then now actually an officeholder 2012 coup ushered in a mali's isolation from the economic community of west african states and actually just before the start of this program ecowas released a statement in saying that it will resist any anti constitutional change and wishes the constitutional order to maintain so that's just in from from the commission of ecowas the economic community of west african states so there is no question that there is going to be a change your government. this time around as there wasn't in 2012 there was a change of government they got itself isolated none of the problems that this coup were supposed to address 8 years ago was actually sold in fact instability has gotten worse and spread from the north of mali into the sense of from thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was brown pasta most a journalist reporting on mali from amsterdam. now look at some other stories making news around the world this hour at least 10 people have been wounded in a shelling attack on the afghan capital kabul authorities said more than a dozen mortars struck central kabul includ

and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions but may come their way especially now that the west african power block or the economic community of west african states to lob some sanctions on mali or that include cutting financial flows imposing london blockade on. on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is tight in support of what they're saying and that removing. was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country now the exile better russian opposition leader has called for protests against president alexander lukashenko set on attack and all sky is leading the call for his resignation and demonstrations for 12 straight days including some of the biggest anti-government rallies in the capital minsk since the fall of the soviet union taken off sky and fled to lithuania after the election which she says was rigged against her. as much of the the future of bella roosts and therefore th

west african envoys are holding talks with mali's new military leaders with a push to return to civilian rule a jury as for president goodluck jonathan is leading the delegation from the economic community of west african states the eco last president who was ousted in a coup on tuesday rebel soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional leader they haven't given any timeframe for that but there is. appreciate what is happening in mali and they will have to work the best. way here to disperse or that you stick with it live at the end of the come up with some to face with the people and wait. that's not. ahmed idris is following developments from a budget and says the aim from the envoys the aims don't necessarily match those from the coup leaders realistically to achieve in what they would like to have been but marco it's hard to say however one key thing is the. indication that the course is somehow softening its initial stance and rhetoric about the coup in mali 1st day 2nd day after the coup was executed of course and i want a rough tough measures thing to land and air blockade of mali. sort of restricting trade and money inflow from member countries into mali as well as other measures that include susp

of economic prosperity. i think there are already challenges with sub regional trade deals like that of the economic community of west african states so how difficult could it be for the new free trade deal should it become active. so this is the reality on the ground that there are challenges and this free trade area will face challenges because of how. retreating for example. for example trade is in ghana and nigeria have been clashing over trade and the officials of the africa feet 3 and a continent. i agree that they are. going to face because of the. blogs and they are willing to a shot at. this you know he has been isaac a let's see in our her thank you for your reporting and we apologize for the quality of the line there now to some of the other global business stories making headlines original cost carrier ryanair is planning to cut 20 percent of flights in september and october after several european countries reimpose corona why virus quarantine rules for arrivals most of the cuts will focus on spain france sweden and ireland the airline is seeing weaker than expected to man because of travel restrictions the german econo

of acceptance to the international community but on the side of the international community united nations united states europe leaders in africa and even the sub region where you have the economic community of west african state the feeling is that it was a cool the reason being that all the elements of an african coup are in play you have the president the prime minister the minute cabinet ministers as a last key offices of the government have been arrested you have the military taking over radio stations shutting down borders shutting down the international airport and these are the things we regularly see on military coups in africa so for them to come out at this time to say that it's not a cool i think a lot of people feel that it's more like the military trying to gain legitimacy meanwhile in a short while the minute to minute to representative will join members of the m 5 movement who have led demonstrations against former president bill walker cater for congregational prayer this friday shortly at the independence square they'll be attending that and after that we expect to see it as well right now we also have information that the delegation of the regional bloc the economic community of west a

very tense right now because there is a mediation by the economic community of west african states that has been ongoing for 2 months and there doesn't seem to be agreement between the rest african origin or organization the government and the main movement calling for the resignation of president and when we're going to get there which is a move of the year trying to are and it is even more critical because during the demonstrations of the 11th and 12th of july at least 11 people were killed by the security forces and hundreds were injured and that is still a contentious issue as i speak. right now you might call ask. called for setting up a government of national unity but the protest movement rejected it what's the way forward then. i think there needs to be a continued battle between the government and the movement time josh and echo what has to continue to mediate between the parties because we have a mini government in monied since 2 weeks ago following a mediation by ecowas and the government has been trying to open the. and to include members of the opposition in the movement so

