alleges trump made disparaging remarks about black wild leaders he says the president described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa and also said that no black leader can run a country the mandela foundation has responded calling trump arrogant and uninformed cohen a serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and financial offenses well let's take a look at some of the other allegations made by cohen in that book he says trump has hatred and contempt for former president barack obama and he says he even hired an actor to play him so he could pretend to fire him cohen says trump also mocked evangelical christians shortly after winning the election remember evangelicals heavily supported him in 2016 the book also claims that trump admires russian president vladimir putin for his tight grip on power and for running the. like his personal company the white house has rejected cohen's accusations let's now speak to eric eric ham he's a political analyst and author and he joins us now from washington d.c. via skype eric great to have you back on al-jazeera this is quite the l

and we speak south africa's ruling party off to donald trump and if you please said the late nelson mandela destroyed the country. you need me. i'm going to go just. because you want to welcome to the program ethiopia's northern region has gone ahead with regional elections despite being told not to do so by prime minister to the country had been due to hold national and regional elections last month but the federal government postponed them indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic decisions into groene accused of using the situation to prolong his rule not surprise population is rated to be small it's around 5 percent of ethiopia's 109000000 people need those from the ethnic group dominated ethiopia's politics 130 is but that ended when it came to paul in 2018. now about $2700000.00 people in the region are expected to verts to gray officials have warned that an intervention by the federal government would amount to a quote declaration of war. an act of defiance in ethiopia's northern region of to cry. these people are lining up to vote in an election that the federal government sa

president donald trump made crude and disparaging remarks about nelson mandela and it's still no word of denial from mr trump no tweet all statement distancing involve the alleged remarks now in a book written by michael cohen whole a personal lawyer the u.s. president allegedly said that mandela if the whole country up now it's a whole if mandela he was no leader but also mandela foundation in south africa criticized donald trump for his alleged remarks on mandela in a statement the foundation said we do not believe that leaders who conduct themselves in the way mr trump does are in a position to awful or sort of commentary on the life and work off. in a moment to the spokesperson of south africa's ruling party they see 1st how to listen to some south africans we are asked how they felt about mr trump's alleged remarks . i don't think is a. great president because as for me on my site it doesn't care about black people it doesn't care about what happened to us in that i really don't think that president trump have to have anything in those people for 1st of all his very 1st is proven

lawyer michael cohen in the coming hours well in that book cohen alleges donald trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa and said that no black leader can run a country the mandela foundation has responded calling trump arrogant and uninformed cohen is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and financial offenses well let's get more now with rosa in jordan she's monitoring things from alexandria virginia is really quite the shop response there from the mandela foundation and i expect even more fallout that will see on a number of fronts as the book is released. well it's not surprising that the mandela foundation would speak out against these revelations in michael collins memoir but let's not forget we're also talking about a man who even before he became president was known for allegedly discriminating against black renters who wanted to elise apartments from his family's our real estate business this is the person who raised the heavenly questions about the u.s. national ality of barack obama the former u.s. president and it's also worth pointing out

lawyer michael cohen in the coming hours in that book cohen alleges that donald trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined a south africa and said that no black leader can run a country the mandela foundation has responded calling arrogant and uninformed michael cohen is currently serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and financial offenses well let's get more now with rosen and jordan who joins us live from alexandria virginia quite the shop response there from the mandela foundation and i expect even more fallout on a number of fronts as this book is released on tuesday. well it's not surprising that the mandela foundation would fire back at donald trump but it's also not surprising that yet another person who was close to the president is alleging that the man harbors racist sentiment michael cohen apparently also has written in his memoir that donald trump was so incensed by the election of barack obama that he actually had a lookalike hired to play the president so that trouble could routinely borate him and then tell him that he was quote fired and he has releas

wall contriver says donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader in ruin south africa. and a capital city under water flooding in senegal that leaves thousands of people homeless. so to a struggling journalists have returned home from china after a diplomatic standoff the chinese police had demanded interviews with the parent initially bought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a.b.c. and the other from the finance review sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds on a safe departure was negotiated this comes after the arrest of a nother straightly in janice chen les who was working for china's state owned channel c g t n. i decided. they want to. believe that if there is. a country with genuine rule of law. this is a whirlwind of some kind of. got a particularly good experience. mark a straw man is the president of australia's media union that the media entertainment and art to land and he says that china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips. we're very glad that the 2 of them are back home an

