techno and call had originally presented this and you certificate from the mexican defense ministry to the german economics ministry. the details of the certificate showed clearly that the weapons were partly intended for mexican states considered particularly dangerous. email usually play for and so i wrote an email to my wife from the computer. admin. asking her to ask the head of de camp the official body responsible for arms sales in mexico whether it was possible not to name these 3 states and to issue a new and use so once the economics ministry had informed tech clear and cost which mexican states would not be approved if the company submitted a new end you certificate where the critical states were no longer mentioned but the strange thing was the exact same number of guns would still be supplied to mexico which surely should have been noticed. but approval for the export was given and the deal began. over the following years a team from heckler and koch travelled all over mexico showing police officers in the army how to use the firearms. here they are in colima but they also

the turkish defense ministry issued a statement saying turkey will continue escorting the research shipthe same war ships. some pundits suggests this wording implies turkish warships remain in incent. philippa: it sounds like pretty riskye times in stern met. >> that's corre. the issue of the maritime rights cand thetinental shelf has been one of the issues between rkey and greece to nato allies. this issue remains unresolved in the last many, many decades. there have been some talks to resolve the issues which has not provided any solutions yet. back in the early 1996, there was a similar estimation in the eastern mediterranean, when two countries claim sovereignty of two all islands. which are aew miles from the turkish coast. in the two countries came on the brink of war. he the u.s. presiden bill clinton, stepped in to resolve the issue. which his intervention de-escalat the situation. for many people, thi is what we significant tion in the mosca region since 1996. philippa: thank you so much for giving us some context there. a bit of a bigger picture about what is happening. just a

to control of all districts near the port is an automatic response or something more from the defense ministry we are waiting to get some clarification on both israel. militant group hezbollah denied any involvement after early accusations against them israel's defense ministry has offered humanitarian and medical assistance to lebanon the explosion was reportedly followed by a secondary blast when a fuel depo caught fire causing a must've blow this by the way it happened around 6 hours ago in the early evening people just leaving work from the port area is. why the respect relation of the fatality rate is going to rise quite significantly the blast destroyed buildings over a wide area the shock waves could be felt as far away as 235 kilometers across the sea videos posted online i'm sure the must have smoke dust cloud covering central beirut cars window doors absolutely demolished many kilometers away from the epicenter of the blast by the way several hospitals were severely damaged in the explosion just adding to the issues that they have already been dealing with corona with the must as of

crowd just kept going on with their rally and they are now moving on to our sanaa to rally the defense ministry earlier had said that the army and not the police was going to protect statues and memorials if there was any as it put it on rest nearby but it seems to be stepped up in the way the defense ministry is approaching this from what you saying it seems have had absolutely no impact on the crowds that have turned out. absolutely no impact definitely quite scary in the morning when tens of trucks of military trial . showed up soldiers. also riot police nearby but it was the 1st time we actually saw the military being deployed right here in the heart of men so there was a lot of concern there would be this violent crackdown but didn't anyone people just came streaming in taking their families as i said there were no fear whatsoever and looks like the military might have just been there too to have both a threat to the masses maybe look at us hoping that just putting the military out there and a riot police would sort of scare people away but people are telling me all the time now and also a

appears to show a turkish jet chasing unlocking its guns on to a great fighter jet turkey's defense ministry says the great pilots were entering the airspace of an area where turkish ships are conducting gas exploration activities earlier the e.u. policy chief so the bloc could sanction turkey if there's no progress in resolving the maritime dispute 1st you know there now we are listing personalities we can pass to least assets ships we can do. sanctions the participation of the activities that we will shoot the illegal in mange everything related with you're working in this kind of a. man the prohibiting the use of would be on board to be incapacities technology. was and i'm concerned is in a stumble with the turkish reaction to the threat of sanctions by the e.u. . i have spoken to some turkish diplomats from the foreign ministry today basically as one of the turkish diplomats puts it through. regarding the 4 hour statement this is a legal issue between turkey and greece based on the legal rights of 2 countries on the waters of the ija in c. but the e.u. is putting a political stance towar