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a hasty arrival on an urgent mission with representatives from the economic community of west african states touched down in bamako headed by former nigerian president goodluck jonathan 5 rush to mali in capital in response to the ousting of president evo him because by the military. we are here to disperse or that you stick with us live at the end of the come up with something in this with the people and you might. listen to. the delegation held talks with the head of a military jet into his goal to reinstate president's kiter on the west african bloc was quick to condemn his ouster expelling mali from the organization closing its borders and ordering sanctions. there is widespread support for the change of power an opposition movement had been protesting against cards of for months and good by his inability to kickstart the economy tackle corruption and defeated jihadist insurgency. agenda has held talks with the opposition promising to install a new interim president ahead of new elections i would turn by car it's a hose less appeal here in mali than it does abroad. while here in germany

now the economic community of west african states has condemned tuesday's military coup in mali eco wafts national leaders have been holding a video conference the block has been attempting to mediate in the crisis in mali since june but has now suspended the country as a member and is discussing sanctions after a military junta forced president even him. to resign and then seize power. the times are tough for south africa's young entrepreneurs after navigating almost a decade of corruption and maladministration following the global financial crisis many are now being wiped out by covered 19 economic chaos it's a disaster in a country that's already in recession and with an employment unemployment rate of almost 30 percent. like many young entrepreneurs is imported young is really after the onset of the coded 19 pandemic. upmarket catering business once employed 15 now she needs to downsize and move operations to her home. as her dream begins to fade in an economy that was a ready in a recession before the current crisis. and is expected to contract by as much as 30 percent year on year i

coup follows weeks of growing political tensions and anti-government protests the economic community of west african states responded to the latest developments by closing its borders with mali and suspending the country summit's decision making bodies. for more on this let's go straight to bomb a go to journalist mamadou tuffy lead mamadou welcome to the show we saw people on the streets celebrating the detention of the president and the prime minister earlier today how has the announcement of kate has resignation been received. temp you very much and i think that was one of the exhibit sick expectations of the . summit part of the populations because all these happened without any resistance and all. you say are mean on the population so i'd be and finally he has signed the regulation decrements and i'm most directly on the national t.v. that's a from now he's putting an end to all these functions and also. the solutions of the assembly national assembly and also the government so finally he's on most of the recent missions of for these 3 stations which was also one of the river indications of what the r

which of course is very important to the delegation from the economic community of west african states of course and also looking at a transition timetable. initial rumors when we walk up this morning west but the army wanted a 3 year transition period warning by the impact of what that elite statement would have on my own supporters of the coup and of course the opposition that expressed its support and appreciation of the intervention by the army the army spokesman issued a statement just a while ago denying that a 3 year transition program has been agreed upon by the ruling committee instead it said the spokesman said meeting is still continuing between the leaders and of course the delegation from the economic community of west african states meanwhile the delegation met with the constitutional court and discussions will continue a lot of people expected these to be a very very quick job for ecowas go in there. concessions from the new leaders and of course would be the release of political detainees now it's dragging into its 3rd day and from all indications it could probably last

and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now that the west african power block or the economic community of west african states to lob some sanctions on mali that include cutting financial flows imposing london blockade on. on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is i in support of what they're saying and that removing but what was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country. head of the u.s. postal service says mail in vote is hoping to have it securely and on time for november's election the choice faced criticism for cost cutting plans which could have meant votes would miss polling day but has since made a u. turn now told a senate committee he wasn't part of a bed by president trying to suppress the vote i do joe castro reports. calling the accusations against him outrageous lewiston joyce says the cuts he's made to the u.s. postal servic

sympathy from the local community and the international community in the wake of sanctions imposed by the economic community of west african states although yesterday ecorse said food and medicines are exempt from the sanctions imposed on money and the sanctions include the closure of border cutting financial inflows into mali from member states but it needs also apart from the for a 15 member countries of course there will also need the support and cooperation of mauritania and algeria who are the other neighbors of money for this to effectively work ok i'm at interest monitoring the situation in mali from a big thank you. here's presidential candidate joe biden has formally accepted his party's nomination on missing to overcome what he calls a season of darkness i didn't accuse president trample failing to lead and failing to protect alan fisher has more from wilmington and biden's home state of delaware . i accept this nomination for president of the united states of america 32 years after the 1st run for president joe biden is no the democratic candidate the last man standing in what was a large field while be a democratic ca

