correspondent kate brady kate how likely is it that there will be a deeper investigation in the german parliament. well it will be the outcome of these herrings today and tomorrow of some key figures that could indeed influence whether or not there is a deeper investigation in the bundestag and for that to happen there would need to be the supports all that least 25 percent of the lawmakers in the bundestag and that is looking more and more likely already the business friendly free democrats and the left party have said that they would support a deeper investigation and we're expecting to hear quite possibly a similar voice of support from the green party as well tomorrow so a deeper investigation would enable for more files to be viewed and also for more witnesses to be question but that kind of investigation would take as well into 2021 which of course is germany's next big election year with with voters here in germany had into the polls already in fall of next year well and investigation like this you know the next year who's in the line of fire that what's at stake. well the biggest parties that h

endemic corruption he is now calling for early elections in order to replace the current elites in parliament well 1 let's now go to our correspondents anahata she's in the thick of those protests and marches square in beirut then i want to start with this investigation that has some promise and he says he stands with the people do the people have confidence in his investigation. you know the people do not have confidence in the investigation because the committee that was formed by the government to look into this disaster is made up of politicians from his government as well as security agencies the political and security establishment that people believe should be questioned on why highly explosive material was placed and stored at the warehouse in beirut port for years but husain did say that. saying that the way out of the crisis is an early election and that you know now that oh no he's going to close it now this if indeed if indeed. early election the initial reaction i got from the people here was that we won we won so in his words he said we cannot come out of this crisis. unless we hold

mike hanna has more on the war of forums between the president and the mayor of parliament. well the president spent a large part of the morning sending our tweets some 90 of them in just over an hour many of them deeply criticizing their male portland others. those who staged come to demonstrations in portland in the course of the night during which at least one person was killed the identity of the victim the exact circumstances of the shooting not clear at this particular point in time but president tramples are going further and tweeting are to his supporters to emulate those who marched into portland and to take on the demonstrators in a number of other u.s. cities are some signs that some supporters have been listening to him in the course of the day in california at least there were signs of trump supporters confronting anti racism demonstrators in a number of areas jason stanley is professor of philosophy at yale university and the author of how fascism works he says president trump has incited violence to boost his campaign message of fear. mayor tad wheeler was really h

thank you so much for joining us from brussels that sophie and felt a member of the european parliament's well we're going to continue our series of exclusive reports into the cyprus papers make sure you tune in tomorrow see the 5th parts of that series after a week of revelations about the serious flaws in the cyprus investment scheme for passports we'll bring you another exclusive interview with the europeans commissioner for justice to renters who will react to our findings that this there is safe from 10 g.m.t. right here on al-jazeera. there's lots more still to come on the news our including storm season is well underway the u.s. gulf coast prepares for the impacts of hurricane laura plus. could messy be on the verge of leaving barcelona we'll have all the details for you in sports. gunfire has killed at least 2 people in the u.s. city over can or should sharing a 3rd night's a lot of lives matter protests video on social media reportedly shows a gunman shooting at protesters and people running away from the line of fire police haven't revealed details of either the victims or the attack

the dean we've just heard to kind of sky of address the european parliament in these times via video link what else did she have to say. well it was quite a short message actually and it was made clear by the president of the european parliament addressing those members who are in the chamber and many were also contributing remotely that. donna to can ask i wouldn't be responding to any piece were saying for now she had a prepared statement from lithuania of course and she welcomed what the e.u. leaders at the council last week were saying about rejecting the official results of the belorussian election and calling for the release of protestors and political prisoners and so on but she did say that while she believed a peaceful revolution was under way in belarus she stressed that this was neither pro or anti the european union or russia she said that this was a simple demand for the people of belarus to have democracy she repeated her call for free and fair elections and she said i declare my readiness for negotiations with the all thirty's she went on to talk about how she and a colleague had formed the national coordinat

negotiation with the speaker of parliament as well as another one of his former allies. people here heard that the meeting is not taking place among the 3 leaders so their immediate reaction is if you are trying to reach some sort of a deal to come up with a national accord bring all the different political parties together. this is something we will not accept. in the street but i have to make clear that it's only a few 1000 people in the street many others are in their homes and many others. which protects them thank you that's right a hotel there live in beirut our apologies for the order issues there live television obviously having a few technical issues there on the ground thank you for that you know russia has become the 1st country in the world to approve the widespread use of a crude virus vaccine it comes off to only 2 months of human trials and there are concerns moscow may be putting national pride before science safety charlie agita reports. it's a race everyone wants to win but rushing it could prove fatal president putin says russia has approved a vaccine

