the world on fire starts aug 12th on d. w. we have to invite it back. and dance with the baby. this is the news live from berlin president trump floats the idea of delaying the u.s. elections in november trump says mail in ballots would make november's vote the most fraudulent in history but leaders of both parties say changing the election date is beyond trump's authority also coming up in the belorussian capital minsk tens of

thousands showed their support for position leaders that lana took on of sky with presidential elections just over a week off she's hoping to topple the decades long rule of alexander lukashenko. and the coronavirus mutes for stephenie's as muslims around the world mark the start of the. boss pandemic precautions are changing centuries old traditions for the faithful. as welcome to the program us president ronald trump has drawn across party criticism after suggesting a possible delay to this year's presidential elections trump who currently trails democrat joe biden in opinion polls has no authority to change the date which is set by law so trump later backtracked but continues to push claims that any increase in mail in voting due to the corona virus pandemic what was altered fraud

. even for president trump it was a rapid u. turn after floating the idea of delaying november's election only hours later he was walking it back i don't want to delay i want to have the election but i also don't want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are missing and the election doesn't mean anything earlier on thursday trump tweeted that universal my inviting would make the 2020 elections the most inaccurate and fraudulent in history he called for the election to be postponed until people can vote securely and safely the suggestion was soundly rejected on both sides of politics democratic speaker of the house nancy pelosi quoted the constitution which gives congress the sole power to set election dates even leading republicans distance themselves. never in the history of the federal elections have we ever not

held an election and we should go forward with our election but we should we should have absentee voting but this mass just yelling out ballots without having any checks and balances without people requesting really brings concern in there but no way should we ever not hold an election on the day that we have. as the coronavirus surges in the us donald trump is doubling down on his attacks on mylan voting despite a lack of evidence to support his claims critics say he merely wants to distract from the pandemic and the economic crisis hurting his bid to stay in the white house. well for more of the story i'm joined by my colleague michele stockman from the u.s. elections republicans have supported a lot of things but delaying the election will the will they go that far and that is a bridge too far to your hard and top republicans in congress have been joined on across and completely rejecting this idea but you know trump is no dummy in fact many people consider him to be

a messaging genius so you look at this idea that he's floating what happened after his election it was immediately called into question there were allegations of foreign interference and he may just be tweaking the media who are of course going to glom onto this and that could appeal to his voter base just just to keep the conversation going and tired to do legitimize whatever may be the outcome but he has trump has repeatedly suggests that mail in ballot is somehow increase the risk of election fraud we what do you make of that argument ok mail in voting is nothing new in the united states state officials are completely. used to doing this their system set up so to call this a reason to call the election into question is kind of ludicrous and you have to look at other ways that voting is the process i reported on the romney campaign back in 2012 and there i met people united states who could not vote because they

didn't have a driver's license or they didn't have the right documentation and states passed laws that make it difficult for people generally people who are poor or. don't have don't have easy access to some of these official channels to get the right documents to vote so it's this is completely besides the point if you say that trump is deliberately trying to undermine confidence in the elections process and in the democratic process the system in the united states. states how robust you think is is that just you know i wish i could be completely optimistic but these are unprecedented times i am talking to americans back home who have never lived through an experience like this right now we can expect the election to go forward will we have the results that night likely not and that would be something that

could really shake a lot of people's confidence let's let's see what happens joe storm of all u.s. elections we thank you. and out of some of the other stories making headlines around the world right now hundreds of protesters have gathered outside israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu his residence in jerusalem repeating their calls for him to step down is now has come under fire for holding office while on trial for corruption and pushing for seemingly as a democratic measures under the guise of combating the coronavirus. brazil's 1st lady michelle balls a narrow has tested positive for corona virus a husband president jalal sonera spent 2 weeks in quarantine after his earlier diagnosis or snarl his face prison criticism for his handling of the pandemic brazil has the world's 2nd highest over 19 infection and death rate in the world. tropical storm has made landfall in puerto rico high winds and torrential rain

