independence day in 2016 in baton rouge, louisiana.y day for store owner abdullah muflahi and his friend and colleague, alton stirling. first time i met alton was when i first came down here from detroit. he was selling cds at the store i first started working at. he is the one who actually welcomed me to baton rouge and told me if i needed help with anything, to actually ask him. this is actually where he usually set up, was right here. now, 37—year—old alton was selling cds from a table outside abdullah‘s shop. he loved it out here, he knew everybody and everybody knew him. but around midnight, someone had called the police on alton, for allegedly threatening a homeless man with a gun. excuse me, man, can you put your hands on the car real quick? stop, stop. what you're talking about? put your hands on the car. don't move brother, stop. what did i did, sir, what i did? don't bleep move or i'll shoot bleep your ass! put your hands on the car i will shoot you too, in your bleep head, do you understand me? i ran outside, i saw the polic

independence day in 2016 in baton rouge, louisiana.been a busy day for store owner abdullah muflahi and his friend and colleague, alton stirling. first time i met alton was when i first came down from detroit. down here from detroit. he was selling cds at the store i first started working at. he is the one who actually welcomed me to baton rouge and told me if i needed help with anything, to actually ask him. this is actually where he usually set up, was right here. now, 37—year—old alton was selling cds from a table outside abdullah's shop. he loved it out here, he knew everybody and everybody knew him. but around midnight, someone had called the police on alton, for allegedly threatening a homeless man with a gun. excuse me, man, can you put your hands on the car real quick? stop, stop. what you're talking about? put your hands on the car. don't move brother, stop. what did i did, sir, what i did? don't bleep move or i'll shoot bleep your ass! put your hands on the car i will shoot you too, in the bleep head, do you understand me? i

he's also a local hero in baton rouge. john wertheim reports for "60 minutes." >> you might call 2019 the year of yes for louisiana state. they won the national championship. their quarterback joe burrow won the heisman trophy. that's jamar chase. in april, nfl teams drafted 124 players from lsu, tying a modern record for one school fwoumplt all the talent coursing through baton rouge -- ♪ ♪ there is a house in new orleans ♪ >>> the sun rises and sits with coach onchts he didn't get much of a victory lap unless you count 5:00 a.m. rides to work radio blaring. covid hits and he was coming to work alone. we were invited inside lsu football for a few days in august when louisiana had one of the highest covid rates in the country. players were back in the gym but they weren't training in a bubble. everyone here goes home at night. the team tracks players' temperatures, administers regular covid tests, isolates those who test positive, and quarantines anyone who comes in contact with the virus. >> all over the place. >> really?

highway 61 between new orleans and baton rouge.he said it was a two or three hour trip, easy three hour trip. he said it would run down that highway, there was a stop, he said he'd make his phone call. he would get something to drink, i don't know to say if it was alcoholic or not, and to that day, the service station restaurant is still there. it looks art deco, 30 style. when he stopped there, and i make my phone call. all we had in our car were receivers. in other words, it would receive a radio transmission and could not transmit back. it was an effect a police radio, but it was a radio. and he said i would make my car and relief. we travel into cars, i traveled with the governor or the senator. he said there was always a car in front of us and it was not uncommon. someone is shooting at us along the way. he said remember, we were rural. we were just coming out of the throws -- the war was. overruled one was over. he belong was a populist. they had never had anyone like him as a governor who got around and used the media. baton

but for all the talent coursing through baton rouge. the sun here rises and sets with coach o.dn't get much of a victory lap, unless you count 5:00 a.m. rides to work, radio blaring. two months after l.s.u.'s gilded season, covid hit and orgeron was coming to work alone. >> orgeron: follow me. >> wertheim: all right. we were invited inside l.s.u. football for a few days in august, when louisiana had one of the highest covid rates in the country. players were back in the gym, but they weren't training in a bubble. everyone here goes home at night. the team tracks players' temperatures, administers regular covid tests, isolates those who test positive and quarantines anyone who comes into contact with the virus. >> orgeron: that's from the covid? >> all over... >> orgeron: really? >> wertheim: l.s.u. hasn't disclosed figures but orgeron said this week most of his players have had covid. >> wertheim: how much of your day to day is devoted to this virus? >> orgeron: what we do, we have a protocol here. and i follow it. whatever it is they tell me to do, i do, and then i coach. and

