asian nations concern not shown the world to root out of this group endemic. coronavirus lessons from asia on a. sudan says it's transferred millions in compensation for u.s. bombing victims in a deal to remove it from a list the state sponsors of terrorism. watching on just their ally from headquarters in doha and the navigator also ahead of the last 25 years because what are you doing if you are president sure things up no more interruptions microphones will be muted at the final u.s. presidential debate between donald trump and joe biden accused of beatings and torture in the democratic republic of congo video emerges of abuses by fighters

loyal to a wanted warlord with the support of the military. and bonding over a milk cow a simple drink became a symbol of solidarity with protests in thailand and hong kong. hello sudan could be about to end more than 25 years of international isolation and boost its transition to democracy u.s. president donald trump says he's ready to take the country off the list the state sponsors of terrorism that's likely to bring an injection of international investment and allow urgently needed relief there were more good reports in the capital parts of. this is one of the events that have kept sudan on a u.s. list of states ponces of terror and kept most foreign investors away from within 25 years. in august 9th. in 98 truck bomb attacks on the u.s.

embassies in kenya and tanzania killed 224 people and injured more than 4000 sudan was accused of providing a base for the bombers then president ominously she had already been accused of offering sanctuary to the likes of al qaida and its leader osama bin laden. but after you have negotiations by the transitional government president donald trump says he's ready to restore sudan's international status in a tweet he said sudan had agreed to pay $335000000.00 compensation and once deposited he would remove it from the list. the road ahead of us is long and we have to have a serious plan and work to give the to benefit from this opportunity we promised 0 people and we work to achieve our promise with no agenda except the interest of the nation together we can achieve the impossible being on the list has meant sudan has struggled for investment resulting in a hard currency shortage that led to inflation that 1st throw slowly then steeply

the country's pound has lost more than 50 percent of its value against the dollar in just the past 2 months because i strapped government is struggling to pay for stuff lies of lead fuel and medicine all items it subsidizes resulting in shortages so dance removal from the u.s. list would allow it to be relieved of its that by the international monetary fund that will still take months but the country needs help now some analysts say that may mean a move to normalize ties with israel which comes with an economic assistance package could still happen i suspect however that we will see in the coming days or weeks an effort towards normalization on the part of the sudanese because washington at the end of the day needs to get some kind of political way and i think it's a sad commentary for washington and for the trumpet ministration that it isn't a sufficient enough win for them to point to a success story in the horn of africa where there wasn't one before this is a region you know beset with political problems and economic problems. and for us

to be able to point to a success story should be a sufficient foreign policy when present ministration that it should want to try and and trumpet that when. and while president trumps a fine policy when so dance prime minister abdullah him to the delisting would open paths for sudan economic improvement crucial for its transition to democracy he will mark an artist there are hard to when he is the president of the sudan policy forum he says while it will benefit sudan's financial situation going forward it's not a total reset effort standing with the international community sudan is put in year of presidents of a country that is sued for crimes though it wasn't crimes that were in committed by the sudanese people it wasn't committed i mean in sudan it was indeed needed and designed by saudi citizen implemented by the yemeni cities and carried out

in international waters so setting such a precedence we don't know the extent to which this is going to help reset the image of sudan in the international community however there are 2 important outcomes here the sovereign debt obviously would not automatically be dissolved but at least an important. restriction will be put a cite so if. it's different if you're going to upbeat but that's still going to happen immediately let's find out what happens next over in the u.s. and bring in our white house correspondent can help get you joining us from washington kimberly. we have to look at this through the lens of the u.s. election and why there is this 11th hour push by the trumpet ministration to see this happen it comes in the context of one of the other foreign policy goals of this administration and that is the recognition of israel trying to see that there

are a increasing number of arab nations that are formalizing diplomatic ties up until last month of course it was just egypt and jordan but then we saw the addition of the u.a.e. it also bought rain and there is a keen interest in the trumpet ministration to see sudan working towards that goal as well so we know that within these negotiations this was an 11th hour condition being offered by the administration was humanitarian aid to try and help fight covert 19 and they're very much is a desire to try to accomplish this before the u.s. election on november 3rd but to be fair this is something that the u.s. congress has had an interest on as well particularly for the last 18 months this desire to uplift democracy inside sudan and so this is something that is being embraced by the u.s. congress as well that is deeply divided but has more of a bipartisan view with regard to this what we should point out though when it comes