coming up more controversy is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who ruined south africa. snatched by must the man fears for the safety of a prominent opposition figure and batteries. and remembering the sudanese town that is no longer in the attempt to revive its ancient culture. so then saudi arabia is being criticized for its decision to overturn the death sentences handed down to members of the hit squad which killed journalist jamal khashoggi 8 people have now been given jail terms of between 7 and 20 years because he was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 turkey says the court ruling did not meet international expectations and un investigator called it a parody of justice. as its report. the saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul that's where a prominent and well connected critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while $21.00 men were detained by saudi arabi

president donald trump made crude disparaging remarks about nelson mandela and there's still no word of denial from mr trump no tweet or statement distancing involved the alleged remarks now in a book written by michael cohen trump's whole the personal lawyer the u.s. president allegedly said that mandela if the whole country up now it's a whole if mandela he was no leader but also mandela foundation's of africa criticized donald trump for his alleged in a statement the foundation's say that we do not believe that leaders who conduct themselves in the way mr trump does are in a position to offer or a set of commentary on the life and with all. in a moment to the spokesperson of south africa's ruling party they see 1st how to listen to some south africans we are asked how they felt about mr alleged remarks. i don't think is a. great president because as for me on my side it doesn't care about black people it doesn't care about what happened to us and i really don't think that president trump have to have any faith in those people for 1st of all his very 1st is proven time and time aga

president donald trump made crude and disparaging remarks about nelson mandela and there's still no word of denial from mr trump no tweet all statement distancing involve the alleged remarks now in a book written by michael cohen trump's cola personal lawyer the u.s. president allegedly said that mandela if the whole country up now it's a whole if mandela he was no leader but also mandela foundation's of africa criticized donald trump for used. in a statement the foundations say that we do not believe that leaders who conduct themselves in the way mr trump does are in a position to offer all forces of commentary on the life and with all. in a moment i was talking to the spokesperson of south africa's ruling party the a.n.c. 1st have a listen to some south africans we are asked how they felt about mr trump alleged remarks. i don't think is a. great president because as for me on my site it doesn't care about black people it doesn't care about what happened to us and i really don't think that president trump have to have anything in those people for 1st of all in the very 1st is proven tim

book that the president made disparaging remarks about black leaders cohen says trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa the mandela foundation has responded calling trump arrogant and uninformed nearly 300 refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for several months they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of the pandemic. well those are the headlines i'll have another news update for you off to the dockside of green energy to stay with us here on out as there. was just too long to protest against climate change the protests are planned you know the trouble to try to. march in some city square for years its existence has been denied but today climate change has become a global concern. citizens are asking their elected officials for concrete solutions to fight pollution and rising temperatures why should we study forests you should that is being taken away from us i. mean 201-5195 countries committed to reducing their c o 2 emissions at the end of the calm 21 conference in new energy transiti

president's former lawyer michael cohen is releasing a book which says trump described nelson mandela as a poor president and said that no black leader can run a country cohen is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress and for financial offenses severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency officials say about 100 people have been killed one more than 100000 homes are damaged flooding this year has far exceeded record set in the 1940 s. causing the non to rise to levels not seen in a century but the u.n. warns the situation may get worse with more heavy rain expected until the end of the month you're up to date with headlines on al-jazeera have more news for you in under 30 minutes right now stay tuned for inside story 2 serious. on mexico's busy roads there are those who have had a knock. cyclists are taking to the streets. last. their objective to make the streets safer alternative cleaner forms of transportation but when it proved to be an uphill struggle for this group of activists over the wheel do yo

think nelson mandela was a good leader. he said, quote, tell me one country run by a black person that isn't an s-hole, they're all complete f'ing toilets, according to michael cohen, said the president. i think we lost maggie for good. she was talking about the role of race in this. what i was also going to ask her, as damaging or as specific as three charges for michael cohen are, i don't get the sense that the white house takes these as seriously as the "atlantic" story and jeffrey goldberg and the comments that the president has made about the military, that cnn has confirmed, by the way. many of them. they clearly think that's very damaging, which is why the president has spoken out against it and they've had white house officials come out and claim that certain things never happened, despite the fact that cnn has confirmed parts of it. >> and their pushback on michael cohen is, michael cohen does not have a great track record with the truth. and the white house says, it's unsurprising to see his latest attempt to prof