suspend mali from suspend the membership of money from these bodies of the african union and the economic community of west african states however the the soldiers in mali have the upper hand because they have all the negotiating power which now holding president. is prime minister senior members of the government or cabinet being detained by the military big bug in chief for the military offices they would use them either to negotiate. soft landing for themselves in case things go wrong or they may hold on to the successes they have achieved so far by just. listen to. his cabinet and senior top military officers inside the mali and government or mali institution so virtually but a lot of people point to the fact that this is in fact a successful cooter because there is no reaction from the rest of the military in mali manages thank you very much indeed it was 500 fighters from a faction of one of the largest armed groups in eastern democratic republic of congo have surrendered to the government the n d c r rebels sang and danced before handing over their arms at a ceremony in the village of to sugar they had attempted t

an act of goodwill on the part of the military leadership in mali to appease the economic community of west african states to be flexible and of course leaved most importantly the sanctions imposed on money in the aftermath of the cool on 18th of august 2020 remember cause wanted immediate restoration of democratic rule in mali specifically asking the brain will compute to be returned to power when he told a delegation of course that he's not willing to go back to the presidency then it was open for discussions between their course delegation and the military leadership initially and cause one to a minimum of 6 to 9 months of the transition period and a month some of 12 months a strange ition the military leadership in in in mali said this is not a question to be decided by them but the whole of mali now will tomorrow friday and leadership of the economic community of west african states will meet. video conferencing and that is when they will take a decision as to what to go or what to do with mali and when so we're waiting to see what will be the reaction of the course leaders tomorrow we are indeed wai

well i derrius for president goodluck jonathan is leading the delegation from the economic community of west african states or eco ass which is the go sheet in with mali's new military leaders the soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional leader may not give a timeframe for that a coup has drawn international condemnation but it's been celebrated by opposition supporters in mali. al jazeera well continues but the news hour is coming up at $2100.00 g.m.t. i will see that. so that you will see me on the bus on a southern boy but. it will take you on what. sort of struck me on the individual and. from want to show because you like. to. play. yes danny's. does that the. going to do it isn't as you would suspect it is if you go to. i'll stick on a balloon be a good sign sickening and he would initiate it started with a. couple snooze lose you as you would. oh. no. no. no and those would be sure. he had to. survive. yet not clearly and then. also it's a bizarre disgusting witcha. and dusting which up where people those who are her. below him no book me. more always was that we ship one of the is the. was

this f flows callsls fro the economic community of west african states, demanded that the ousted malley leader be returned to power after the military clue. -- mary tyreek h hill. -- military coup. for more on the situation, i amm joined by a professor of political science and law at the university of -- here in france. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. >> this latest news from the via thethis reaches us peacekeeping mission there, and we have had the statement from ecowas as well. why have we seen such a prompt respononse from the internationl community?y? >>>> well, the international community, to use that exexpression, has a fixed decision, soso in n 2012, when e last coup d'etat i removed the previous president, ecowas, thee international community, and france were e all opposed to it. and what solved the crcrisis lat time was that the military who staged a a coup p were running a transitional, holding operation. theyey h held new electionons. the critical dififference is the position of the international theunity is to restore president power. i'm afraid the intern

of civilians and soldiers. the delegation led by michael to prove leaders of member states of the economic community of west african states on wednesday a summit of heads of state and government of the west africa bloc will review with a resolution and take a stand with your greece. here's a brokered deal between israel and the united arab emirates maybe souring after less than 2 weeks u.s. news website is reporting that the u.s. called off a meeting with israeli and american officials after prime minister benjamin netanyahu opposed the sale of f. 35 jets to upper darby. he's been trying to purchase the advanced fighters but u.s. policy dictates that israel must maintain its military superiority in the region the u.s. secretary of state is expected to discuss the jet sales during his trip to abu dhabi this week. announced the 1st cases of community transmission of the corona virus until now all cases of the disease have been linked to quarantine facilities for residents returning from abroad hamas has declared a 48 hour total lockdown of the territory to try to bring the outbreak under control. there are fears that