but up to now we don't have any news ok but the president has resigned and he's dissolved the parliament as well absolve the government so there is officially no one in charge other than the army so today and the only constitution was about civil war. is the court of mali of course good at station court of mali the order are the only cause to. develop but we don't have any government we don't have the national assembly nobody is in charge today and even the army who did guard we don't know who is a chart up to now they didn't talk we have few officers names but what is still a big confusion ok so how has the news been great or how do you think the news will be greeted by people who have been they have wanted this president gone for a long time now but maybe they didn't expect it to happen like this. people people would the whole day up to tonight people are very excited but one day the president talk was and the restaurant having some food and the people was very sad really there was side about the ways touched on the see how would this all men the prison it was so tired it was so there's a you

school strike strike and then they marched to the area of the parliament and many many people joined many people from different areas and so well now people left the area of the parliament but the are still gathering in various neighborhoods all across the city and all these kind of gatherings well organized here where i am at the moment. the raw you know the trash bags even the memorial people bring flowers and people remember a person who was killed. this week. so it's been peaceful so far. now we're seeing reports that police in the town of leader have joined a protest so i would sure it is the president of the support of his security. well i think again the rather different movement monthly officers well they have their families of course and and they read the news and they hear about police brutality. will rise police specially in the forces kind of not tauriel not for years they've been associated with all this brutal response this is call them on the special forces but otherwise. they're kind of the party the partners of the interior minister i think have have to have a different. kind of a journalist and people here. it

barricades it's very that the security forces are hundreds of men have been deployed around parliament building as well as government building we are in the center of beirut not very far from where we are peter is the port where the the site of that massive a massive blast on tuesday a lot of the buildings here were damaged and that explosion many people here know a friend or a family member who was either killed or or injured 120 people are still in critical condition and they're in hospitals and this country is the health care sector house that has practically collapsed hospitals have been appealing for international assistance for medical much needed medical supplies there has been electricity outages because the electricity company is unable to provide 24 hour electricity so people feel they have no longer anything to lose so many people are unemployed so many of these people are are graduates university graduates and they haven't been able to find jobs here and many of them are looking to leave the country many fear that there's going to be a brain drain many warn that the country is becoming a fa

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the protesters want the whole political class to go how much are they represented in parliament the everyday people. well at this point i'm not sure you know i think people do feel alienated from their government and don't feel represented. as has been pointed out before the sea even happened the economy was collapsing the political situation was already unstable though i do want to mention that lebanon has been under crushing western sanctions which have you know contributed to say the least to their economic woes and so i think the west in the united states should not be let off the hook for a lot of what's happening there but nonetheless i do think there is a lot of unhappiness with the government people don't feel represented one that when it comes to that global response lebanon is experiencing a food crisis a banking crisis a debt crisis and it needs that international help but will it be the case that foreign governments will want to see an end to the corruption before they start funneling money into the country well some countries have made that clear yes but i think others like russia for exampl

hanna we've been seeing images of protesters in front of parliament what's the situation in minsk right now. well. some people are protesting right now at me and don't think of the parliament in minsk that's a peaceful protest people are sitting on the ground they are sunni they are clapping they are so there was a situation in the beginning. again and their best some soldiers turned out troops guarding dany and they started hiding those the soldiers and so this is completely absolutely peaceful also people are gathering in some other they the hoods across the city and basically not the towns and cities across the whole country the reason huge an immense tradition in drug which is a city in western belarus there are some tens of thousands people apparently this service rallies and being bigger than the capsule so in the catch tell me of the parliament of the building of the parliament there are also all of different completely different social groups professional groups different people medical workers and also workers of those factories and while there are thousands of people there you know in t

beirut is our correspondent bernard smith bernard just take us through what happened in the parliament today. ok well it was a fairly short parliamentary session m.p.'s ratifying the state of in the. apologies apologies for that we seem to have lost the satellite link to our correspondent bernard smith live t.v. it happens we'll try and stop as comms with him if we can in the meantime we'll carry on versus going to i still have taken control of a port town in northern mozambique it's the 3rd time this year that muslim border prior has been seized the town is an important part of a $23000000000.00 natural gas project about 60 kilometers away security forces say they've killed 59 members of an armed group who've been trying to occupy the area over the past week for me to miller has more now from johannesburg. there is a muslim beacon military presence in that area but this is also an army that is under funded doesn't always have enough resources at hand and so when this attack took place it carried on over a number of days and this is also when the muslim beacon army said that they killed at least $59.