more controversy is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who ruined south africa. and remembering the sudanese town that is no longer the attempt to revive its ancient culture. so that into a straight and journalists have returned home from china after a diplomatic standoff chinese police had demanded interviews with the pet and initially bought them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a.b.c. and the other from the financial review so refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while the safe departure was negotiated this comes after the arrest of another straightly journalist john lay who was working for china's state owned channel c g t n. that is. why you. believe that if there is. a country with genuine rule of law but. 5 this is a whirlwind of some kind of. got a few good. well let's bring in mark a straw man in sydney he's the president of australia's media union and media entertainment and arts alliance markets so mike smith and bill birtles back home now but clearly unable to do their job what do you make

trump, on nelson mandela. mandela effed the whole country up. now, it's a shit hole. trump expressed low opinions of all black folks, from music to culture and politics, africa was hell hole, he believed. nelson mandela but to use one example was an object of contempt for trump. i talk about how he feels about african-americans and that -- not that they were friends with him. but that he only liked people who were very famous, if they were black people. but he really didn't know any black people or have any black friends. tell me about trump, as it relates to black people, specifically. >> well, let me say there was, also, only one black employee in the -- in the entire trump organization. you may remember, again, i said that at house oversight. when mark meadows paraded her out in order to discredit me and state that donald trump is not a racist. i mean, i'm not really sure why people don't get it. donald trump is a racist. his sister said it. his older sister said it -- i'm sorry, his niece said it. i'm saying it. stephanie winston wolkoff is saying it. i'm not sure

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more controversy is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who ruined south africa. and remembering the sudanese town that is.

this is a president that shuns wonderful people.elsen nelson mandela. this is a president that shuns wonderful people. he embraces tyrants. and yes, i think that it will have an impact. but i just want to say, with all of this, you've got so many people dying of covid. you don't hear this president talk about it. he is playing golf. so you know, in some ways we'll be distracted by this book and that book, and i'm all for it, but look what is happening here. we are going through a terrible pandemic with no leadership. >> david, as the white house pointed out, cohen is somebody whose credibility is in question, and yet multiple former administration officials have criticized the president an no anonymously. but recently we did hear from miles taylor and i spoke with him last night. listen to what he told me. >> as you would expect, i've been pretty actively involved in trying to give people the confidence to come out and say what they need to say and not fear this president. and i do think in the coming days here i'll have some news for you in that regard

michael cohen claims president trump insulted nelson mandela. the white house calls cohen's book lies. that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: michael cohen. now says working for donald trump was like being in a cult. the president's former lawyer fixer and hed eer and hinchman a new book called "disloyal." >> right after nelson mandela passed away and i talk about this in the book, he asked me if i had known of any country that's run by a black that's not an s-hole. i said how about america, which he gave me the proverbial fu. >> reporter: the white house calls cohen a disgraced felon who has lost credibility. one of many denials and counter attacks that the president and his team has made this summer as an onslaught of tell all books about trump and his family have hit bookstores. >> i have never seen an avalanche of insider account. >> reporter: another insider account, melania and me by her former frern and -- friend and adviser. many of these tell alls reinforce what some voters believe about the president's public personality but

remarks about black ones liza's cohen says trump described nelson mandela as a poor leader who ruined south africa the mandela foundation has responded calling trump arrogant and uninformed jordan has more on what that book contains michael cole with apparently also has written in his memoir that was so incensed by the election of barack obama that he actually had a local lawyer hired to play the president so that trouble could routinely bill rate him in did tell them that he was quote fired and he has released a photo from his memoir showing this apparent interaction between donald trump and the playing the former u.s. president well those are the headlines for now do remember that you can always find much more on all the latest on our web site that's al jazeera dot com and i'll be back here with you and a whole new news update people in power stay with us on counting the cost is oil prices slumping economy shrinking and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle east while russia south africa's unemployment to hit a record high before the pandemic plus his fight to save the ec