. >>> andy shoals is live from baton rouge. be a longtime before we say that. i know it feels like a longtime. you're home with the defending champion lsu tigers and the head coach is making a few waves there. yes? >> reporter: yeah. the coach always has a lot of things to say. you know, with the pac-12 and big ten reversing course all major conferences will be playing by november. a lot of excited fans here in baton rouge today as the sec will kick off its season and all teams will have fans in the stand in the sec today here at tiger stadium. they are expecting around 25,000 fans for their game against mississippi state. over at college station, texas a&m will have about 25,000 fans in stands. here's a look at all the sec games that are taking place today. all schools will be having a reduced capacity when it comes to allowing fans. tigers here at lsu is the defending champ. the coach revealing earlier this month that the majority of his players have already had coronavirus although he never gave an exact number. the coach sa

the tigers here in baton rouge, they're the defending champs and this has been a different offseason the team. the coach revealing the majority of his players have already had coronavirus and he says it's been a challenge to get today. >> my football team has been working hard under extreme pressure, hearing they are going to play, not going to play, we're going to compete to play and they practice and never skipped a practice. because of, you know, too many covid guys out, nothing like that. we always kept on marching through. now these guys are ready. >> yeah, all of the fans that will be here going into the stadium will be required to wear a mask. before you come to the stadium you have to fill out a covid questionnaire on your smart phone. you know, questions like, are you sick? have you been around anyone that's been sick? what is your current temperature? if you pass the questionnaire you're then given this qr code they're going to scan to enter the stadium. that's one of the precautions they're taking right now as they try to start the season amid the pandemic. >> andy, thank

it was the event of a year in the state of baton rouge my back i mean. meter lived a life of luxury a private jet with gold from. villas all over the world. florida europe and some of. the end 3 yachts the largest was 55 meters long. from the sultan of brunei. docks not to his extravagance was excessive. on the one hand that sort of lifestyle makes some people envious not to live of their i know on the other hand envy is the highest form of recognition night if the form to meet a used his position to win approval from people would. become not to. he had all the toys that anyone could want a huge collection of beautiful cars yachts jet aircraft. and even had his own airport who else has that. which it meant for me that she visit the airfield that he used to and it's now the culls who bought him bought in international airports. for this report me to agree to visit some of the places that played an important role in his life as he made his way to the tunnel. he used to come here often at one time he had 2 private planes and a helicopter parked here. he bui

supreme court nominees 4 years ago and accuses them of hypocrisy now united and defiant protesters in baton rouge gather in their thousands to keep up the pressure on president alexander lukashenko . on the aftermath of sudan's at worst floods the government and aid agencies battle to repair the damage and prevent disease. hello welcome to the program our top story iran's president is saying the u.s. faces certain defeat after it made a unilateral move to reimpose sanctions on rouhani vowed never to yield to american bullying claiming that washington's latest move to pressure attack iran has left it isolated from the international community the u.s. says the sweeping measures are a consequence of the violations of the 2050 nuclear deal which donald trump pulled out of in 2018 and in a sign of rising tension between the united states and the other world powers members of the u.n. security council france germany in person argue that the u.s. does not have the legal authority to climb iran has violated the agreement nonetheless the u.s. secretary of state is threatening consequences for any other na

and then dozens of people in baton rouge have been arrested including a 73 year old woman who became a central figure in the protest movement after scuffling with police last month hundreds rallied in the capital minsk in a protest style as a rehearsal for the presidential inauguration of the opposition leader svetlana chicken off sky and. now as work continues around the world to develop a coronavirus vaccine there is concern that some people will refuse to be inoculated and a recent study here in the u.k. found that people will more likely to reject the vaccine because of attitudes and beliefs about science and authority the poll carried out last month suggested the only a little over half the population or 53 percent would definitely take a vaccine about 16 percent of people polled said they definitely wouldn't but scientists estimate that about 60 percent take up is what's needed across society for a vaccine to be effective and then here in london thousands of people have been protesting for another weekend against government measures to control the cove in 1000 outbreak algis ar