knocked out power and triggered small landslides across both puerto rico and the dominican republic forecasters are now predicting the storm will strengthen into a hurricane moving towards the bahamas and the u.s. and coast. through phases stay at home mother of 2 when bella rose spots in a matter of months she's turned into president of examples of the same goes top election rival overnight must must cross turned out in the capital minutes to support opposition leaders for atlanta to kind of scale the 37 year old is challenging look at those decades long rule us he accuses the opposition of trying to topple him with foreign assistance. thousands of people thursday evening in minsk they came out to support little unless he cannot escape the presidential candidate who is challenging the all 3 tarion rule level xander look as schenker.

we need change in this country there is no other solution. we want to be free so that we can work and studying. that a deacon of scalia entered the race after her husband a prominent blogger was not allowed to run he is now in jail. and i want to become president to restore justice the current president has been in power for 26 years not because the people want it but because he doesn't want to leave. other candidates have also been barred from contesting the election or arrested opposition politician valerie sept even fled to russia president who appears determined to hold on to power this week he visited a police unit during anti protest drills and on wednesday he convened the national security council after special forces arrested $33.00 russian citizens allegedly mercenaries of a military company belong to an associate of russian president vladimir putin

observers say the case may be a pretext to crackdown on the opposition 10 days ahead of the presidential elections. eurozone economies have been busted by the coronavirus across the euro zone g.d.p. plans by a record 12 point one percent in the 2nd quarter as countries or their economies to a standstill from march to june spain was hardest hit with its economy contracting 18 percent marks the worst economic downturn since the survey began in 1905 the more we're now joined by craig olim he's an economist with markets and others in london the 2nd quarter craig economic data paints a devastating picture what does this mean for europe. well i means that they have a long way to go to get bites at levels that they were up prior to the pandemic but

none of this is a surprise and i think that's why the market reaction has been so muted we know how badly hit spain and it's anywhere in particular by the pound i mean we've seen dots in many numbers so far what the body's case counts death toll or even more on the economic side these on the 1st economic figures that show the devastation that this is caused all the countries have been hit less hard but even germany which is being seen as a beacon of what should be told across across the world and have to fight in the coronavirus is still shrunk by around 10 percent so clearly this is a devastating devastating implications but as a cite this data is almost kind of old news it's news it's been price did we've seen a lot of economic data now what is more important is going to be what kind of recovery we're going to say and i think that's the type of the type of numbers over the course of the next few months that will start to get a lot more charge and in terms of recovery what position is europe in compared to other industrialized regions compared to the us for example. well i think it's

a good position because they haven't necessarily been of rush to reopen the economy until the time was right they were quite fost to close down parts of the economy in order to fight the virus and therefore as you look in the u.s. right now in case the still rising the death toll is rising once again we're seeing kweisi of a 2nd spike in many states across the u.s. across europe the numbers are still quite low and what we all seeing little spikes job is to be expected we all when you do reopen economies when people are allowed to mingle with each of the you all go and see rising cation was but what you want to stop is what we saw before i'm not quite dramatic rise quite quickly that gets out of control and overwhelms the health system we're not seeing that at this moment in time so i think europe is in a very good position to fight this is as long as they can stop a 2nd wave gotten out of control using europe is in a good position about how her important for that position is this rescue package of

750000000000 euros it's extremely important it's also the 1st time the european commission has borrowed on the scale or will borrow on that scale in its history so things. from a few from a fundamental perspective it's massive they are the proof is going to be in the pudding though and how easy it is for many of these countries to access this funding and have it make a difference is going to be the real key here and it's going to take a long time before we can truly on our own laws just how effective it has been but this is an extremely important 1st step it does indicate a kind of change in tali across europe and said the kind of support that will it willing to offer and these are extraordinary circumstances and they did call from stronger measures in europe thankfully has stepped up greg thank you very much thank you. if you know you news still to come connecting live music lovers in the age of corona virus a group in germany has found