the funeral of george bezos,, a hero of the apartheid struggle, he was also nelson mandela's lawyer.e was alslso known ass -- he helped draft the apartheid constitution. a court has denied bail two men depicted as a hero in the hollywood movie aboutut rwanda's movie about the genocide. he has been charged with forming or joining an irregulalar armed group and complicity in murder. representatives of alexey navalny have released a video that shows that -- he may have been poisoned in his hototel rom instead of the airport. it poisoned -- poison was detected on his empty water bottle at the hotel. biontech says that doses of a vaccine could start next year. the drug is being developed in collaboration with pfizer. they will produce a production facility from a pharmaceutical giant. israel is free imposing its nationwide coronavirus lockdown. the first country to do so for a second time. as its cases sore, the restrictions have divided the country. just hours before the lockdown was due to take effect, people gathered to express their anger about the restrictions. they are especially bi

also coming up all controversy is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela a poor leader who ruined south africa. snatched by must the man fears for the so. steve a prominent opposition figure in belarus. and remembering the sudanese town that is no longer in the attempt to revive its ancient. so then saudi arabia is being criticized over its decision to overturn the death sentences handed down to members of the hit squad which killed journalist marcus orgy 8 people have now been given jail terms of between 7 and 20 years because he was strangled and dismembered in istanbul in 2018 turkey says the court ruling did not meet international expectations and un investigator called it a parody of justice thanks here brian as its report the saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi was caught on camera landing intake and entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul that's where a prominent and well connected critic at saudi crown prince mohammed bin so.

leaders from former lawyer michael cohen is releasing a book which says the president described nelson mandela as a poorly who ruined south africa and said that no likely they can run the country code is serving a 3 year sentence for lying to congress in financial offenses when jordan has more kinds book. michael collins apparently also has written in his memoir that donald trump was so incensed by the election of barack obama that he actually had a lookalike hired to play the president so that trouble could routinely bill rate him and then tell him that he was quote fired and he has released a photo from his memoir showing this apparent interaction between donald trump and the actor playing the former u.s. president well meanwhile donald trump is being accused of playing politics by suggesting a coronavirus franks he might be ready next month just ahead of you know his rival joe biden says science should dictate what advice he has available. the european union is calling on bellamy's to immediately release more than 600 people who were detained for protesting on sunday is also condemning the

consistently making racist comment about african-americans, but that he also made similar comments about nelson mandelathe freedom fighter and former first president of south africa after apartheid, something that might be quite offensive to those in that country and to admirers of mandela worldwide. it also apparently says that donald trump is not just an admirer of vladimir putin, but wanted to emulate him when he became president, and that is certain to raise more concern, given that the involvement of russia government officials in the u.s. campaign to try to distort the vote one way or another was already a political issue this year. latest: roslyn with that from alexandria, virginia. thank you. still lots more to come in this half-hour, including fears that this could be the new normal in south korea. calls for greater see defensive after the second major storm in a week. and bad hair day. protesters forced the closure of a pharmacy chain over ads that they claim were racist. ♪ >> it's looking rather wet and , make it isng down way further east. warm weather in adelaide, the system will push its

will control the sea is donald trump hits the campaign trail a new book says he called nelson mandela co-leader in ruins south africa. and the capital city underwater flooding in senate gold.

and he called all countries run by black people as holes and he was specifically referring to nelson mandela's south africa the full book comes out on tuesday and what goodness i should i should note for our viewers that this follows a report in the atlantic magazine that alleges trump made disparaging comments about american war dead now according to that report trump refused to visit a military cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers denies the story of course but viewers out there listen to what. to say specific now is a fake story written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer but it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say the kind of things and especially today because i've done more for the military then almost anybody else. trump they're denying the original story but parts of that that reporter now being corroborated by other publications yes so the loser comments were 1st published last week in the atlantic and in the last few days there's also