north of the ukrainian border guards confirmed that they crossed the border into ukraine from baton rouge some of the analysts here in could think this could be an attempt by the government to explain why medically through war in their hands how she. to explain where she had to end up having been basically disappeared for the best 24 hours of the statement here saying that she has been detained for an illegal attempt at crossing the border that the other 2 they say crossed illegally and talking to ukraine was meticulous because they say i tried to cross illegally it's a very fascinating situation where we don't have much detail yet but me and expects developments one though that makes sense in the wider picture where the government has been trying to force opposition figures out they've basically been given the choice of either going to detention some people already in detention for months now or to then be sent into exile to. the opposition candidate at the election and being in literally now for some weeks other people in poland so this fits into the bigger picture but very little clari

well moving to baton rouge where protesters aren't giving up despite a worsening government crackdown there are tens of thousands of people gathered in major cities throughout the country on sunday and police and the army has been out in force again detaining peaceful demonstrators calling for president lukashenko to step down after disputed elections. the streets of minsk turned into a sea of red and white flags the symbol of the opposition tens of thousands joined the march of justice in the capital and other cities it's the 6th straight sunday of protests but what looks like a high turnout was actually significantly lower than other weekends perhaps a result of calls by president alex on the go for tougher action against his critics who want him to step down. some of them have never experienced belarus without him. there recently stated i do my crowds to various dreaming of democracy but i was dreaming of freedom and justice where laws are observed because we don't want our children to grow up in a prison look around that people in uniforms behind barbed wire everywhere. the govern

and in baton rouge in 1953, there was a bus boycott that people in montgomery very much took information from, right? that's when i say, if you have a bus boycott narrative that's as simple as the one we have, you can't do what people in montgomery did in terms of the baton rouge boycott where they took information and learned from that to organize their own boycott. and then this idea of it being spontaneous. i think they successfully deconstruct that idea. when you look at when the article was written, in 1985, so when i ask you how many have a more complex idea of rosa parks or the montgomery bus boycott and you're telling me in the year 2020 that it's still coming down this way, that's troubling because we've had this information for a long time. people, educators, we've had this information for a long time. and the women's political council just blows out that out of the water, the idea that it was spontaneous, that they decided at the last moment. we know from garro that there was a plan in place. at least a loose plan. and that robinson was just waiting. and there had been many, m

cnn's andy scholes is in baton rouge, the home of the lsu tigers.cited. >> excited, fredricka. kickoff saturday is usually a huge heart here in baton rouge, but it is much different this year. there's no tailgating. so it's actually, you know, rather quiet out here. they will be allowing 25,000 fans into tiger stadium later today for the opener against mississippi state. i walked around campus. i asked some of those fans, how do they feel about coming to a big-time sporting event in the middle of a pandemic? >> definitely very different right now. usually this place is packed at this time. i guess in one way it's kind of nice. you don't have all the crowds to deal with. this will be his first game. >> it feels sad, but we're going to make the best of it. the 25,000 of us, we're going to scream really loudly and make it feel like it's 102,000 in the building. >> i've been teaching school since early august, and i'm getting used to wearing a mask all the time. it's hard outside to wear it because it gets a little hot but thank goodness we have nice we

ball also ahead opposition activists fight with police in baton rouge softer alexander lukashenko saw an anus president in a surprise inauguration ceremony.

opposition rallies break out in baton rouge soft of president lukashenko sworn in 1st 6 dozens of people have been arrested. the russian foreign ministry accuses western powers of launching a distant from asian campaign over the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy the opposition activist has now been discharged from hospital also this hour. russia is ready to provide the u.n. with top notch assistance to be a potent invites united nations stuff to try a new russian covert vaccine free of charge already being with quest from u.n. colleagues. correspondent becomes one of the 1st to get. the job as part of the phase 3 trial.