a way to make this happen safely even with facebook posts. of muslims around the world celebrating the start of itto adda all the feast of sacrifice spot for many festivities have been massively scaled back over coronavirus concern separate rites marking the end of the holiday spoke in saudi arabia as holy city of mecca well so muted only a select few have taken pot compared to the millions who usually flock there every year. this is what mecca looks like now no she of pilgrims instead only up to $10000.00 people already residing in the kingdom were allowed to participate in this year's hotch an annual pilgrimage for muslims that last year saw about 2 and a half 1000000 people gathered here from around the world. the coronavirus pandemic has also curtailed this year's eve celebrations on the 1st day of the 3 day

festival worshippers in the world's most populated muslim country indonesia were advised to wear masks and maintain social distancing the country's religious ministry also advised mosques to shorten prayer ceremonies and i think everyday that have only been this year's eve is very different from the previous years because we need to follow health protocols when we perform prayers like maintaining social distancing and we can stand close to each other or greet people another measure which i think is good is that we have to bring our own prayer materials so this is definitely different and there are fewer worshippers but i'm not up there much. in the turkish capital istanbul the celebration also took place in the huggy esle fia for the 1st time in decades. that after the turkish government recently reconverted the former historical cathedral and museum back into a mosque and in afghanistan a 3 day truce is being called between the government and the taliban just before

the truce went into effect a car bomb killed at least 17 people the taliban denies any responsibility the truce is only the 3rd to take place in the last 1000 years and will last until the end of the muslim holiday. and so look at some of the other news 2 of the world's biggest ally and groups have revealed the major financial hits they've taken because of the corona virus outbreak f. france. posted a loss of 2600000000 euros for the 2nd quarter of this year one passenger numbers are down 95 percent meanwhile british airways own i.a.g. lost 1400000000 euros during the same period. zimbabwe's government is to pay $3.00 and a half $1000000000.00 to white farmers whose land was seized over 20 years ago and the say the seizures have wreaked havoc on the agricultural sector it is unclear how the cash strapped country will afford the compensation. was sold out

concert used to be normal but it's now fraught with risk because the coronavirus digital concerts help fill the gap but the yearning for life for once is hasn't gone away so a group in germany has come up with a way to connect music lovers in person no face mask with quiet a silent gaze this is how a one on one concert begins in this german monastery. it's a moving experience for the audience. and then didn't mention they want to look into this person's eyes for so long. and then to listen to the music it can't be compared to an orchestra or to a concert where the musician who looks so small is on the street and suddenly you're in a space where you say i am playing a small concert for you and then you try to give it your all what it has

a quantum of solace ok i'm. getting your all in all over the monastery concerts were created by a flutist and her colleagues last year. then the pandemic hit. as the possibilities for performing suddenly changed it was obvious to us even then that we wanted to continue with our concept and not only here in the middle of nowhere but out in the world thrilling snowfall is a long one and the idea was welcomed with open arms but often often on. some 4000 concerts have been held so far.

to strangers so distant yet so close. especially. i don't know if the musician noticed but i was moved to tears in some parts. it's beautiful to be so close and to have the eye contact at the beginning but. the concerts have raised 100000 euros in donations for freelance musicians in germany and there are even bible readings for a party of one intimacy in a time of social distancing. for some breaking news for you now has just announced that september's legislative council elections will be delayed leda cited the spike in coronavirus cases as the reason the vote would have been hong kong's 1st since a controversial security law was brought into effect opposition makers accuse the government of using the outbreak to slow their pro-democracy movement here's what i

said at the press conference we are going to invoke emergency regulations ordinance ringback in. 3 to be laid off in elections and uncertainty of course the main content off the rule rendition and the structure for justice we'll give you some details later announce finally we have the support of the center because government in making this decision. our correspondent phoebe kong is covering developments in hong kong and joins us now from there so kerry has just announced that upcoming election is delayed what are the reactions. well from the opposition came they clearly they basically were this this this this issue and they set this is a clamp down on the opposition movement the opposition came originally seeking for are willing for a historic majority in the parliament this is their aim but some of them have been disqualified and then today that you action is now to be postponed for the 1st time