the military appears to be preparing for a missile attack the footage was distributed by the defense ministry news websites have been blocked and the general strike that also affected state media is still under way what has happened in lithuania where the opposition lead us that line a. skya has taken refuge could also be considered a show of strength but a peaceful one on monday she met with a number 2 u.s. diplomat deputy secretary of state stephen big and big in step to lithuania signals a greater u.s. involvement in trying to settle the situation. down i think you might. see in dollars selections we call that raised to really raise the. united states cannot it will decide. the ability to. do that is not it's not just the u.s. germany's foreign minister on a trip to kiev if called on president look at shank oh to face reality and acknowledge the opinions of the belarussian people if you notice and i look brutish right we're using all the avenues we have to bring about a dialogue process because including through russia for instance with angle americans phone calls last week with president

turkish f. 16 appears to show a turkish jet chasing unlocking its guns onto a greek jet to his defense ministry says the great planes were entering the airspace of an area where turkish ships are conducting gas exploration activities and the e.u. is pushing forward sanctions against 20 seen it but it was officials a vote fraud and a crackdown on protesters those are the headlines of news continues on al-jazeera after witnessed such and such but the deadline it's drawing near the ivory coast is rival parties to nominate that presidential candidates. october's election is likely to be a major test for the country's security who will face the people in a run for the highest office i recall as presidential candidates on al-jazeera. right on top of. different. here and i you know. our. song. do you know. with me. only my guys you know your feeling you know what's going on there we need to create our own. i think we have so many thought it was one guy. who. could be. a good. friend to get my. brother my rule out. of. there would have been. known for its mouth but the real. roots about better. see one

of a turkish f. 16 appears to show a jet chasing unlocking its guns onto a greek jet turkey's defense ministry says the greek pilots were entering the airspace of an area where turkish ships were conducting gas exploration several u.s. states will not be following the advice in the country's top health institute to reduce coronavirus testing california texas new york say they'll continue testing asymptomatic people who come into contact with coated 19 patients and states along the u.s. gulf coast are bracing for more extreme weather that's after hurricane dora killed 11 people storm we can late on thursday but tornadoes and heavy rain are expected over the weekend more than 700000 homes and businesses are without power and a couple in ecuador are new record holders is the oldest man and wife in the world who 110 while the demeanor compared ocean 104 got married almost 80 years ago on the 7th of february 1981 it was a secret ceremony because neither their families agreed with the union but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after partition borders a blood station tim

china's defense ministry did not specify where it happened but earlier this week china announced it would be conducting military exercises in the south china sea and the bohai sea. the two sides have been at odds of the territorial claims in the south china sea which the u.s. describes as completely unlawful. washington and beijing have also sparred over other issues including taiwan and hong kong. and japan's chief cabinet secretary suga yoshihide says the government is keeping an eye on developments involving a chain of chinese education centers. the confucius institute is an educational establishmenent setp by beijing in cooperation with universities around the world including japan to promote chinese language and culture. earlier this month, the trump administration decided to tighten control over the institute in the u.s. the administration ordered such measures as requiring reports on its operating funds. secretary of state mike pompeo said in a statement that the confucius institute is an entity advancing beijing's global propaganda and malign influence campaign on u.s. campuses an

. >>> a south korean defense ministry official says the united states and south korea are scheduled to begin joint military exercises on sunday. they are likely to draw protests from north korea, which has repeatedly criticized such drills as provocative. the official said on tuesday that the joint chiefs of staff are preparing for the drills which will last until august 28th. no details of the exercise have been disclosed, but they are expected to focus on computer-simulated command post training. south korean media say the drills will be greatly scaled back, as the coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for u.s. troops based on the u.s. mainland and in japan to participate. the u.s. and south korea normally hold joint military exercises every spring and summmmer. this year, the springtime exercises were called off due to coronavirus infections among soldiersrs on both s sides. >>> lebanon's prime minister hassan diab has announced the resignation of his government amid growing criticism over a devastating explosion in beirut. >> translator: today we follow lebanese people's calls