1st but didn't even stop when it was announced the cabinet had quit they want the entire parliament to resign as well hundreds of wounded in the clashes with police and one officer was killed tear gas and rubber bullets were used against the crowds when they stormed government buildings the explosion has taken a devastating toll on families one couple were about to show you were feeling what was meant to be the happiest day of their lives thankfully they survived and along with their families described what they went through. i was screaming because i was afraid that i might find some of my family missing were injured or something bad happened to them. the most terrible moment was when we heard the loud explosion. and when we heard scream and we were looking at each other to now if any of us hadn't heard. that one that the wedding took place in a miserable state of mind because we knew that they were willing to didn't dead and there was chaos and missing people the groom in the bride and everyone else were confused thank god they got married but this state of mind was bad. during the explosion and i

parliament. on thursday, well wishard cute to see incumbent president gotabaya rajapaksa, who secured the highest votes. similar scenes at the house of another top performer for the governing sri lanka's front party. now we have a two thirds majority in the parliament. can be developed within a very short period. correspondent: this family says the strong support for prime minister rajapaksa and his brother, who is president, just five years after they were voted out, is a message from the people that -- areerhaps the reforms [indiscernible] which is also the message that has been sent since the election. that has been the clear message. now what the people are moreding is economic development. correspondent: he predicts the new government will increase the president's powers, get rid of independent institutions, and an amendment on power sharing in the north and east. when they walk into the parliament chamber on august 20, seating arrangements will have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of mp's to sit in government, and those in their ranks who face a series of economic and polit

were deploying tear gas on thousands of and put esther's as well as they were trying to break through and the barrier to get to the parliament and they they succeeded in the storming still many ministries and government buildings as well as the bank association. is this going to be contained. like you have no idea and that's as you were covering a ground yesterday we noticed. that this was already crickets of before there was a court that they should between 3 groups of protesters there was a group was confronting the security forces and the other group was at was turning the bank is the station and the 3rd group less is turning the ministries and they they were able to take over the ministry explorer and lie in the school and they asked and i assess the news army internal security forces could take control again . prime minister has called for early elections is that going to be enough to calm the anger of the lebanese people. well anthony. even after the statement of the crime and it's a half and devastated this is not an icon the idea of cases and as we were talking to do you think there were considerations and that to ca

nowadays he can't even get the parliament to the battle of the well. it seems to be changing in some way. did you have that sense? certainly barack obama is an example of a president who is struggling to enact legislation and has struggled with decisions. i have always responded as a lifelong democrat. the first candidate i voted for. i've come to believe that in that time of the 50s i am glad that dwight eisenhower was the president. he have the experience maybe not the articulation but the experience in the reputation to stand up to crucial i think that personality matters. i'm getting back to that. i think that the build-up of the german navy which they hunkered after for the reasons that margaret has expressed was not intended as a real challenge to britain it was intended as an add-on to military power. working to be a great world power in the british who depended on that. the british army was tiny. it provided them with the britannica. they policed it. among others for german commercial trade but in the evidence of another power, continental powe

infections since march south korea 441 cases confirmed on thursday most of them in seoul parliament's been shut down as well and more than a dozen politicians are in quarantine after a journalist who covered a governing party meeting tested positive nearly 4000 jobs have been cut at c.b.s. in the largest broadcaster in the philippines the television network was taken off air in may in the philippines congress refused to renew its operating license rights groups they say it's part of a broader crackdown on dissent in a country already considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. australia's prime minister is open to the idea of allowing a gunman imprisoned in new zealand to be sent home to serve his sentence on thursday white supremacist brinton tyrant and straight ian was jailed for life without parole for killing $51.00 muslim worship is in christchurch last year some are calling for him to be transferred to a strange new zealand doesn't have to pay the cost of keeping him in prison all the strident and old new zealanders would want to see this character locked up for ever and