of civilians and soldiers. the delegation left by michael to prove leaders of member states of the economic community of west african states on wednesday a summit of heads of state and government of the west africa bloc or review the resolutions and take a stand what you greece. as prime minister designate has to meseems she has announced a 2nd is new government in just 6 months that aims to revive china's is weak economy as soon as possible a cabinet of independent technocrats with no policy affiliations must now receive parliamentary approval in the next 10 days of all in terri a minister's decision to bypass all the political entities has angered many including the islamic ennahda party and she she is the 3rd head of government to be appointed since polls last october. there is brokered deal between israel and the united arab emirates maybe souring after less than 2 weeks u.s. news website is reporting that the u.a.e. called off a meeting with israeli and american officials after prime minister benjamin netanyahu opposed the sale of f. 35 jets to abu dhabi a double has been trying to purchase the advanced fighter

of civilians and soldiers. the delegation left by michael to prove leaders of member states of the economic community of west african state on wednesday a summit of heads of state and government of the west africa bloc or review the resolutions and take a stand up comedy grease al-jazeera. now mexico has one of the highest coronavirus death rates in the world and it's had more than 500000 infections but that's not stopped professional fighters from one of the world's most popular sports from wanting to get back into the ring in america as lucy and human reports. this is mexico's most iconic sport leave a day or tree wrestling. it draws massive standing room only crowds but since the pandemic hit all the arenas gyms and ballrooms are closed and so unemployed fighters like that one are wrestling just to survive in some ways because the one would have we thought this was going to last 3 or 4 weeks but it's been almost 4 months. we have to keep going we have to look for ways to learn to live with this pandemic but. one group of professional fighters think they have the answer they've taken their spectacle to such immedi

bamako jurys former president goodluck jonathan is leading the delegation from the economic community of west african states or eco ass which is negotiating with mali's new military leaders soldiers say they plan to appoint a transitional leader but they've not given a timeframe. so rewind is a program coming up next looking at the i doctored as it were helping people see again and one of south africa's poorest communities stay with us for that. on the counting the cost cracks in the global economy. which are. so. making china president she is. counting the parts. hello and welcome again to rewind i'm elizabeth purana here on the wall and we're drawing on a decade of award winning documentaries and finding out how the story has moved on since today be revisiting a moving series which followed doctors working against the odds in the south african township of soweto and once home to nelson mandela so what it was at the forefront of the country's anti-apartheid struggle back in the 1970 s. hundreds died when student protests were put down with tear gas and live ammunition yet more than 25 years after the end o

here on al-jazeera or now somali talks of resume between coup leaders and west african mediators delegation from the economic community of west african states the eco ass led by nigeria's former president goodluck jonathan is pushing for a return to civilian rule soldiers seized power on tuesday and say a transition will happen though they haven't specified when. now protests have broken out in the usa of louisiana off to police shot and killed a black man on friday and they say traffic pattern was wielding a knife in the city of la fiat or above money or points. i'm not here to get everybody motivated to come out of it to suffer on the streets of my fiat because you know the killing of the black by us. on sunday more than 150 people block traffic on the infantrymen highway. the site of where hoffa dozen police had surrounded and then shot 31 year old trafford padron on friday the incident was captured on video by a bystander who got on my knees oh wow i'm a going to. go shoot i know you've got to wait we've got to we know you've got a. good omen greg. think when you have me when i. was. taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead the lo

of civilians and soldiers. the delegation left to prove leaders of member states of the economic community of west african state on wednesday a summit of heads of state and government of the west africa bloc or review the resolutions and take a stand up comedy grease. the 1st documented case of a patient being reinfected with corona virus has been reported in hong kong researchers at the university of hong kong say a 33 year old man sells sick for months after his 1st violent in march but scientists say he's suffering from a different strain of the virus and unlike his 1st infection the 2nd time he didn't have any symptoms researchers have suggested that patients who recover from the virus are immune to reinfection but until body levels can fall after a few months the world health organization warns against jumping to conclusions based on just one case well judy is and associate research professor of microbiology and immunology at the georgetown university medical center she says this latest development suggests that reinfection can occur without symptoms. it's not so much a mutation as the virus is error prone