south korean's defense ministry said in june that kim yo jung may have effectively assumed the role ofumber two. >>> in belarus, opposition politician svitlana tsikhanouskaya is calling on the united nations security council to take upup the issue of allel government repression of its opponents. the momove comes aftfter prosecs in the country opened a criminal investigation against activists seeking the resignation of president alexander lukashenko. mass protests have occurred since e lukashenko won in an august 9 election to secure a sixth term in office. protesters claim the vote was rigged. opposition leaders have set up a council to negotiate a transition of power with the government, but the prosecutor geneneral sasays the council is aimed at seizing powower and damaging national security. she is now living inin exile in neighboring lithuania. she met estonia's foreign minister to urge him to raise the issue at the u.n. security where estonia is a nonpermanent member. eu leaders have discussed the matter. the leaders of france and germany say tatalks will be key. >> translator: we

use for osce the european union is one of our top priorities at a strategy meeting with the defense ministry alexander lukashenko noted that said the government in this country was formed in line with the constitution and he said that they don't need any court on hold for a government for a mediators for that matter and of course so washington added their own $0.02 into the conflict and belarus and this is what they had to say about it i was glad to see the release of some protesters but that certainly is not in the community activists to support the bill and rescind people to achieve their sovereignty their own freedom the peaceful radek insignias here outside of the bell russian embassy of course will be here to bring you any more developments last analysts one of i think the e.u. sanctions plan will have the desired effect. there are discussion with the european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one sacked. they would like of course from the need to get china to changes in they leave it in the same time they don't want binaries to. surgery each time most and weste

the military appears to be preparing for a missile attack the footage was distributed by the defense ministry news websites have been blocked and a general strike that also affected state media is still under way what has happened in lithuania where the belo rouge an opposition leader. of sky has taken refuge could also be considered a show of strength but a peaceful one on monday she met with the number 2 u.s. diplomat deputy secretary of state stephen big and begins trip to lithuania signals a greater u.s. involvement in trying to settle the situation. down i think you're going to see in dollars selections we call dollars to relieve pressure all the. united states cannot it will decide. the delusion. that it's not it's not just the u.s. germany's foreign minister on a ship to kiev if called on president looking to face reality and acknowledge the opinions of the bowler russi in people of your thoughts and i look good to start using all the avenues we have to bring about a dialogue process including through russia for instance with angle americans phone calls last week with president putin s

biller us for osce the european union is one of our top priorities at a strategy meeting with the defense ministry alexander lukashenko noted that. the government in this country was formed in line with the constitution and he said that they don't need any court uncalled for and governments or at mediators for that matter and of course so washington added their own 2 cents into the conflict and this is what they had to say about it i was glad to see the release of some protestors but that certainly is not in the community activists to support the bill and rescind people to achieve their sovereignty the range freedom of the peaceful radek insignias here outside of the bell russian embassy of course will be here to bring you any more developments we asked analysts how they think the bell or protest will play out. there are very strong similarities he lays out right now in front of us what happened praised we had a very simple it's not a color so i take it pretty successful color prevalent because the slavia the united states by the mind of many western countries was whatever it's sold it but also be

at a strategy meeting with the defense ministry alexander lukashenko noted that. the government in this country was formed in line with the constitution and he also added that there is no need for quote unquote foreign governments or end mediator in this case meanwhile washington added its own $0.02 on the situation in belarus and the country's state department issued this statement. i was glad to see the releases protesters but that certainly is not in the image activists to support the bill of regime people to achieve their savage of the a free to. follow will be here outside the bella russian embassy for a while and bring you of course all the updates as soon as they become available. but i thank you roman roman costa method the better russian embassy in moscow. will be did us to analysts whether they think that the e.u. sanctions plan will high actually have the desired effect. there are discussions with the european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one sacked. they would like of course some believe to get china to changes in their li

an accident or deliberate the army has taken control of all districts near the ports israel's defense ministry has offered humanitarian and medical assistance to lebanon but 2 countries are still as we've been saying technically war turkey has offered to send medical aid to the country where intensive care units are reportedly unable to cope with the huge influx of injured patients now the 1st explosion. in beirut was reportedly followed by a 2nd blast when a fuel caught fire. so any and all updates on this breaking news this one solitary story we have been delving into trying to bring in as much as we possibly can over the last number of hours we will continue to do so through the night live from moscow this is our to international. all across to or trying to sit down in the polls and not just by going through traditionally incumbency alone is enough to win the election but this time it is a very strong and let's be clear this is little to do with joe my. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation or community. are you going the righ