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and police in baton rouge the 5 stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds about $100000.00 anti-government protesters rallied in the capital minsk it's a 50th straight day of protests since the disputed election. to 2 al-jazeera is coming up next with lebanese artist discussing the ever changing journey of the nation stay with us for that. who. who live. on. the lebanese have seen the walls of their capital beirut for time and time again. but the catastrophic explosion of the 4th of august is described by many here as the biggest tragedy in the country's history. where. wood is 18 years old too young to remember much of lebanon's history but she sings this iconic song to be taught as if she has seen it all. coming up in. close to $3000.00 tons of ammonium nitrate stored at the capital sports in an explosion that was heard cross the mediterranean. around a $180.00 people were killed thousands injured hundreds of thousands made homeless the repair bill will cost. was. the government resigned but the consequences remain. lebanese once again came out to pick up the pieces. lebanon is described

the lowest average is in baton rouge, louisiana, at a dollar 85 a gallon. >>> the owner of ticked upeo, the video sharing company has a poorly chosen a redwood city-based company to take over the company's u.s. operations. the associated press is reporting the chinese owned company chose oracle over microsoft. this comes a week before president trump promised to follow through they plan to and this in the u.s. national security risks, due to its chinese ownership. they have not commented on the report. >>> now to the latest on the coronavirus, and california, health officials reported 862 new cases today ringing the total number to more than 759,000. there were also 38 deaths bring the statewide death toll to more than 14,000. in the bay area, health officials reported 341 new case is for total of more than 94,000. 14 people also died bringing the number of deaths here in the bay area to more than 1300. >>> san francisco moves into the next phase of its reopening plan tomorrow, hair salons, barbershops and other personal care businesses will be allowed to reopen indoors with limited

let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world the whole start in baton rouge where riot police have detained at least 18 university students protesting against authority hereon president and xander lucre shanker the students were marching through the capital minsk on the 1st day of the academic year calling for the president to quit one rights group as rick reported that some students were beaten up. on kong has begun mass coronavirus testing in an attempt to stop a 3rd wave of infection the leader carrying lam was among thousands of people to get tatted on tuesday morning democracy activists fear china will use the scheme to collect personal data government dismisses those concerns. china's foreign minister says the head of the cheka senate crossed a red line by leaving his delegation to taiwan. vista chill it further inflame tensions with beijing by calling himself taiwanese during a speech to the island's parliament a china claims taiwan's its. own despite the coronavirus recession germany's economy minister has revised upwards he's economy fork is economic

of the opposition cornish and council and says she has recently been harassed by authorities in baton rouge. but. for decades the anti nuclear power movement in germany posting storage of atomic waste and gore they have been in the north of the country well now the authorities have ruled out using it as a permanent disposal site for geological reasons 90 other sites have been named as possible candidates which is sent to be the source of more bitter bitter political disputes. high winds and low humidity have sparked a new wave of wildfires in northern california the fires spread across large areas of grassy hill sides and forests in the wind producing napa valley hospital and several hundreds of homes to be evacuated as massive smoke clouds developed. and we're going to turn our attention now to india where corona virus cases have exploded the official count of confirmed corona virus cases in india has now exceeded 6000000 people with almost 100000 deaths from covert 1000 reported while india has the 2nd highest number of cases world wide after the united states about 80000 new infections a

then perhaps he too should have stepped down during the yellow vests protests what is happening in baton rouge is a power crisis and all storage area and power that can accept the logic of democracy which is hanging on by force it is clear look to shane co has to leave based on the principles of mr macro himself following his own logic he should have resigned 2 years ago when the yellow vests started to appear on the streets of paris as an experienced politician to an immature one i want to advise mr micron to look around less and instead finally deal with the internal affairs of france well that meeting comes just ahead of e.u. leaders who are also due to meet where the topic of belarus is expected to be high up on the agenda with leaders discussing possible sanctions against the country. well after the meetings fell on a ticket of scar also said that she had accepted an invitation to speak in the french parliament independent journalist dives though where the mccrum is the right person for the job of mediator. sue michael cannot play this role of mediator there should be somebody to mediate