. >> we had one where right after nelson mandela had passed away, and i talk about this in the book. he asked me if i had known of any country that's run by a black that's not an s-hole. and i said, well, how about america, to which he gave me the proverbial f-y of this conversation including what cohen says the president has become. >>> and the prospect of a coronavirus vaccine is taking center stage in the presidential race. as we head into fall, the campaign season of course is in full throttle, and the candidates were all out over the holidays. some spending time in key swing states, and the president delivering a labor day press conference. nbc's geoff bennett reports. >> reporter: this morning, president trump making a not so subtle prediction. >> we're going to have a vaccine very soon, maybe even before a very special date. you know what date i'm talking about. >> reporter: linking a possible coronavirus vaccine to election day. health experts saying that's a long shot. joe biden calling it irresponsible. >> one of the problems is he's . i'm worried if we do have a really goo

she was not able to deliver so i think she has been compared to monday lobby for nelson mandela from south africa but he was not only a good opposition politician but he became a very powerful politician delivering a lot of progress and development to south africa it's not the same with me with aung san suu kyi in myanmar she has had problems delivering and keeping up to the high expectations. this is in regards to the peace process in the country to end the civil war which rages since the 2nd world war more or less this has been regarding economic development and last but not least because of the crisis which started in 2016 and in 2017 pushed more than 700000. so i think she was not able to deliver and she did not keep up to this expectations broader than ever because i'm tired so much for your insights. that's a phenomena so you're back here tomorrow the same time. literature invites us to see people in particular. i like to see some time. on youtube. about is he when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room as well and. it was hard i was fit. i even got white hair. then jim

anti apartheid crusader george bizos who became nelson mandela's personal lawyer has died at 92 his family said he died at home of natural causes disease came to south africa as a 13 year old fleeing the nazi occupation of greece it made a key role in the legal fight to end apartheid the racist system used to oppress south africa's black majority for decades the those represented mandela at his treason trial in 1064 and worked for the former president until his death in 2013. this is news coming up next our special edition on the corona crisis you can stay up to date by downloading the deed of news app and you can follow all last henri's and correspondence on instagram and twitter handle is at d w news check our website as well. and told me all laddie thanks for joining us. on. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news of. our corona update. from the 19 special next on d w.

george bizos has been held in south africa a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle he was also nelson mandela's lawyer and represented him but his trial for treason he was also known as a lifelong defender of human rights his many achievements included helping to draft south africa's post apartheid constitution a rule one court has denied bail to paul rusesabagina who was depicted as a hero in a hollywood movie about rwanda's $1094.00 genocide and is now on trial for terrorism rusesabagina has been charged with forming or joining in a regular armed group and complicity in murder. colleagues of the russian opposition leader alexina vaughany have released a video in which they claim that he was poisoned in his siberian hotel room rather than at the airport as previously thought traces of the nerve agent which was used to poison the volney were detected on an empty water bottle at the hotel. the german via engineering company buying on tech says production of $750000000.00 doses per year of a coven $1000.00 back scene could start in the 1st half of next year the drug is big developed in collaborat

george bizos has been held in south africa a hero of the anti-apartheid struggle he was also nelson mandela's lawyer and he represented him at his trial for treason he was also known as a lifelong defender of human rights is many achievements include helping to draft south africa's post apartheid constitution a rwandan court has denied bail to paul rusesabagina who was depicted as a hero in a hollywood movie about rwanda's 1994 genocide and is now on trial for terrorism rusesabagina was or has been charged with forming or joining an irregular armed group and complicity in murder is the german bioengineering company buying on tech says production of $750000000.00 doses per year of a coated $1000.00 back scene could start in the 1st half of next year the drug is being developed in collaboration with pfizer and biotech will purchase a production facility in the german city of marble from pharmaceutical giant novartis. i'm seeing here in europe to spain now where residents in the capital madrid are on edge as local authorities struggle to contain the spread of the corona virus new infections madr

she was not able to deliver so i think she has been compared to monday lobby for nelson mandela from south africa but he was not only a good opposition politician but he became a very powerful politician delivering a lot of progress and development to south africa it is not the same with me with aung san suu kyi and me and mom she has had problems delivering and keeping up to the high expectations. this is in regard to the peace process in the country to end the civil war which rages since the 2nd world war more or less this has been regarding economic development and last but not least because of the crisis which started in 2016 and in 2017 pushed more than 700002 neighboring bangladesh so i think she was not able to deliver and she did not keep up to this expectations. you know doing every cows and thanks so much for your insights. that's a phenolic see you back here tomorrow the same time by. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. 19 special next on d w. has a virus spread. why do