>> well last night there was a very big protest on independence square which is in front of parliamentpeople to bear. what we are seeing is that the government of lukeshenko and the security forces are tries to make a come back. earlier today, there was a protest and a semistrike going on in a tractor factory, the military showed up and dispercented the folks. and there's places where demonstrations were being had, and we are hearing of arrests taking place. as you noted, all of it comes in front of a diplomatic backdrop as the eu council has the emergency meeting where they will talk about the situation in belarus and you had a lot of phone diplomacy going on. with putin and macrone and lukeshenko and for the first time, there's a message coming out in english, urging the council to not recognize the election. here's what she said. >> i call on you to not recognize the fraudulent elections. mr. lukeshenko has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of the nation and the world. honorable leaders of europe. i call on you to support the awakening of belarus. i call on all countries to respec

protesters want the whole political class to get out of there completely how well represented are their interests in parliament right now. i think they can they can change people whole political you know natural law and. the shallow and there's all parliament but new people will come up new people the same related to some groups some of them from just the last some of the sunni some of them french some of them are in it that is the real problem you can't change the purple but this is not the people you know you can't change just corrupted people and others. people will come because the system is all the decor up to the people this is not related to person with us on the or as bylaw or michel aoun or maybe a bad day as you know no we barely maybe 40 years there it would change anything even you can change everything that somebody comes along the same group and same you know opportunity same themes same kind of. belongings as long as they're here to comment he. never would change anything in lebanon as long as the new level not very well and i lived there some while and now the system is some kind of multi-ethni

certain at this point, several ministers have already resigned, about seven members of parliament have resigned as welle've seen in lebanon, if you take into account last tuesday's massive explosion that killed 160 people, wounded 6,000, and made 300,000 people homeless, plus the economic collapse, plus the covid pandemic where we're seeing every day a greater number of cases, it is a perfect storm and much of this can be -- go down to the incompetence and negligence of not just this government but previous governments as well. it is expected that the government will resign within the coming hours. that probably will not do much to decrease the anger on the street because people are angry not necessarily with this particular government and the ministers that compose it, but rather with the state writ large which has simply failed time and again to stop the economic collapse, to do anything about the fact that for six years tons of ammonium nitrate was sitting in the port. imagine in washington, d.c., if a massive explosion happened on roosevelt island, that flattened georgetown, rosslin, made 300,000 i

to tear gas fired at demonstrators trying to get to the parliament building in beirut as anger fits well as against politicians to choose days devastating.

parliament. he sees hezbollah as indispensable. as well as the woman is the seen by many people as the upon the that the feed lives is the hope the believe the lebanese the news and the with all the threats continuously for the israelis that they. could be a at least the better thing. there has been a politician for many years and has also held cabinet posts. he currently chairs the parliamentary foreign affairs committee. when meeting with representatives of the us government support international organizations like the world bank as seen here he resists all attempts to try to exert pressure on the lebanese government because it has been a lot. washington is once again seeking to limit has full lost power and cut off its funding channels something sha bear finds inappropriate. today is below is the present of the. of. the foes follow the same bill that there was of them in government and they have a. prison facial i mean they're presenting. the chunk of people in the country so as lebanese i mean all the lebanese the factions have stayed

time to manage to to handle those protestant those rioters in front of the parliament and a police spokesperson even sayed well police officers simply couldn't be everywhere at the same time foreign affairs minister also condemned does actions he say everyone has a right to disagree about koren are various measures and to demonstrate but no one and he stressed that in capital letters on his twitter account should. the marching behind right wing extremists putting police office says in danger and exposing others to risk of infection imperial war flags in front of the parliament shameful he was referring to the number of imperial of the german imperio flags that we so in dots protest that's worrying because these are riots and these right wing extremists taking parts in that in those protests where they come out of time where there's an increase in foreign violence here in germany talking about these far right extremists critics of the demo have said all those people are just far right extremists and a conspiracy theorist but $38000.00 is that number significant enough to dismiss that it's not sample you cannot

minister the minister for internal security senior army generals the minister for finance as well as speaker of parliament what reported to have been arrested by security forces and it was suspected that these that the mutineers who got hold of them if you have these individuals in your hands that effectively you 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

parliament in 2017. she is the first mp of palestinian descent and the first female lib dems mp from an ethnic minority background. as wellt starve. ..she revealed earlier this year she was in a relationship with a woman and identifies as pansexual. then, when i was looking at, well actually what are the labels that exist out there? pansexual resonated with me more. she has also spoken out about her struggles with obesity, having undergone weight loss surgery in her early 20s. she said that now is sink or swim time for the lib dems after a difficult decade and she intends to be more radical than labour. her policies include a universal basic income and a name for the uk to be carbon negative by 2045. if we win, we build a united kingdom that's cooperative, its compassionate and it allows every person and the planet to thrive. both of them will be here live in a studio. the first guests in the studio. the first guests in the studio since lockdown. allen has said, what are your policies, don‘t waffle. get in touch with me. there have been violent protests in the us state of wisconsin after police shot a black man several ti