then perhaps he too should have stepped down during the yellow vests protests what is happening in baton rouge is a power crisis and not storage cerium power that can accept the logic of democracy which is hanging on by force it is clear look to shanghai has to leave based on the principles of mr macro himself following his own logic he should have resigned 2 years ago when the yellow vests started to appear on the streets of paris as an experienced politician to an immature one i want to advise mr macron to look around less and instead finally deal with the internal affairs of france well that meeting comes just ahead of e.u. leaders who are also due to meet where the topic of belarus is expected to be high up on the agenda with leaders discussing possible sanctions against the country. i can speak now with independent journalist lucre very good morning luke i'm on your mark promised promise that you'll help in negotiations between cannot scar and the bellows or thor it is but walk among offer in any negotiation what we bring to the table. that's a good question and it cannot be the mediator

in mass rallies broke out in baton rouge right after the election on august the 9th and are still ongoing after 26 years in. now alexander lukashenko want to stick to term after a landslide result was declared you can ask our supporters claimed that ballot was greg and demanding a new election the initially marred by clashes and police brutality the demonstrations are now largely peaceful political analyst martin mccauley believes washington will stop short of any trust action against better groups. i think you're looking good point of view here you know the e.u. and the americans don't go showing georgian news to him only saying i'm staying i'm not going anywhere because i regard most of his illegitimate president. the americans if we're very careful not to do really easy which will in turn. be a ruse and push them towards. because of the americans would like to present situation there to continue with if you like seated still as a gateway or how a way house between moscow and the west they would like to continue but the present situation is very very difficult and the americans have bee

introduced to uphold democratic values and to put pressure on those responsible for oppression in baton rouge following the disputed election meanwhile the french president has promised help to the better russian opposition leader and map crohn's pledge came as he met with svetlana taken off sky for the 1st time reporting now from paris his shot at the been. well it's understood during that meeting which took place in the lithuanian capital that affect land there to fend off sky asked for support for fresh presidential elections in belarus and she asked for united european support for change in the country now following the meeting she said that france's president had agreed to help. the fish and b. of the just for. you know football for for this political crisis in our country your door everything just to her to release all the political prisoners well this of course follows a disputed presidential elections embarrass which seemed widespread protests in the weeks following that. some say that she was the spark behind some of those protests there will be a question if perhaps president mackli

bring you live pictures from baton rouge where it's been a month to the days in the disputed presidential election. once again taking to the streets of other cities across the country in protest. russia says it's ready to move ahead with large scale testing of its coronavirus months and months of its scientists finally published details about the job and its effectiveness. french satirical magazine. of the prophet muhammad to reigniting debate just as the terror trial gets underway 5 years after the bloody attack on the publications offices in paris. thanks so much for joining us today on r.t. international wherever you tuning in from welcome to the program i'm daniel. moscow or locked in a diplomatic row with the alleged nerve agent poisoning of russian opposition figures. on sunday the russian foreign ministry question. to provide an explanation for what suggesting it's the german side that's not been forthcoming. if the german government is sincere in its statements it should respond to the request of the russian general prosecutor's office as soon as possible that was passed along on

. >> sreenivasan: natasha williams from louisiana public broadcasting joining us from baton rouge, thanks so much. >> thank you, hari, for having me. >> sreenivasan: on wednesday, e climate justice organization 350.org will host an online forum called "stronger than storms," where leaders on the frontlines of the climate crisis will share their experiences. one organization participating in the forum is the gulf coast center for law and policy, based out of sidell, louisiana. newshour weekend's ivette feliciano spoke with the center's founder, climate activi colette pichon battle, about civic engagement and climate realities in the gulf coast. >> reporter: in the aftermath of hurricane katrina in 2005, climate activist and lawyer colette pichon battle left her corporate law job in washington d.c. and went back to her hometown of slidell, louisiana. >> i camped in a tent in my grandparents yard for a second, and then in a fema trailer for a couple of years. and i think that it's really been in the recovery where i've made my assessments around justice and equity. >> reporter: that year, pi