top south african human rights lawyer, george bizos, who famously defended nelson mandela, has died aged activists during the apartheid years and became one of the architects of the country's new constitution. president cyril ramaphosa announced his death, saying mr bizos had "contributed immensely to our democracy". india has one of the highest suicide rates in the world and campaigners say it can be difficult to know where to turn in times of crisis. to coincide with world suicide prevention day, the country has launched its first ever national helpline, operating in 13 languages. ishleen kaur reports on the personal tragedy that helped to bring it into being. this was just six days before 18—year—old raga took his life. january six, 2019 changed everything for his family, including his sister. it was very sudden. it was shocking. none of us saw it coming. so my family, we were shattered. we were broken. and it took us a long time to even sort of come to terms with what had happened to us. according to the latest report by the national crime records bureau, the number of indian men who

george bizos has died at the age of 92 he played a key role in ending apartheid is represented nelson mandela at his treason trial in 1964 and worked for the former president until his death in 2030. are now to beirut where firefighters have brought a massive fire in the city's port district under control the blaze broke out in the same area that was devastated by a huge explosion just a month ago the latest fire touched off panic among the city's residents many of whom are still traumatized by last month's blast which killed nearly $200.00. smoke billowing again from beirut's destroyed port the fires sent a massive column of black smoke and flames over the warehouses firefighters battled the fire from the air and on the ground by evening the blaze was under control. the fire has reopened wounds for the people of beirut who are still reeling from the devastating explosion that rocked the city last month. that is very unfortunate that this has happened illusionist with one problem and then another starts. i hope it was a normal fire at the bottom of the top of the tree i'm sure may god help le

lawyer george bizos has died at the age of 92 he played a key role in ending apartheid presented nelson mandela at his treason trial in 1964 and he worked for the former president until his death in 2013. in bello reuss another prominent opposition leader has accused of threatening to kill her if she refused to leave the country maria kolesnik over behind bars says security agents told her that they would remove her from bella ruse quote alive or in pieces the threats are part of a widening crackdown on opposition activists who have been leading protest against authoritarian president alexander lukashenko. this is the moment masked men broke into the offices of jailed opposition politician viktor. the russian banker was put in police custody last month and banned from participating in recent elections he's not the only opposition leader in detention. seen here at anti-government protests earlier this month was abducted and almost forcibly expelled from. sheer remains in jail in minsk. claim security operatives threatened her life saying she'd be sent over the border in pieces if she didn't agre

barrow, who is head of the eminent persons group, the dismantling of apartheid and the release of nelson mandela errol barrow, who were regarded in their time as among the best of emerging leaders from developing countries. so, i don't think that this is an issue that ought to concern anyone. within buckingham palace, officials are being diplomatic. this is a matterfor the government and people of barbados, they say. but, in a changing world, and with the inevitable transition at some point to a new monarch, they will be watching to see whether an island in the caribbean is a harbinger of wider changes among the nations which share the head of state with britain. nicholas witchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. a relatively quiet and settled we kind of weather is on the way. it will be breezy for parts of england and wales, mostly dry with sunny spells. just the chance ofa with sunny spells. just the chance of a shower towards the south because of an area of low pressure that has been spinning close to iberia. this could draw one or two showers

and he called all countries run by black people as holes and he was specifically referring to nelson mandela's south africa the full book comes out on shoes day and my goodness i should i should note for our viewers that this follows a report in the atlantic magazine that alleges trump made disparaging comments about american war dead now according to that report trump refused to visit a military cemetery in france because it was quote filled with losers denies the story of course but viewers out there listen to what he. to say specifically you know it was a fake story written by a magazine that was probably not going to be around much longer but it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of things and especially to me because i don't work for the military then almost anybody else. trump they're denying the original story but parts of that debt reporter are now being corroborated by other publications so the loser comments were 1st published last week in the atlantic and in the last few day