to compensation that was discussed by the u.s. president in his tweet that is something that still has to be decided the american courts have not figured out or even awarded yet there is some concern about u.s. citizens for example perhaps getting more compensation as a result of being harmed by some of these attacks than say the kenyan or tense any envy. so that is still something that needs to be worked out as well but looking forward in terms of the how this relates to the u.s. election here domestically this is not a big issue for american voters it's certainly not going to be a deciding factor about whether or not they support donald trump's reelection or vote for joe biden the democratic presidential nominee but still this is something that u.s. president donald trump is hoping to talk about in what he sees as a long list of foreign policy achievements particularly since this is an issue that will be potentially brought up in terms of foreign policy on the debate stage when the 2 meet on thursday in nashville tennessee ok kimberly halakhah thank you very

much a 24 hour curfew will come into force in nigeria's financial capital may go under an hour's time protesters block the international airport on monday as demonstrations against police brutality continue the government says there's banded a special unit accused of extra judicial killings and extortion advance not satisfied protesters the speaker of the lower house of parliament is refusing to approve the budget without compensation for victims of. new buttons on microphones are being introduced for the final election debate between donald trump and joe biden president frequently interrupted his democratic challenger during their 1st face to face debate last month on thursday each will

get 2 minutes without interruption trump says it's unfair but he will be taking part our correspondent mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . strictly speaking it's the same format and that is a 90 minute debate divided into 6 sections but what the changes is that each candidate will be given 2 minutes to speak at the beginning of each section and now the commission on presidential debates says the other candidates microphone will be switched off during those 2 minutes to stop all interruptions and then during the discussion that will follow a free discussion in each section any candidate that interrupts will have the time taken off him and given to the other candidate this just follows the absolute chaos that ensued in the 1st and only television debate between joe biden and president trump now the commission insisting that it has to take these safeguards to ensure that some form of debate does take place between the candidates early on in the day

of the trump campaign sent the commission a letter saying that it object to the fact that it was not focusing on foreign policy this particular debate it also described the commission as pro biden and also insisted that it would not accept the muting of microphones well the commission announced this change in rules after that and it doesn't appear that there's been any oppose all opposition to this particular fact so it appears that this debate will be going ahead according to this new formula in terms of which the candidates mikes will be switched off for the 1st 2 minutes while the other candidate is talking the u.s. supreme court is the quine day republican bid that would have limited the counts of mail in ballots in the state of pennsylvania so that means postal votes there can now be counted up to 3 days after the election on november the 3rd the top court was deadlocked allowing a lower court ruling to stand there currently only a justices on the bench following the death of ruth bader ginsburg. clive's matter

protests and the accompanying violence and property damage could have an impact on us suburban voters in the upcoming election they were key to donald trump's victory in 2016 helping him take 3 key states and he came too close to winning minnesota from where john hendren reports. all of the suburbs were rolling lawns lead to expensive homes where scenic views meet shops quaint and common close to culture far enough from squalor idyllic havens of safety in middle income splendor but don't let the leafy tranquility fool you divisions here run deep these are the battlegrounds where the u.s. election will be decided in suburban minnesota a short commute from minneapolis george floyd's death under a police officer's need led to raucous protests that divided a nation in many households. and probably for me it would be trying

i like the idea of a republican socialism and that seems to be the direction of the democrats and i think character is an important quality and. i think also we need someone who can unify and not divide it why president donald trump seeks to instill fear into the suburban heart if you elected this guy the suburbs would be overwhelmed with violence and crime and why joe biden is striking back how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires how many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out how many suburbs will have been blown away. it's super storms. here one voter's crisis of law and order is another's calamity of social injustice and i have 100 percent support for the protesters and i've been doing my best to stay as active and be as involved as i can with it when trump won the suburbs in 2016 he

won the election the math of midwestern battleground states is pretty simple the cities lean heavily toward democrats the rural areas lean heavily toward republicans most of these states will be decided in the suburbs the battlegrounds within the battleground states in pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin trump won the suburbs and narrowly won those states he won the suburbs here outside minneapolis to narrowly lost this state but there are signs of trouble for trump here white women friends in particular college educated women growing religious and chatted with them in many ways so a lot of them fell in the suburbs so yes overall they are moving away at least somewhat. here in the land of 10000 lakes trump is now lagging biden in the polls but trump supporters know he also leg hillary clinton in minnesota in 2016 before nearly pulling off an upset victory john hendren 0 was out of minnesota

so i had the knowledge is there are on guard in colombia security forces are being mobilized to stop cross border people smuggling from venezuela. parking also scientists hope to land an asteroid millions of kilometers from home this. hello winter is coming slowly admittedly with that see there on its way through mongolia it ends up really is a frontal system that drags itself into the yellow sea and then hangs around in northern china so the only difference really is the feel i think in places like harvard where as it goes through the temps will drop from the teens to low single figures the rain itself so further south will be a bit substantial and then you've got more developing in the east china sea catching the south korean peninsula western side of japan but not china itself but