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see this at the beginning of a long process stopping they want the speaker of the parliament to go and the president as wellort contains images that some viewers may find disturbing. inch by inch, lebanon is falling apart. they knew their government was finished but still, they want more. even among the tear gas, these protesters can almost smell the government's downfall but they've brought down governments before and there's been little change here. a reshuffling of the same old faces at the top isn't going to solve lebanon's crisis. when the end came, there were cheers. and riot police. the prime minister gave his resignation to the president but his government remains until a new one can be found. the state is out in force in a shattered capital, carrying guns, though, not brooms. the lebanese are famous for their determination, but people here are sick of being left to fend for themselves. nobody else but the youth is going to help here. as you see, you can see some people from the government here and theyjust sit and do nothing. it's not fixing. we do a revolution, it doesn't help. we become more aggr

parliament. he sees has blog as indispensable. as well as the woman is the seen by many people as a part of the the health of the feed lives is the hope the believe the lebanese their thirty's and with all the threats. continuously for the israelis the. who could be a at least the balancing. shop there has been a politician for many years and has also held cabinet posts. he currently chairs the parliamentary foreign affairs committee. when meeting with representatives of the us government or international organizations like the world bank as seen here he resists all attempts to try to exert pressure on the lebanese government because it has been long. washington is once again seeking to limit hezbollah's power and cut off its funding channels something sha bear finds inappropriate. to do is below is represented in parliament of police focus following the single the there was a lot of them in government and they have a good presentation i mean they were present the chunk of people in the country so as lebanese i mean all the lebanese the f

thirds majority but gives the president the power to make sweeping changes to the constitution well the parliament isn't expected to convene for another 2 weeks mel fernandez has more now from the capital colombo. we're waiting to hear sort of details of how the rajapaksa want to take this forward north that the 20th of august is when the new parliament has been convened by a gasket signed by the president they will come together but we also heard that as early as next week we will have the prime minister my him that rajapaksa and his cabinet to be sworn in awaiting confirmation but talk of limiting the cabinet to 26 so obviously the rajapakse is not wasting any time in terms of carrying on with the work program that they had targeted for them serves they did ask for a mandate a strong sort of a support of 2 thirds which now with all of their own votes and their allies they haven't parliament to pass through any changes now the key thing that they had said was that the amended constitution does not allow them to carry forward their program but now there is that confidence with this result of the e

be postponed until september next year that's fine except the people said well what happens when the current term of parliament ends on september the 30th they could well be you know a dangerous political vacuum so as a result of that sort of political roadblock she contacted her superiors in beijing and said look is there any way that we can extend the current session of the hong kong parliament until next september and today as expected the standing committee of the national people's congress which is the highest political body in china did just that so it means that basically the current government will remain for another year it also paves the way adrian and this is the significant bit for 4 opposition legislators who were banned from seeking reelection to remain in the legislature adrian what we're going to hear despite a bring people up to speed with a story we did a lot on monday the arrest of the media tycoon and activist jimmy lie what's the latest on that. well his son has been given bail tonight remember his son was one of 5 other people who were detained along with jimmy lie on monday so we expect

well it means i think that at least we know that the current parliament is going to be extended for another 12 months which is when the election's a jew to take place they were perspire owned by kerry lam several weeks ago citing covert 19 well once more china's national people's congress the standing in the of the national people's congress has one small ruled on the future the political future of hong kong and they have said that the current session of hong kong's parliament can now be extended now what happens is when hong kong's government you know meets a political roadblock its default position is to go to beijing and seek clarification and when karen am announced that she was you know postponing the elections for 12 months then everyone here said what's going to happen you know who's going to rule hong kong for the next 12 months what will happen you know in terms of governance so the hong kong government had to seek clarification they've now got that clarification but what we don't have tariff occasion on is the fate of 4 incumbent opposition legislators who were sparked by election

german lawmakers from across the political spectrum as well as president from father steinmeyer have condemned saturday's rushing of the parliament building in berlin during a protest against the government's pandemic policies hundreds of far right activists and science than ayers overwhelmed police and occupied the steps of the police regain control of the situation before they could get into the building. police in portland oregon have launched a homicide investigation after a protester was killed the victim was shot dead as supporters of president clash with matters of protest protestors portland mayor ted wheeler blamed trump himself for stoking the racial unrest. this is due to your news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram d w news or visit our website www dot com. oh . i stuck in berlin house is germany's parliament the building is steeped in history . in 19451 of the last great battles world war 2 raged here the red army did everything in its power to capture the vice talk building on may 1st 945 the last defenders withdrew shortly afterwards on may 8th germany surrendered. that was 75 years ago a long time but