george south african anti-apartheid activist and long time ago at a nelson mandela has died he was 92 business represented mandela in the 1964 rivonia trial that saw him sent to prison for 27 years has also played a key role in the legal fight to end the parties and is credited for drafting a number of laws when the country transitioned into democracy in 1904. while the country's general election has postponed a jew to the pandemic some ethiopians have been to the polls but the regional election in the region could threaten the country's unity as malcolm webb reports. people in the 2 gray region of northern ethiopia voted in election years federal government said was on constitutional and illegal government to postpone nationwide polls that were due last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. that some to grant voters being deprived of their democratic rights. i believe it is lawful toward elections every 5 years it isn't there a lot of it is very important because it means being governed by our you to meet government elected by the people. the to croon people's liberation front i

top south african human rights lawyer george bizos, who famously defended nelson mandela, has died agedented some of the country's best known political activists during the apartheid years and became one of the architects of the country's new constitution. president cyril ramaphosa announced his death, saying mr bizos had "contributed immensely to our democracy". now on bbc news, coronavirus: your stories. philippa thomas hears from people about how covid—19 has changed their lives. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—19 is changing lives around the world. i'm thomas and this week we are looking at nature and climate. how our natural environment can help us as individuals in times like this and also the personal story of two of us who want the global pandemic to throw more light on the global climate emergency. later we will hear from ireland about one way of turning to nature in stressful times with growing interest in the traditional practices of forest medicine like a forest bathing. and from sweden, how health —based architecture can help us now to rede

consistently making racist comments about african-americans but that he also made similar comments about nelson mandela the freedom fighter and former 1st president of. south africa after apartheid something that tom might be quite offensive to those in that country and to what meyers of mandela worldwide it also apparently says that todd donald trump is not just an admirer of blood a mere pollutant but wanted to emulate him when he became president and that is certain to raise more concerns given that the involvement of russian government officials in the u.s. campaign. just stuart the vote one way or another is already a political issue this year absalom rosen join in with the latest on that from alexandria virginia roslyn thank you. to come in this half hour including fears that this could be the new normal in south korea calls for greater see the fences after the 2nd that major storm in a week. and that bad hair day protesters forced the closure of a pharmacy chain over ads that they claim were racist. well i was looking rather wet sand at times when the across southern parts of australia got this

people in south africa paying tribute to the anti-apartheid activist on long time lawyer to nelson mandela george bizos has died aged 92 these are represented mandela in the 964 rivonia trial i saw him sent to prison for 27 years he also played a key role in the legal fight to end apartheid and is credited for drafting a number of laws when the country transition to democracy in 994 you had an inside sieve legal mind and was also one of the architects. of our constitution contributed immensely and he was sorely missed and we dip our heads in order of the contribution that george bizos as made to our democracy to ethiopia now where a local election has taken place in the tigre a region against the orders of the government it's feared the vote could increase political tensions and even threaten the country's unity as malcolm wittnauer reports. people in the to gray region of northern ethiopia voted in election years federal government said was on constitutional and illegal government postpone nationwide polls that were due last month because of the coronavirus pandemic. but some to grain vot

nelson mandela was considered an extremist. when you look at today and you talk about those with talking about racial disparity and black equality and human rights in society, that is an extremist idea. i just wanted to put that out there, that when you're talking about something less extreme, if you are talking about blacks having the same rights as other racial groups and even getting rid of that category of race in weeral by the way in which identify each other in racial categories and if you want to get rid of that and all of the meanings and characteristics surrounding that, that is extremist. host: go ahead and respond, michael. guest: that is a great point. look, we have a tradition in our country of achieving really important changes in our society by people who at the time were considered to be extremists. martin luther king is a great example of that. martin luther king actually called himself an extremist and -- in some of his writings i think you're absolutely right. look, there is a proud tradition of radical polit

lawyer george bizos has died at 92 he played a key role in ending apartheid the source represented nelson mandela is treason trial in 1964 and worked for the former president until his death in 2013. u.s. president donald trump is under fire again for his handling of the coronavirus in a new book veteran journalist bob woodward says trump deliberately downplayed the danger posed by the virus and has produced an audio recording of the president admitting to doing so at a news conference president trump defended his actions he maintained he was not lying to the public insisting he did not want to cause panic nearly 200000 americans have died so far. and certainly are not going to drive. this country or the world into a frenzy we want to show confidence we want to show strength we want to show strength as a nation and that's what i've done and we've done our let's go right to washington now do we go have a standing by for us there are high abbie so how is the president's explanation for misleading the american public on the coronavirus spending make going down there. while sumi we heard him there sa