go pollen hong kong now to mali where talks of resume between leaders in west african mediators a delegation from the economic community of west african states led by nigeria's fall president goodluck jonathan is pushing for a return to civilian rule soldiers seize power on tuesday and say a transition will happen talks have been held for several hours but the military says it will not return ousted president and the cater to power when out of political developments in israel the prime minister is saying that he won't be calling new elections in a nationally televised address benjamin netanyahu said he had accepted a compromise proposal to extend budget negotiations by 100 days that's in yahoo and his coalition partner benny gantz had faced a monday night deadline to complete the talks if they'd failed country would have been plunged into its 4th round of elections in less than 2 years. al-jazeera investigation can reveal cyprus has been selling european passports to convicted criminals fugitives and fraudsters largely of possible danger to our investigative unit reveals serious flaws in the island so-called golden possible scheme has genera

and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now with the west african power block or the economic community of west african states to lob some sanctions on mali either into. cutting financial flows imposing land and blockade on on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication maybe medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is i in support of what they're saying and that removing book at kate was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country. india is battling to contain the coronavirus pandemic the country reports another day with nearly 70000 infections and more than 100 deaths that brings the total number of cases past 2900000 as the 3rd highest number of cases anywhere in the world will cover $1000.00 rates to soaring along the american border with mexico a combination of poverty and poor public health is putting communities there a higher risk than other areas in the united states has rob reyno

and and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now with the west african problem or the economic community of west african states to lock up some sanctions of mali either in. cutting financial flows imposing a london blockade on on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apocrypha of course are there somebody yesterday that exempted food and medication needed medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money aside in support of what they're saying and that removing book at cape town was necessary to right the wrongs in money from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country . the exiled belorussian opposition leader has called for more mass protests against president alexander lukashenko said lalage she calls for schuyler is leading the call for his resignation of been demonstrations for 12 straight days including some of the biggest anti-government rallies in the capital months since the fall of the soviet union. and fled to lithuania off the election she says was raped. she would know how people in belarus today are b

his arrest has been condemned by the economic community of west african states, the african union, the colonial power which has troops based there. many malians feel this is a rerun of 2012, when the government's mishandling of a rebellion led to another coup. violent jihadists took advantage of that chaos to seize northern mali, and they're still there today. the seeds of this current coup sown during the previous 18 years ago. paul hawkins, bbc news. will ross is the bbc world service's africa editor. and i asked him if this coup was completely unexpected. it was a real day of rumour and confusion that ended with the president, the prime minister and other government ministers being detained by the military but as you say, the anger against the president and the calls for him to step down have been going on for some months now. there have been huge demonstrations on the streets of bamako and other parts of mali. basically people are fed up with the deteriorating security situation, jihadists and other jihadists causing violence across mali and other countries but also communal violen

and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now that the west african power block or the economic community of west african statesto lob some sanctions on mali or that include cutting financial flows imposing london blockade on on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is i in support of what they're saying and that removing what was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country. protesters in southern iraq of set fire to the local parliament after demanding justice over the killing of 2 activists. the forces fired live rounds into the areas demonstrators marched on the buildings in the city of bouncer protesters want the provisional provincial governor sacked after a series of attacks on activists by unidentified gunmen. the number of wildfires in california as more than doubled in the past day around 560 fires are now being forced the state seeing

are in charge and can dictate the terms already we know the position of the african union on the economic community of west african states. unconstitutional change of government situation is that which ever country or whichever organization or institution in a country that overthrows a democratically elected government will be expelled from regional bodies and sanctions will apply we leave to see whether we whether we'll see what action these organizations these countries will take on the muti has already as we've said. froze their course and the united states have condemned the incident then probably the presence of french troops and international forces in bali then a probably we may see some developments in the next few hours or in the next few days understood thanks very much a correspondent there in approach if you're just joining us here on al-jazeera let's just take 30 seconds to get you right up to speed with what we think is happening in bamako mali in the capital we understand according to multiple sources coming to us out of the country and also with the reuters news agency in paris that the money and presiden

shutting and land borders with mali suspending money from decision making bodies of the economic community of west african states as well as of course cutting or financial flows from member states of course into mali so these are some of the things that have been agreed upon so far after 3 days of discussion now the mining giant rio tinto discussing 3 and a half $1000000.00 in bonuses for its chief executive over the destruction of 2 indigenous sites in australia the company is saying another 2 executives will also lose that bonuses of 7 $100000.00 each. destroyed to 46000 year old rock shelters and. in western australia in may while trying to access i an oil company had received 5 reports highlighting the significance of the sites. now corona virus infections of past 560000 in mexico which has one of the world's highest death rates but it hasn't stopped professional fighters from on the country's most popular sports wrestling for wanting to get back into the ring latin america at its newman has the story. this is mexico's most iconic sport leave a day or tree wrestling. it draws massive standing room only crowd

