeating isis in iraq and stopping them reaching the borders of iran so it very an individual that holds a very high status here in iran and as far as iran is concerned chapter and gossips of the money isn't close because they're still talking about revenge and they're still trying to keep his memory alive at least the political establishment try to keep it trying to keep he's critical he's political memory he's he's status he's history he's contribution to iran alive and trying to capitalize on his memory because we saw hundreds of thousands of people come out for his funeral crowds that iran hasn't seen for a very very long time ok you keep us posted i know but in the meantime thanks very much big al jazeera correspondent in tehran. protesters have defied security forces in egypt to stage anti-government demonstrations the police fired tear gas in the capital cairo the demonstrators are calling for president abdel fattah el-sisi to

step down protests continued into the night in cairo these are pictures of a march through one neighborhood demonstrators were chanting slogans against the military in egypt 2nd biggest city alexandria there was a heavy police presence a curacy had been heightened across the country after calls for mass gatherings by the exiled opposition figure mohammed ali the former contractor for the egyptian military is asking protesters to stay out until their demands are met to how do most egyptians unite out of love for the egyptian people take back your country again don't leave it in a hands down with the sisi regime down with this regime don't go home do not go if you go home they will detain us don't go home we're in the streets and now we need to stay there. well william lawrence is a professor of political science and international affairs at the american

university he says most egyptians are still reluctant to take part in the demonstrations. well they're not that large not that widespread yet but that's largely because of the actions of the egyptian regime it was over a 1000 preemptive tensions that metro stations bus stations areas like this and there's been a crackdown arrests of intellectuals university students so common citizens all to agree and larger protests i think what's important here is not. their size and the focus though that they're happening at all in such a tightly controlled situation and really provoked by nothing as this is just the anniversary of the protests last year now we do have an egyptian citizen dive or 2 or maybe 2 weeks ago you have a large lawsuit with us against the former prime ministers and i think that should be torture and so all of this is really about shining

a spotlight on why speculate rights violations egypt and i expect larger future. for this continuing humiliation of egyptian. regime officials and of course the living conditions getting steadily worse so i hope that comes together to create a certain how who will all of anger and then each potential protester has a choice do i go out and was being arrested risk if i arrested to have my family cracked down upon or am i gonna sort of play it cool and wait for a larger protest. o'clock installed by protesters next to the grand palace in thailand's capital bangkok has now been removed it was put in place to symbolize the country's transition to democracy as tens of thousands of demonstrators turned out for an anti-government rally over the weekend they want political reform and limits to the power of the monarchy criticism of the king is illegal in thailand. some of the world's largest investment banks have allowed criminals to launder

trillions of dollars that's according to leaked files seen by a consortium of journalists 15 major banks including h.s.b.c. bank of america and the central bank of the u.a.e. named in the report the bank sent over 2000 quote suspicious activity reports to us or forestry is over a period of 17 years despite concerns about the origins of the funds the banks allowed clients to move their money sudan's economy is taking a battering after the recent record flooding the pound is declining against the us dollar that's leading to inflation and food price increases the government says reactivated an economic state of emergency for the 120 people have died and 100000 homes have been damaged mohammed oh has more now from the capital. latest is that the government has revised the numbers upwards up 270-0000 people have been

affected in 17 or 18 states that's done is composed of ses the government and people put in many parts of the country on. how slow the recession or the floodwaters have been mainly due to heavy rains pounding not only sudan but also the highlands of ethiopia where lect the source of the blue nile is for the pushing more water into these should be 3 of the nile which has been mainly disposable for the flooding we've seen in the past weeks and months so what we're seeing us to action where they also stagnant water sliding around almost everywhere in those 17 states and there are concerns that there could be outbreaks of diseases like malaria that you can give fever all of them caused by the mosquito as well as this is like colette and isn't really because of thousands of put latrines being

destroyed during the floods and emptying their contents into the floods that are still lingering in most parts of sudan. well a group of delegates from sudan visiting the united arab emirates to discuss taking the country off for u.s. list of state sponsors of terror will be meeting american officials in abu dabi sudan says its inclusion on the list has hindered its ability to rebuild the economy and it needs 8 last months advantage the u.s. not to link its removal to the normalization of relations with israel. still to come here on al-jazeera. contact the personal point of. a general assembly like never before world leaders is set to mark 75 years since the creation of the united nations a subdued 70. a symbol of loss for victims of 19 in brazil a memorial is created in one of the worst affected cities.