in hong kong's history but like on the other hand as carolyn mentioned on during a presser that she said she has heard various. opinions from the society from majorly from the mainly from the. pro-government came about the expressed concern that they want to the lay election because of the runoff iris epidemic because after difficulty of i like in late one thing the campaign and she also doubts there whether the government can organize the election safely and fairly so this is the argument she has made to postpone the election this uptick in corona virus infections really enough to justify the. well this is a controversial question carol and it's now in focusing the cologne leo emergency

law or to postpone the election the press that you still underway that she is going to lay out legal grounds for this decision but anyway this will be this will be highly controversial because this is a piece of like a colonial wall if anyone can remember it has been we felt during the protests last year too and that another anti facemask law and now the government is using the same law to postpone the election for the 1st time and like on the other hand they become and this is a much to do it and so speaking about the controversies i mean we think that there will be legal and political controversy because of these decision but the government saying that this is backed by beijing officials pro-democracy activists have been disqualified for the upcoming election how legitimate would this election have been anyway. well at

least 12 7 candidates have been disqualified already and more are expected to come light in the coming few days 9 so as i have mentioned light only at the opposition came in aiming to win for a historic majority in the parliament so for many protestors and for many. anti government reston's they think this is strategy the authority to crack down on the opposition movement by barring candidates to run for the 2 to run for the office so this is a white for them to stop the opposition came from like taking the majority off the parliament so if in doubt whether the upcoming election may be a year later is it going to be all the noise like normally as usual so this is a big question for many in hong kong. and thank you.

the american basketball league n.b.a. has returned following a 4 month hiatus $22.00 teams are quarantined in a bubble environment in florida's disney world all games will be played without fans players mark their return by kneeling during the national anthem in the opening 2 games they also featured personalized messages relating to the fight against racism on their shirts and their names the into jazz beat the new orleans pelicans before lebron james is l.a. lakers crossed rivals the clippers. well athletes would have been chasing medals in tokyo now but with this year's olympic games cancelled they have been left in limbo the games are set a start in july of next year a decision that has derailed the training schedules of athletes like germany's

olympic javelin champion. back on track training resumes for tomas werleigh but it's a strange season for the olympic gold medalist no travelling no competitions no rhythm the delay of the games didn't come as a shock for him though who are actually campaigned for it in his role as an athlete's rep in the sport's governing body world athletics in january there were already signed something was happening in asia that would affect us early on we started planning flexibly is what we learned from rio 2016 back then we had the zeke of virus political instability and so on plans which changed that's how we approach this year. at the start of the pandemic were trained at home for 4 weeks a period in which there was plenty of time to reflect on his past achievements it was 4 years ago in rio that he celebrated his 1st big success as the only athlete to throw over 90 meters the event 25 year old claimed the gold medal in javelin

while he. excited to once again compete on the big stage having a summer off has its perks i don't have to be told it fits on the weekends also careful about my condition and yesterday i woke up really saw it usually a problem during competition times and. he won't have to hit top form until next year when tokyo 2020 will hopefully be held one year on. he spent his entire life fighting for civil rights in the united states says representative john lewis was mourned and celebrated his funeral in the presence of no fewer than 3 former presidents former i can of the civil rights movement died earlier this month aged 80 hurrah some of the impressions from the ceremony and the even as a baptist church in atlanta georgia. john lewis believed in the lord. he

believed in humanity and he believed in america. he got into a lot of good trouble along the way but let's not forget he also developed an absolutely uncanny ability to heal troubled waters i've come here today because so many americans or great depth to john laws and his forceful vision. but it's why. come. the. grumbling from you is that. you actually don't use his reminder top story at this home cong has announced that legislative elections planned for september will be postponed by a year i'm sides at the spike in coronavirus cases as the reason. is

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