. >> reporter: one night in 2010, while working as a guard at louisiana's baton rouge general medicalter ledet was escorting a surgeon to the emergency room when he found some courage. >> and i was like, "do you think i could shadow you?" and he looked at me and he was like, "well, yeah, why not?" two days later i was in the o.r. >> reporter: today, the 34-year- old is a third-year medical student in rotation at that same hospital. and if that isn't impressive enough, the father of two is also a u.s. navy veteran with a ph.d. in molecular oncology. he founded "the 15 white coats" with black medical students seen in viral photos, posing in front of slave quarters. they're raising scholarship money for aspiring med students. dr. ledet, how does it feel to wear that white coat? >> oh, this is-- it's the highest honor. but to be here is-- it's heart- jolting, because i know there are kids who were like me as a kid, who can't fathom being in this place. and me and a whole bunch of others can be a beacon of like to be like, it's okay to dream and be here because we're going to be here to he

what is happening in baton rouge is a power crisis a north or a cherry in power they can accept the logic of democracy which is hanging on by force it is clearly has to leave based on the principles of mr macro himself following his own logic he should have resigned 2 years ago when the yellow vests started to appear on the streets of paris as an experienced politician to an immature one i want to advise mr micron to look around less and instead finally deal with the internal affairs of france. well spent long enough sky gets quite a lot of support it seems from europe and that meeting with president perhaps marks a change for her but we do understand that later this week belarus will be one of the hot issues of discussion at a european leaders meeting where they will be discussing whether they should be placing sanctions on the country. reporting for us from paris with the latest thank you. it is round one of the u.s. presidential debates coming up on tuesday night for the 2 main heavyweight candidates they will clash over several issues and while their performance will be hampered sligh

what is happening in baton rouge is a power crisis a north or a cerium power that can accept the logic of democracy which is hanging on by force it is clear has to leave. based on the principles of mr macro himself following his own logic he should have resigned 2 years ago when the yellow vests started to appear on the streets of paris as an experienced politician to an immature one i want to advise mr macron to look around less and instead finally deal with the internal affairs of france. so specked lerner taken off sky and present macron will meet on tuesday now it is worth noting that despite the fact she has describing herself as a national leader in that disputed election she gained around 10 percent of the vote we also know that meeting comes in the mix as e.u. leaders it due to meet later this week where they are due to discuss possible sanctions against paris and he thanks report there from our correspondent parish dubin school. now let's move on tonight estates where it is round one of the presidential debates on tuesday nights the 2 main heavyweight candidates will be clashi

that he perhaps should have stepped down during the yellow vests protests what is happening in baton rouge is a power crisis and all storage cerium power that can accept the logic of democracy which is hanging on by force it is clear look to shanghai has to leave based on the principles of mr macro himself following his own logic he should have resigned 2 years ago when the yellow vests started to appear on the streets of paris as an experienced politician to an immature one and want to advise mr micron to look around less and instead finally deal with the internal affairs of france she of course has been enjoying support from western leaders and all of that comes as e.u. leaders due to meet later this week where they will discuss what's happening in belarus and there are also possible sanctions against the country in the mix. it is round one of the us presidential debates coming up on tuesday night the 2 main heavyweight candidates will clash over several issues and while her performance will be hampered somewhat by new code rules there's been plenty of trash talking or heard of the fight

urgent is meeting on friday calling for moscow to be called to account also on the program the baton rouge and musician singing for freedom as protesters demanded and choosing dictatorship countries exiled opposition leader calls for u.n. support. and german prosecutors profess.