i was saying some nasty weather across western parts of europe brace liminal area of low pressure swirling away head drawing the moisture from the western side of the mediterranean pushing at wetter whether it too could pass of central and southern france northern parts of spain also seeing some of that west so whether i was all c.s.s. where the dry weather is the fine weather and the sunshine is in temperatures getting into the low to mid twenty's here further west there we go with yet more wet weather see go on through monday that western pa part of france saying somewhat to weather northern areas of spain will port and also seeing some showers along with spells of rain for a time that will sink is well little further south what's in the swiss as we go through choose day to the north of that still fine and dry across east passes and lovely sunshine but

a change underfoot up towards the northwest wetter and windy weather will pile in across the british isles as we go through the next couple days and that temperature is going to drop significantly as we go into the 2nd half of the week may want to cross northern africa it is generally dry you know in the breeze the side there from our old storm in that eastern side of the mediterranean plain showers across central africa nigeria seeing some particularly big downpours over the next couple of days that where the stretches all the way west africa. russia has jeopardized the united states security interest we know what you are doing and you will not succeed perceptions from the outside looking. into the picture from the inside. i think russia's foreign policy is to stop competing with russian goals here retreat not peace in the whole russia on all jews in.

war. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter double your top story is the us democratic nominee joe biden has condemned president trump for pushing to replace the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg he says a confirmation vote should take place after november's presidential election. iran's supreme leader's addressing the nation a day after the u.s. made a unilateral move to re-impose sanctions against tehran other world powers say the move lacks a legal basis. and anti-government protests are taking place across egypt the police fired tear gas in several cities demonstrators are calling for the president

after all fattah el-sisi to step down. world leaders are set to address the united nations to mark 75 years since its creation the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorists will open the special ceremony later today one day ahead of the annual general assembly but this year the event will almost entirely be virtual because of coronavirus diplomatic editor james bays reports from a rather subdued u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.n. is marking its 75th birthday but there's little mood for celebration normally leaders travel from around the world to new york this year none the coming it's all being done remotely. the general assembly hall is often packed to normal years this time it will look like this a strict limit of just one delegate per country i have the immense privilege of addressing you today president trump seen here last year had toyed with an in

person visit again but he decided against it probably because of the lackluster atmosphere. this year like all the other leaders will be on the big screen only was speeches played on video. much of the real diplomatic work is normally done join countless face to face meetings but this year the normally bustling corridors are empty we'll do several virtual meetings with heads of state in different areas that are very relevant for us but we will miss that contact the personal contact that i believe is very important for the promise it to be think when we look at the ambassador christophe poison is one of germany's most senior diplomats he was charles slow merkel's foreign affairs advisor and now serves on the un security council ambassador we're speaking face to face suitably distance of course in your world diplomacy most of the meetings now are virtual meetings what's lost when you

don't do things in your world face to face diplomacy is about finding solutions finding compromise and you don't get that you know virtually you need to talk to to you know to to the people that have different opinions you have to be able to sort out compromise you have to find out where the red lines and you cannot do that sitting back home and go on on screen you need these personal meetings there's one place that the lack of world leaders at this year's general assembly will be celebrated and that's among the population of this city it means they'll be no closed roads and no traffic jams with armored convoys on the city's streets jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. the opposition leader from atlanta taken off sky will meet top e.u. officials in brussels in a few hours today the government has warned that the meetings amount to an interference in its domestic affairs that comes after tens of thousands of people

again marched through men sky on sunday demanding that the president resign or step vasant reports now from minsk. the city center of minsk is turning into a conflict zone on sunday afternoons. tens of thousands of peaceful protesters space in large police and military presence i despite a show of force a large crowd managed to march through the city 2 hours later than planned. protest in again as though that has happened in our public that is a very important. political prisoners are released then a new election because at. the rally comes less than a week since president aleksander look i shan't come out with his russian counterpart vladimir putin in russia the embattled by the russian leader has been in power for 26 years try to convince his most important ally that the protests

were under control his main strategy has been to brutally detain people also today people were picked up even before the rally started in the past 6 weeks what and 10000 people were taken to police stations and detention centers most of them have been released tens of political prisoners including most of the opposition leaders are still behind bars every single one of the people here marching today on the streets of men is risking arrest and they know it's. almost like teaching locations here. the way to freedom square is completely blocked by armed police and also to the independence square the palace was also. been circling around the city and they are shouting they say you're helping this dictator you should stop helping this dictator when. you kill and rape our men who pays for this with

refusing to step down and rejecting calls for new elections to stand off between peaceful protesters on the one hand and have. security forces on the outer will continue step class and al-jazeera menthe. an ivory coast opposition leader is calling for nationwide civil disobedience in protest of the president alassane ouattara as attempts to secure a 3rd term the former president's only kronk is challenging his rival in next month's elections was cleared by the constitutional court to stand again despite serving his maximum 2 terms. michael moore is from the london school of economics and political sciences he says tensions are being hyped by reports that the watter camp is planning to rig the vote. well i mean merriment beauty has the most supports i mean by the ghost party has the most support the last man who is currently. disqualified it looks like

a big year really is the next person with the most votes say it's quite significant he used a significant candidate in this particular election and one of the reasons why what terrorists kind of the city so contentious is actually that he originally didn't really want to leave the sea he deliberately introduced even the vice presidency into this new questions he shouldn't just salamis he can plan and read different meds video if who team sleeps at the very least he couldn't be there right presidential candidates if you're a regional kind of he did not die and so now he's had to put himself out as a presidential candidate because the other candidate docs were tired doesn't have enough votes to get my job to either in a fresh round or in the 2nd round so we're looking for a very precarious situation. where the only way what our country is actually too