if all of months of mass protests against corruption and attacks by armed groups economic community of west african states the immediate return of civilian role but military leaders want the next election to be held in 3 years. well cause how the chilling effect on molly's already fragile economy and functions imposed by that to make it worst. reports. of arrives home after spending the day looking for work and money to buy a ford is family members are eating the last of the rice they have their plight is similar to millions of others in bali impacted by the worsening economy not to feel that it is very difficult in mali compared to what we hear in other countries everything is very expensive it's very tough. isn't sure if or when he will be able to get a job or for to buy his family next meal at the central market businesses grinding to a halt people here say they feel frustrated and appreciative about the future. is a videographer and says the military coup over a week ago has made life tougher. everything was fine before the coup but since then customers to stop coming not many transactions happen thes

changes have been effected following the intervention of the regional bloc at the economic community of west african states which by the way the report has been submitted to the nigerian president here in just some few hours ago by a former president goodluck jonathan however that report did not take into committee since they've been tough today now what we know right now is that the supporters of the m 5 movement have declared their support to the. interrupting now to take you to santorini who are speaking up outside special tribunals and they have been on following the verdict of the assassination of his father i think 15 years ago and it's this in an official how did it and on behalf of all the families of the victims we accept the vertical giving by the tribunal and we see these just implementation weekend not waive the right. of the blood of the victims. the other demand is on behalf of all our knees the order demanded of truth and justice today we have come to know the truth yet what is left is justice to be administered and justice to be done today i have a. new demand following the catastrophe and

and that it would follow closely the mediation work of the city iowa which is the economic community of west african stateswhich is the regional body in order to bring a satisfactory conclusion the french are not trying to intervene in that matter but they would like to see a general consensus which they are seeing now deployment diplomatically said you know have already said that this is not acceptable not to use constitutional reads and the u.n. and european union foreign secretary have also said that this was not a constitutional change acceptable and i suspect that there's a great deal of diplomacy going on behind the scenes in order to have this come to are a peaceful conclusion france you've got france the former colonial power what's really important is that a couple of years back france actually rescued marty from your completion of the slowness but nice gnomes and this is where the modern army of the french army off i don't find those militias throughout sub-saharan africa in the north of sub-saharan africa and apparently the french president has promised full support to the president of mali mr c

from different parts of the world are coming in the united states said it does not support any unconstitutional change of government so also is the economic community of west african states the regional bloc which should a statement which for the 1st time since incidents started happening in the morning at knowledge is the fact that they has been a mutiny in mali this is the same organization that's been trying to mediate between opposition and the government of britain book a ticket to it because unfortunately that mediation failed to secure a lasting agreement between the 2 sides the french government has also issued a statement condemning the attempt to seize power in mali but it's not clear for the time being whether the mutineers will agree to sort of lay down their arms and return to the barracks and if they do what will happen to them after it's not clear what that it goes. times will be or what they are right now so it's still a few weeks situation in mali it could fizzle out it may not fizzle out ok ahmed will leave it there thanks very much but it was our correspondent there in a picture. still to come here on al-jazeera welcoming back tourists with open

and of course they want to use it as a bargaining chip for whatever sanctions that may come their way especially now that the west african republic or the economic community of west african states to lob some sanctions on mali either into. cutting financial flows imposing london blockade on. on mali as well as introducing some sanctions apart from of course at their summit yesterday they exempted food and medication maybe medical supplies from those sanctions so they wanted to use this as an evidence to show that money is i in support of what they're saying and that removing what was necessary to right the wrongs in mali from the elections to the security challenges in the north and central parts of the country. time police have begun arresting student anti-government protest organizers authorities are concerned this movement is growing and so for the 1st time a minister has actually sat down with some of the students scotland in bangkok ask him how it went the month old anti-government protest was founded fronted and organized by thai students from high schools to university. i want democracy and equality where there is no difference whether one person has a higher social stat