as crowds gathered today, e defense ministry warned that any unrest around national monuments would be met with a military response. for more on the events and speakers at this week's republican national convention visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: last week, democrats wrapped up their unconventional political convention without the traditional crowds and hoopla but with sharpks on the record and character of the sitting president. catomorrow, it's the repubs turn with some in-person events and a small group of g.p. delegates heading to charlotte, north carolina to rally their support for the president who evening.ke a speech each still, newevelations and allegations continue to confront him and his reco. special correspondent jeff greenfield joins us from santa ara. convention that just happened? >> i was truck by the degree to which the democrats were embracing the ea of ity. who theyhowed, and how owed them, una poll get c.e.o. in the streets, organizing, protesting, activism. and i think that is a consequence of numbers. the democratic party is far more diverse than it was sa

something that was deliberately the army has taken control of all districts near the port israel's defense ministry has offered humanitarian and medical assistance into lebanon 2 countries. still technically at war now turkey has also offered to send a medical to the country where intensive care units are reportedly on able to cope with the huge influx of injured patients let's go across live. there but all of this is live t.v. we've got you back we're glad for that give us an update what more can you tell us about the incident there in beirut. well just to bring up to speed on what we're hearing in terms of the speculation as to whether or not israel or his was behind this as you were quickly saying we are hearing denials from both sides that they were in any way involved sources close to his beloved all saying that it was not israeli and hezbollah saying that there is no truth to rumors that the strike was on one of its weapons cache this has been one of the remus that has been circulating and i just want to point back to a speech that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu made in 2018 at

use for osce the european union is one of our top priorities at a strategy meeting with the defense ministry alexander lukashenko noted that. the government in this country was formed in line with the constitution. and she said that they don't need any quote unquote foreign governments for it mediators for that matter of course so washington added their own $0.02 into the conference in the recent this is what they had to say about it i was glad to see the release of some protestors but that certainly has not been an injective is to support the bill rescind people to achieve their sovereignty the end freedom a peaceful rally continues here outside of the russian embassy and of course we will be here to bring you any more developments come across that there will be asked on this by that they do think that the sanctions plan will have the desired effect there are discussion with the european union because they are in a difficult situation because on one side. they would like of course some political change to changes in their little bit in the same time they don't want binaries to . serve their

crucial question is how these so-called key will react more specifically the poem ministry the defense ministrythe secret service and to the army if they all continue to stand by him that position could face a further escalation of violence at the cot in the coming days but as soon as the seal of the key changes their minds and take the side of the demonstrators and it's on the local schenkel will be gone very quickly from the political stage of the 26 years of presidency and of come to you in brussels now because we know that the european union is watching all of these developments very closely and the e.u. will now hold an emergency session after already greenlighting sanctions last week so what further steps could be taken. here with this special summit on wednesday which is a video conference the e.u. wants to increase the pressure on the president of the rooms oleksandr because shango and the child we share the president of the council said that the the people of the roost have the right to choose their leadership freely and to choose their own destiny and future violence cannot be accepte

order to prevent and medicines and weapons from entering the country he also instructed the defense ministryto track the movements off nato forces in poland and lithuania so many statements from the the russian leader this wednesday and we are now waiting on the outcome of the e.u. summit taking place right now on the matter of belarus and that will find out whether they receive the messages from men squish were echoed by moscow as well. thank you for bringing us that report to. russia's foreign minister has recalled how the e.u. is attempt to mediate in ukraine in 2014 lead to disaster and then that brussels is poised to make the same mistake and belarus but addressing a professor at the national institute of languages and eastern civilizations said look i go well anyway rely mainly on moscow. it is also a big difference is that belarus is much nearer geographically to moscow and russia is going to do world and especially to western countries doubt. moscow cannot accept any political change in belarus that would change the general to strategy could situation of the region it's obvious that