china itself is enjoying generally fine quite in warm weather there's harbin strong that about 6 degrees as a maximum temperature on thursday whereas we're still at about 21 in june do as head south more active weather the south china sea again and lose all that there have been named tropical start and subzero it's still really a minus storm across is lose all that could be damaging there is not particularly windy with a lot of rain to come from it then of the next 4 or 5 days it will cross the sea probably to the coast of viet nam having done that we'll watch to see but there's already flooding there and to the south masses a shower still has come in south vietnam and of course malaysia and indonesia. to he not global community we are our biggest opposition elbow that's

a whole the whole cruise is the worst possible of looks like the part of the debate issue in each of you can jump into the conversation by 2 way when no topic is off the table you're not afraid of anyone taking power we just go and what isn't used in the world uses 3 talking richer and the poor getting poorer it's not kill the story the system it's just to look at the system and adapt it to the modern world this street on out is the era. the we're going to top stories on al-jazeera duns prime minister is welcoming us plans to remove the country from a list of sponsors of terrorism president donald trump says he's ready to make the

decision which would likely bring much needed investment and debt relief. microphones will be muted to allow uninterrupted answers during thursday's final u.s. presidential debates president donald trump constantly talked over a democratic challenger joe biden during their 1st debate last month. a 24 hour curfew will come into force in nigeria's financial capital lagos in just under an hour's time protesters blocked the international airport on monday as demonstrations against police brutality continued. human rights watch has released video it says shows fighters from a congo these armed groups meeting civilians getting support from the military the leader of the group has been on the run for more than a year welcome web reports. she writes wanted by prosecutors in the democratic republic of congo. action recruiting child soldiers and the crime against humanity of rape he leads an armed group called n d c

r its fighters are notorious for torturing and executing civilians they controlled a larger area than any other militia in eastern congo until the group split 3 months ago. some of the fighters surrendered to the government. remains at large in spite of a warrant for his arrest and it's widely believed that a lot of his weapons ammunition and uniforms have come from government army officers who supported him to fight other armed groups denies it and denies committing right to be says. the in d.c. does not have any collaboration with the congolese army when we're in confrontation with other armed groups we find heavy weapons ammunition and congolese military uniforms. international rights group human rights watch has released videos that it says show otherwise they will film secretly by local residents this one appears

to show fighters collecting illegal taxes and shows people who can't pay being beaten. punishments a brutal for anyone who doesn't comply. one of the fighters says. and one of the armed groups commanders. on the other side. of the congolese government soldier one with him and my family have always. you know well that is there is. some things have recently changed. deputies turned against him. he has been fighting him sid's school. those who say there may be a certain collaboration between the army and should bring evidence we are actually in military operations against collaboration would be against the nature of our

mission which is to track down all armed groups. of people in eastern congo have suffered in brutal conflicts more than 20 years human rights watch says you don't offer this he supported him most people to justice. web al-jazeera are men have created around $1300.00 prisoners in the democratic republic of congo jailbreak happened in the city of beni town's mayor is blaming the allied democratic forces armed groups the u.n. says the a.d.f. has killed more than a 1000 civilians since the start of $29.00. and iraq's a delegation has arrived in israel for its 1st official visit since the 2 countries normalized diplomatic relations palestinian officials branded the move. they were finance and the economy ministers and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have signed for agreements including one on visa free travel. became the 1st gulf

arab states to establish formal ties with israel last month on tour and u.s. brokered agreement. my staff wrote me some lines they started by saying we are literally witnessing history in the making and i said absolutely not today we are baking history we are making history in a way that will stand for generations the enthusiasm for this peace agreement among our peoples is enormous it's real it's broad it's deep and it reflects the potential that is being realized today. colombian police and soldiers are beefing up security on the border with venezuela to stop the latest surge of migrants searching for a better life. yet he reports a local ambience city of hundreds of venezuelans are aiming to smuggle themselves or over the border any way they can. colombian police and soldiers on an impossible

mission to block desperate venezuelans crossing illegally into the country. for more entry points have been closed for months to stem the spread of coronavirus oakland best in trails are everywhere. as economies reopen across the continent a new flood of venezuelans is fleeing misery and hunger at home and inflicts made became to control it's really deficient it's very difficult especially during dry months when they can cross almost anywhere the border has way too many homes. 5000 migrants entered colombia in just 10 days many paying belittled they had left to criminal gangs who profit from smuggling gasoline drugs and people on the trails. the plows family had returned to venezuela at the height of the pandemic now they're trying to make it back to columbus capital to look for work and food. we

will continue walking with whatever help we can find food a lift anything that helps us in normal circumstances this bridge would see almost 40000 people crossing on a daily basis now it's totally empty and the colombian government was planning to reopen the border between the 2 countries on november 1st but now fearing a massive influx of venezuela migrants in colombia saying it cannot reopen it like when this young man says the conditions are not in place to reopen and address the migration crisis it could be the most critical phase of the past 5 years and we must assess our capacity to attend to them. especially when we already have 2000000 venezuelans in the country close border is also impacting venezuelans who have lost work and are trying to go home there are numbers of decreased in recent weeks some 930 still shelter daily in socially distance camps in as well as allowing less than