the president's arrest had been condemned by the economic community of west african states, the africanolonial power which has troops based there. many feel this is a rerun of 2012 when the government's mishandling of a rebellion led to another coup. violent jihadists took advantage of that chaos to seize northern mali and they are still there today. the seeds of this current coup sown during the previous one eight years ago. many will be hoping now for a smooth transition of power. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: scientists uncover the unseen scale of plastic pollution clogging the atlantic ocean. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! czechoslovakia must be free! chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is

air and land borders with mali suspending mali from decision making bodies of the economic community of west african states as well as of course cutting or financial flows from member states of course into mali so these are some of the things that have been agreed upon so far after 3 days of discussion the former chief of staff of the president of the democratic republic of congo has been moved from prison to hospital it'll come out as party says he's contrite did cave at 19 is having trouble breathing he's appealing a 20 year prison sentence for fraud his supporters say the like the term is politically motivated. and of course you follow all of the stories that we're covering all the web sites not just their top called of course we continue to monitor what's going on. for president bush to step down. there with me still running a reminder of all top stories the shooting of a black man in the u.s. state of wisconsin a started another wave of protests from condition to new york black lives not to demonstrators a demanding justice after a 29 year old who was shot 7 times by police on sunday john hendren poss

this action has been condemned by the united nations, the european union and the economic community of west african states demand the resignation of the president over corruption, the state of the country's economy and increased violence from militantjihadists who threatened to continue the sahel region. an emergency un security council meeting is due to take place later today because now mali is without a constitutional government, the rest of the regional stability is being called into question. chi chi uzundu, bbc news. thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes near the us city of san francisco, as a number of fast moving wildfires swept into the region. police and firefighters have been going from door to door, urging people to leave while us authorities say the pilot of a water—dropping helicopter died after his aircraft crashed. the governor of california has declared a state of emergency. tanya dendrinos reports. this is the unmistakable roar of a firestorm. flames licking at the roadway, an ominous orange glow across the blackened sky and residents scrambling to make it out. it took

his arrest has been condemned by the economic community of west african states, the african union, theolonial power which has troops based there. many malians feel this is a rerun of 2012, when the government's mishandling of a rebellion led to another coup. violent jihadists took advantage of that chaos to seize northern mali, and they're still there today. the seeds of this current coup sown during the previous one 18 years ago. paul hawkins, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the family of the assassinated former lebanese prime minister, rafik hariri — killed in a car bomb attack 15 years ago — has expressed his frustration at the outcome of the trial of his alleged murderers. the special court found a hezbollah defendant guilty but acquitted three others. mr hariri's son, saad, said everybody‘s expectations had been higher than the outcome. the disputed president of belarus, alexander lu kashenko, has accused the opposition of attempting to overthrow him by setting up a coordination council to facilitate a transfer of power. he's threatened action against the 35 memb

air and land borders with mali suspending mali from decision making bodies of the economic community of west african states as well as of course cutting or financial flows from member states of course into mali so these are some of the things that have been agreed upon so far after 3 days of discussion 2 tropical storms opposing a back to back threat to the u.s. state of louisiana a tropical storm is expected to make landfall later on monday and the governor says water won't have time to recede before tropical storm laura arrives but it's totally passing over the caribbean and also poses a threat to the state of texas it's a different story in california where firefighters are racing to prepare for more lightning storms that could worsen hundreds of wildfires and that includes the state's 2nd and 3rd largest places nearly a quarter of a 1000000 have been ordered to award it and warned to evacuate rob randall's reports now from los angeles. packing up and getting out richard camacho of sonoma county is part of a mass exodus of northern california residents fleeing raging wildfires are living in weird times

in and land borders with mali suspending mali from decision making bodies of the economic community of west african states as well as of course cutting of financial flows from member states of course into mali so these are some of the things that have been agreed upon so far after 3 days of discussion. to yemen now where weeks have to wrench will reign in flash flooding in the west have forced 350000 families from their homes at least 130 m. many have died in the deluge aid organizations already struggling to help millions hard hit by the war and to increase pressure. of reports. this is what's left of a family home his neighbors have been helping him collect anything that's worth keeping a little girl heavy rains pruett flash flooding to this region of western yemen bushing the way whom's and devastating families homages already an often lost his 2 remaining family members in my anaconda milam. my aunt and uncle have drowned in heavy flooding the death is a great loss to me as they raised me after my parents died i don't know what to do now that rebuild our home and my life again. but there are also stor