expressed his condolences and the defense ministry is offering humanitarian medical assistance can you tell us how this situation is being viewed from the israeli perspective. when initially it was speculation as to whether or not israel could be responsible then certain on social media there was some post suggesting that israel was behind it this is because in recent days there has been a flare up in violence along israel's northern border with lebanon particularly between israel and hezbollah involved in a tit for tat as it is there always tensions between the sides but the tensions increased to such a degree these last few days that people were talking about whether or not there would be a full scale confrontation and the israeli army went on high alert along the northern border so that's why there was the speculation that israel could be behind this attack but as i say the official word or at least from israeli officials is that they haven't been involved in the israeli president has expressed his condolences having said all of that it's late in the hour here in israel so it's diff

and weapons from coming into the race according to the president and he also instructed the defense ministryto start tracking nato troops movements in inadequate and in poland as well. peter all over staying across the international and russian reaction to the story for us thank you both for those reports. were to address believes the refusal of location go to hold direct talks with the e.u. has effectively turned russia into a mediator i spoke with him earlier. because shango has actually asked to tell angela merkel that he has no appetites to talk with her is there any surprise there . it's important because it means darts a look at woman to give to put into russia duros of mediate your. eyes in a certain way belarus is linked strategy can be with a russia even if there are complete gated relations between most going minsk and he's engaged on the outside and died it will not then. go directly to western powers and especially people judge me so it's a way to recognize mosco is now the main part of. it looks like there is a strong pressure within the e.u. especially. pro-american allies of t

the italian ministry of defense has deemed vast areas of the city around sardinia off limits. around their government on a minivan everywhere man and one annoy them really regret their ability for no apparent your name in the military are they watching us. most of the military operations on sardinia have been kept secret since 951. they're the result of an arrangement struck with nato countries after the 2nd world war. and if you know your view that. there was a you know there. are a purely has made it his life's mission to bust open this wall of silence. he was once the political leader of sardinia but even then he couldn't get access to see what was going on at the military bases on the morrow purely dida eventually get into the tire lot of military side but only after he was elected to the federal parliament in raw and we were the no he was told they would be strictly no filming allowed. you mention imagining. that they are going to fire the man or. if i don't know what it mean for the afghan official me. despite the secrecy bits of information have started to leak out. in

escalating between the 2 countries in the eastern mediterranean cockpit video released by turkey's defense ministry is said to show a turkish f. 16 chasing unlocking its guns on to a great fighter jet he says jets were simply flying back to base where the incidents happened over a part of the mediterranean both countries claim as their own is potentially rich in energy reserves but this month turkey started exploring the area for oil and gas stephanie decker is in istanbul where she says the government is ramping up its rhetoric. we have heard from the vice president he said that greece is moved greece has announced that it's going to extend its maritime borders this is on its towards italy however but by 6 miles but certainly here it's being taken as something that it could then also do when it comes to turkey and saying that that certainly you know if that isn't a provocation to war what else is a this is the kind of language that you're seeing coming out of the highest levels here also the announcement that turkey will continue to carry out military drills northwest of cyprus for the next 2 week

however they make some statements to prove that the president was right who discussed it with the defense ministry and god we have reacted deployed and brought to combat it in as the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from board inside and outside see that lead actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak the events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. stalled peace process to restart with of the round of negotiations between the government and fighters war than 20 armed groups have been demanding independence for decades where who looks at why progress is proving difficult in many remote mountainous areas of me and my rebel soldiers are in control here on the border with thailand the korean national liberation army has been in charge since 1949 when it took up arms against the government in a fight for self-determination. we demand that all ethnic groups to me amar have equal rights we want harmony not conflict but we haven't achieved our goals for the qur'an people. that's a sentiment echoed by many armed organiza

located however they make some statements to prove that the president was right disgusted with the defense ministry thank god we have reacted deployed and luck to come back in as the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from both inside and outside the that these actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak the events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. let's go live now to minsk our correspondent step is for us live via skype step pull this together for us what's the mood today. well it's very interesting ad to see. addressing european leaders in english for the 1st time she says stepping up as a president so to speak more and more by day her message actually can be explained in a 2 for one is. urging your european leaders not to accept the election a result meaning basically that a look at shankar is now an illegitimate president but also she sat there respect the sovereignity are for balance and the choice of the belorussian people and basically that message is meant for moscow what has been trying to do also since