urgent is meeting on friday calling for moscow to be called to account also on the program the baton rouge and musician singing for free you give us protesters demanding and choosing dictatorship countries exiled opposition leader calls for u.n. support. and german prosecutors professor charge of the with the murders of 5 of her children investigators believe she was sedated and then to suffocated that. i'm sure gal welcome to the program nato has called on moscow to cooperate fully with an investigation into the poisoning of russian dissidents alexei valmy the military alliance discussed the case at a special meeting missed in a valley seen here investigating corruption in siberia shortly before he was taken ill is in a medically induced coma in a. spittal in berlin germany says it has evidence he was poisoned with a soviet era agent nato secretary general yes don't in but describe the case as a serious breach of international law that demands an international response. nato allies agree. serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization fo

is a simple is the one that we have, you can't do what people in montgomery did in terms of the baton rouge boycott. where they took information and they learned from that to organize their own boycott. and then this idea of it being spontaneous, i think guerrero successfully deconstructs that idea. if you look at when the general article was written, in 1985, so when i ask you, how many of you have a more complex idea rosa parks where the montgomery blessed boycott, and you are telling me that in 2020, it's still coming down this way, that's troubling. we've had this information now for a long time. people, educators, we've had this information for a long time. and the women's political counsel just blows that out of the water, that idea that it was spontaneous, that they decided at the last moment, we know from gary that there was a plan in place, at least a loose plan that robinson was just waiting. there had been many, many kycí/t what do you think accounts for the? catherine. >> i think part of it is the image of martin luther king junior as the leader and the figurehead in all of this

rules of course they could do whatever they wanted we speak to a man tortured by authorities in baton rouge such as the un condemns attacks on up to 70000 people. taiwan scramble fighter jets after china holds a military drill as the u.s. cements it support the islands. time's up for tick tock the u.s. government will ban downloads of the chinese from something. below france a seen a record number of new coronavirus cases with more than 13000 infections registered in the past 24 hours the health ministry says 154 people died in hospital on thursday that's the highest number in 4 months u.k. government is considering whether to impose a 2nd national lockdown of the daily cases in england nearly doubled to around 6000 in the past week israel is back in nationwide lockdown for a 2nd time following a spike in numbers it's come at the height of the jewish holiday season and many european countries are introducing new measures movement is being limited in spain's capital denmark is applying a curfew for bars and iceland were closed pubs in the capital for 4 days out as there is not a barber has m

the crackdown continues hundreds more protesters arrested in baton rouge as heavy handed tactics from security forces continue against demonstrators. i'm on the inside this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. a dire situation for refugees trapped on the greek island of less force a new camp is being set up a 1000 still need humanitarian help. techies drilling ship returns to port after its research mission in disputed waters but tension over territory still lingers with its greek neighbor. a shroud of smoke and ash fills the sky complicating efforts to fight wildfires across the u.s. west coast. we begin in belarus where hundreds of people have been arrested in the capital following an escalation in violence against protesters hundreds of thousands flooded the center of minsk making their way to one of the presidential compounds activists have been demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko following the disputed election results last month so fast and reports. i i was this is how look i shank a strategy to stop the protests plays out on the streets of minsk

and a place in baton rouge to fight stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowds about $100000.00 anti-government protesters rallied in the capital meant it's a 50th straight day of protests since the disputed election. talk to al-jazeera is coming up next with lebanese artist discussing the average changing jannie of that nation stay with us for that. the the all live. the lebanese have seen the walls of their capital beirut for toy and time again. but the catastrophic explosion of the 4th of august is described by many here.