he lied and said he tried to visit nelson mandela and when he got out of prison came to joe biden whenr trying to visit him. turns out that's not true. and joe biden also said that the naacp has endorsed him for every single one of his elections, not a single one. and also, lou, twice joe biden has publicly said the man who, unfortunately, struck and killed his first wife and killed his young daughter was drunk when he was driving. the researcher there said, if anything, the american was very like -- the person at fault was very likely joe biden's wife. so here's this man already feeling guilty about doing it, and now he's being maligned as a drunk driver? the man's daughter contacted biden and said please stop saying it, biden said he would stop and then said it again. these are the kind of things i hope trump brings up tomorrow at the debate. lou: well, he is, i guess if we call those gaffes, he is gaffe prone. without doubt. without a doubt. larry, thanks so much. great to see you. appreciate it, my friend. >>> well, coming up here next we'll be taking up the issues of the day inclu

it lied about getting arrested in the apartheid south africa and on his way to visit nelson mandela and lied about marching in the civil rights movement in 1960s, but he prays the former klansman that filibustered the civil rights act against the voting rights act of than he did. he partnered with the farmer clansmen and why, because he did not want integration of the public schools because he didn't want his kids going t to the schools were racial jungles. he attended a were historically black university, another whopper. >> hbcus. i got started out of there. at delaware state. if i don't want to hear anything negative about delaware state here, okay? they are my folks. >> sean: problem is delaware state university denied that joe was ever a student at the historically black university. instead of attending, the school joe got his start, well, the u.s. senate to working with the segregationists to stop integration of schools. according to joe, did not want the kids, growing up in the racial jungle. joe biden has been has been on the phone for nearly 50 years where lying is just a way o

lied about getting arrested by the apartheid of south african government while on his way to see nelson mandelafew weeks ago, he lied about his many political endorsements from the naacp. they don't endorse, they never endorsed him. what did he do to fix systemic racism? it was under barack and joe watch ferguson happened, baltimore happened, cambridge police happened, george zimmerman happened, that was when he was vice president, what did he do to fix the systematic racism in the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, the 2000s? does it sound like a man who is particularly worried about racism to you? you decide, take a look. >> the largest growth of population is indian americans, moving from india. you cannot go to a 7-eleven or a dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian accent. i'm not joking. >> what kind of a chance would a northeastern liberal like joe biden stand in the south? >> better than anybody else, you don't know my state, my state was a state, my state was a border state, the eighth largest black population in the country. >> first mainstream african-american who was articulate and brigh

she was not able to deliver so i think she has been compared to monday lobby for nelson mandela from south africa but he was not only a good opposition politician but he became a very powerful politician delivering a lot of progress and development to south africa it's not the same with me with aung san suu kyi and me and mom she has had problems delivering and keeping up to the high expectations. this is in regards to the peace process in the country to end the civil war which rages since the 2nd world war more or less this has been regarding economic development and last but not least because of the crisis which started in 2016 and in 2017 pushed more than 700002 neighboring bangladesh so i think she was not able to deliver and she did not keep up to the expectations. your doing over cause i'm tired so much for your insights. that's it for now we'll see you back here tomorrow the same time. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona. 19 special and next on d w. i'm not going to think out of the well

>> unfrportunate,ly all too man time pps one after nelson mandela passed away.try that's run by a black that nost an s hole. i said how about america and he save me f-u. >> donald trump and his white house impugn michael cohen's credibility and point out that he pleaded guilty to lying before congress and stands to profit off his account. they dismiss the book as quote fan fiction but notice we have yet to see a rush to trump's defense from his circle of allies. there's no claims for those who know trump best that anectodotes like the one cohen describe are out of character. they fit right in among other insider accounts from those who have left trump's orbit as well as public statements and actions that make the accounts seem believable like these racially charged comments from trump himself. >> all we want is law and order. i just put out something the suburbs are coming big to us because the suburbs are next. if you elected this guy, the suburbs would be overwhelmed with violence and crime. >> look at my african-american over here. look at him. are you the gr