200 enter on any given day the u.n. refugee agency says migrants are facing even worse humanitarian conditions than before defend them ik i guess we need to respond to the reality on the ground it would be an error not to address these growing needs where working with the government to generate that response. if any swelling crisis was already one of the worst in the world is pushing migrants and those struggling to help closer to the breaking point listen to them. thailand's prime minister is recalling parliament for a special session next week as protesters continue calls for him to quit thousands or rallied for 6 straight days in the capital bangkok along with prime the. nation they want reforms to the constitution and the monarchy many are also angry at the government's decision to suspend an online t.v. station that it says a spreading false information. about the government will talk to the media and

suspend the ones that need to be suspended i'm not violating anyone's rights everyone has the duty to protect and eliminate harmful intentions to create or incite chaos i can't let something like that happen. there were also emotional scenes outside a prison in bangkok when 22 protesters were freed on bail on monday evening they were arrested after police fired water cannon to disperse government rallies last week. to protest leaders were among those for needed but they were then rearrested on charges relating to putting up a plaque critical of the monarchy another activist who was released remain defiant . we didn't feel deterred by the arrests we know that this is part of the fight and it's become a piece of crucial evidence to prove that the government is unfeeling using the law against political activists one of the people with different political views the

government is trying to shut our mouths but that's ok because while we were in prison we were so happy that the protests kept on going well the protest movement in thailand is finding support in hong kong james buchanan is a visiting lecturer at my door university international college he explains some of the reasons behind the move towards solidarity. at the see a lot of parallels between the 2 struggles on boards are essentially struggles for representative democracy and both movements are also used late movements so just kind of. a shared identity there between the young protesters i think the political context are very different in hong kong and thailand move more broadly so that would be different in terms of the protesters. you mentioned that they've been communicating online stuff so language they're having some language difficulties to overcome which has been interesting because. cars display was some people think

don't always speak perfect english and sometimes are quite shy about your english so but that is all been part of the part of the fun and has actually helped to build the solidarity trying to overcome these barriers think it already has even the origins of the multi-line would start to get some entries from for example some of the other countries in this o.c. state your region or countries which have been negatively affected or if you're even cedes over issues like the. train is the desperate and countries like philippines and vietnam. and more recently of course india who heads of border clash with china and we saw a lot of interest and support from indians coming into the starting to follow the hashtags or the lines. newly introduced employment laws in india provokes more protests this time by students they rallied in the capital jakarta against what

they say is the weakening of workers' rights and protections for the environment the government argues that the legislation will attract more investment and create jobs for the coronavirus hit economy. nasa scientists are putting the final touches to plans for a spacecraft landing on an asteroid 320000000 kilometers from earth if all goes well i hope rock samples will help unravel some of the mysteries of the solar system victoria get be reports. a historic moment is on the horizon for the nasa cyrus rex mission it's about to briefly touch down on the surface of asteroid banding together a sample of rock something nasa has never done before this is the culmination of a lot of work it's probably one of the most exciting missions that i've worked on and this is really claiming to know that we're finally going to be able to touch the surface of a vast. ben who is more than 320000000 kilometers from earth the plan is for the

cyrus rex to land in adult crayton a benny's north pole once the sample collect a senses contact with any surface it will fire a small part of compressed nitrogen to kick up daybreak and capture pieces of the asteroid and event that last just a few seconds scientists say many things could go wrong they have gone a couple of thessalian on these year they approach to 60 meters to 40 meters just to check that they're with us ok the hostile trial sites. are looking sampling and now they're going to be one for good going into into or near the surface of the asteroid. cyrus rex blasted off from cape canaveral in florida 4 years ago it arrived at benito in 28 and has been mapping its surface at the since scientists say the sample collected may help unravel some of the mysteries. the solar system asteroids that are out there in space in the solar system are these when they're left over in the solar system for 40 years you know and so i

look asteroids and study and study them and learn and start to understand that your idea was true and it made it so that's really really fundamental. if the mission is successful the sample will be delivered to earth in september 2023 victoria gate to be al jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera saddam's prime minister as well coming u.s. plans to remove the country from a list the state sponsors of terrorism president donald trump says he's ready to make the decision which would likely bring much needed investment and debt relief our white house correspondent kimberly halkett has more it comes in the context of one of the other foreign policy goals of this is.