there been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president alexander lukashenko said he'd won with 80 percent of the vote. many belorussians and major western powers say the vote was leaked. alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u.s. troops and tanks have started arriving here but the lithuanian government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door. burnitz met al-jazeera vilnius. an armed group has returned to its base in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff outside a prison around $300.00 fighters but the so-called cooperated for the development of the congo group entered the town of bunia on friday initially given the army a deadline to release fellow members are being held in jail they've since left after negotiating with the military although it's not clear what was discussed malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi hundreds of fighters piled into the town they were demanding t

there be demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president alexander lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. many belorussians and the major western powers say the vote was bleeped. alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u.s. troops and tanks have started arriving. with the lithuanian government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door. al-jazeera vilnius. the un satanic watchdog has confirmed iran is stockpiling enriched uranium well beyond limits set by world powers in the 2050 nuclear deal the i.a.e.a. says its reach more than 10 times the limit decided on the agreement that promised iran economic incentives in return for curbs on its nuclear program terrans trying to pressure the remaining nations to help offset crippling u.s. sanctions. fallen silent to mark the moment exactly one month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut 191 people died while around 300000 lost their homes

a prominent protest leader is missing in baton rouge after an incident in the center of the capital minsk there are reports maria cullen a school of art was taken away in a valley by unidentified people. nearly 300 rohingya refugees are being rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting its the 1st 6 months they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back because borders titan's because of the pandemic. an inquiry into the 27000 bombing at a concert in the broader city of manchester has wrapped up for the day 22 people were killed when an attacker detonated his explosives at a concert by singer ariana grande day being choir we will examine possible security failings in the lead up to the attack family members of victims and survivors will also make statements last month the bombers brother was jailed for life for his role in planning the attack paul brennan is outside the manchester courts with more . well there's certainly a high level of expectation from the relatives that they will get answers to exactly what happened in that bomb attack and the lead up to it's there are some conc

there been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president alexander lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. many belorussians and major western powers say the vote was leaked. alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bella roofs borders u.s. troops and tanks have started arriving here but the lithuanian government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door bernard smith al-jazeera vilnius. to come here not just here including creating change at the ballot box or on the streets venezuela's opposition is divided on the best way to defeat nicolas maduro communication. calling for a boycott while hong kong pro-democracy activists are urging disney fans to stay away from the latest blockbuster movie on the stairs. hello the usual dry weather conditions throughout much of the middle east that is being that securely holds through the eastern end of the mediterranean no cloud as you can see and very light winds look at this tem

government crackdown lawyer and activist maxime is not is the latest opposition figure to be detained in baton rouge. below 5 again burning near to a greek migrant camp that was all but destroyed by an overnight blaze it's left thousands of asylum seekers without shelter but locals are blaming them for starting the fire officials believe it may have been arson started by refugees who were forced to self isolate after testing positive for the coronavirus transfer of press reports from the scene. this was one of europe's largest refugee camps morea on the greek island of lesbos fires have torn through tents and dilapidated structures they were thought to have been deliberately lit by people fed up with that desperate existence compounded by corona fires here out there today far far. far worse. and. thousands of people became homeless once again precious family belongings hastily bundled together to form makeshift bedding there were no fatalities but these are lives thrust even deeper now into limbo is very very very unfair to very very different chord. is a call for is a very broad. chord proport far

there been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th the election of president alexander lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote many belorussians and major western powers say the vote was great. alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u.s. troops and tanks have started arriving here but the lithuanian government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door. burnitz with al-jazeera vilnius. still to come on al-jazeera. paying tribute to the city still in mourning a month on from a huge loss that towards. venezuela's opposition leaders are calling the country's december parliamentary election a fraud staged by president nicolas maduro. hello that the care of process continuing across much of the korean peninsula all the cloud to the north is what was of course out a typhoon may sight but to say conditions fairly clear on the clean up is continuing we're watching this very closely that is a super typhoon a high shann me want

there been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president alexander lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. many russians and major western powers say the vote was great. alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u.s. troops and tanks have started arriving here with the lithuanian government says there are exercises planned long before the elections next door burnitz made al-jazeera vilnius. the world health organization is urging countries to join forces to tackle coronavirus saying vaccine nationalism would only slow the response to the pandemic when i was asian is leading a global vaccine allocation plan known as kovacs and helping buy and distribute vaccinations fairly but some countries have already secured their own supplies through bilateral deals and i've said they won't take part in the global unification if france has recorded its biggest single day rise in new virus infection since the beginning of the pandemic ne