rigid a election and already we are hearing reports that you know we go green to transfer anything about tell young's in done go out in the west who are going to north block in the center and our john in the south to try and intimidate me out tames the protest you know that's not rigging our tents at least 10 people have died after a building collapsed in the indian city of thing just outside mumbai a search operation is now underway for more than a dozen people who are thought to be trapped there more than 20 others including children were rescued it's not yet clear why the 3 story building fell down. and india's ties mahal has reopened its gates to visitors after 6 months despite a rise in corona virus cases across the country a maximum of $5000.00 visitors will be allowed in each day india has the 2nd 2nd highest number of covert 1000 cases worldwide it has been reporting around 100000 new infections and more than

a 1000 deaths daily. and you lot turn has come into force in the spanish capital cases rise across europe more than 850000 people in the worst hit districts of madrid are now affected they're only allowed to leave their areas for work school or health care social gatherings are limited to 6 people shot in shops most close by 10 pm spain has the highest number of corona virus infections in europe with more than 640000 confirmed cases. a monument dedicated to those who died during the pandemic has now been on veiled in brazil the architect of the infinity memorials she wants to provide families with a symbol of their loss monika reports from rio de janeiro she said to be sure to last her father to the novel coronavirus 4 months ago her family among the hundreds of thousands who have lost a loved one now their names are recorded on a memorial for 1000 victims. the 39 metre long monument weighing almost

3000 kilos is the 1st of its kind in brazil. seeing his name here has given me closure i feel the memorial has immortalized him he is no longer just a number in the long list of people killed by the pandemic now i feel this as my 2nd home. zagg his father died last may and his body placed in the family tomb for safety measures prevented the family having a proper wake or funeral even those who have not been buried or cremated here have a right to be a part of this memorial there are 30 names that have already been in graded on the medal but as you can see there is space for $4000.00 in total. it's a small fraction of the total of brazil's kovan $1000.00 related deaths more than 136000 have died in the pandemic making the country the world's 3rd largest hotspot

and the numbers are still growing architect santos says she has been working in 7 tears for the last 10 years but never witnessed so much pain she decided to create a memorial to help families move on. virus took us by surprise and put our lives on standby more so for those who lost loved ones and were unable to say a proper goodbye the sculpture in the shape of waves is meant to show us that life goes on that's why i called it infinity. the pandemic also seems without end claiming thousands of lives every day in brazil but she said he says the memorial is a chance for people to stand together in difficult times and to honor and remember those they've lost monica and not give all just sirrah rio de janeiro. now hundreds of farmers in mexico have gathered to protest against a government decision to over water from the united states

a treaty signed more than 75 years ago obliges the country to deliver about a year's supply of water to the u.s. before october our farmers say they're facing a drought in the north these 2 people were killed earlier this month when the national guard cleared protesters occupying the dam. ok let's recap your top stories so far today the u.s. democratic nominee joe biden has criticized president donald trump and leading republicans pushing to replace the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is urging senators to delay a confirmation vote until after the election shuttled for november the 3rd to jam this nomination through the senate is just an exercise in the wrong political power please follow your conscience don't vote to confirm any were nominated to the circumstances president trump consumer can have created don't go there

appalled your constitutional duty your conscience let the people speak. ok let's take you live to tehran because iran's supreme leader is addressing the nation one day after the u.s. made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions against tehran is marking 40 years since the start of the iran iraq war and iran is monitoring reaction to the u.s. move on sunday the president threatened a scrum response to the reimposition of sanctions britain france and germany who is anxious relief will continue. antigovernment protests have taken place across egypt the police fired tear gas in several cities demonstrates the calling for president abdel fattah el-sisi to step down. sudan's economy is taking a battering in the wake of the record recent flooding the local currency the pound continues to decline against the u.s. dollar leading to inflation and

a hike in food prices the government says reactivated an economic state of emergency on the 120 people who died and 100000 homes have been damaged by the flooding and you lock turns come into force in the spanish capital as cases rise across europe more than 850000 people in the worst hit districts of madrid are affected they are only allowed to leave their areas for work school or health care social gatherings are limited to 6 people parks are closed and shops must shut by 10 pm. india's taj mahal has reopened its gates to visitors after 6 months despite a rise in corona virus cases across the country a maximum of 5000 visitors will be allowed in every day india has the 2nd highest number of cases worldwide. you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next it's inside story of science and one day i might be covering politics for you and the next time i hear about micro tossing from serbia the hungry what's most important is talking to people understanding what they are going through so that i

can convey the headlines in the most human way possible. here at al-jazeera we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. their march against the monarchy in thailand and then sometimes for political reform the protests have been the biggest in years so what can the government do to quell this pooling anger and what does this mean for thailand's king this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hala my he'd seen a wave of protests as great thailand's since february it's been led by the young mostly 1st time voters.