tear gas fired at demonstrators trying to get to the parliament building in beirut as anxious well as against politicians after tuesday's devastating explosion have a look these are live pictures right now from beirut where opposition m.p.'s mourning the death of a colleague announce their resignation from parliament calling on others to follow suit. they have the right to be under it and not just because of the lebanon's prime minister says people have a right to be angry after decades of what he calls an unbelievable corruption. and in other news ridiculous and barbarous china condemns u.s. sanctions on hong kong leader its police chief and other officials and marie as a state of environmental emergency after a massive oil leak from the japanese are unsure. if you just image with. clear coach most. of the term knocked out of the champions league. tuesday's port explosion in beirut has ignited a wave of anger towards the government right now thousands are protesting in the center of the lebanese capital have a look at these live pictures police have already fired tear gas to disperse

well let's pick up on some of our 2 with former member of the european parliament live on the pro. notice as always good to have you. let's just speak about the block 1st in fact at 100 far do you expect the e.u. to go with sanctions against belarus if it comes to that will we just see targeted asset freezes travel or could it be something more radical. i think the european union is playing for you to got a role in the rules and they have double standards because they criticize the lives of the most you look at single but that the same time he accepts edible grant and we know that is a gun to be where mr bill graham has more than $50000.00 the future of poland in jail and there were no sanctions against durkee so i see that the european union is that i ain't too involved with self what we've been in the case of. and they have to write in more or less who lack of a big guy and of the so core. or answer it will russian this is something unacceptable because of the problems of the middle of the sure the my their membership and people themselves this should not accept to any of the fre

well polls have opened in sri lanka to elect a new parliament president got up by a rajapaksa sponte seeking 2 thirds majority so it can make changes to the constitution the vote was postponed twice because of the coronavirus well nelson and his joins us live now from colombo so this is south asia's 1st election since the pandemic why does this election matter and what have been the main issues for voters. busy that run for sri lanka in terms of its journey forward we are sort of 10 years post conflict but there are still a lot of things that need to be sorted out we've had changes of government but in terms of a direction for this country whether it be the economics whether it be post conflict issues there still a lot to happen so here we see a century that rajapaksa brothers going into this election asking for control of parliament to bring in the changes to bring in the constitution let's take a look at some of the views we've heard. moving the rethink has. to be in september 2008 was one of 11 young men kidnapped in the wrentham a group within the sri lankan navy including its hig

national security law will indeed be able to continue in the extended parliament it seems that the national people's congress may well have left it to hong kong government to decide what to do with these that is slater's that means they might have to sort of issue some new form of both of allegiance to the hong kong government so it's not totally clear but what is clear in a sense is that you know the the national people's congress could have said you know these legislators will remain despite but they didn't and that might mean that this is a sop to the united states of that perhaps trying to modify the u.s. government ahead of the presidential elections in november. taiwan's foreign minister has accused china of trying to turn the island into the next hong kong joseph who issued the warning on the 3rd day of a visit by the u.s. health secretary katrina you know from beijing. on the 3rd day of his visit designed to spotlight u.s. support the taiwan the u.s. health and human services secretary alex gave a speech to university students in the capital taipei the highest level american business here in 4 decades lauded

beirut's worst hit neighborhoods marching towards the parliament a blast injured thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. well anger has spilled out onto the streets as clashes between protesters and security forces continue for a 2nd day demonstrators have set fires and holed stones at parliament now a report suggests lebanon's leaders had been warned just last month about the explosive materials told to beirut port au let's go live now to al-jazeera zaina holder who's of course been following this story in the capital beirut and we have seen a great deal of anger in recent days and of course that is that feeling is still very much that it was tempered today by a more somber atmosphere as well. yes an emotional ceremony people gathered close to beirut towards these sites of that blast that the damaged and destroyed many neighborhoods in beirut and changed the lives of so many people the health ministry updating the death toll saying 171 people were killed and that 30 to 40 people remain missing search operations continue at beirut poor but you know the hope of finding survivors or is little hope of finding a

percent of the national debt this is one of the many forms as well as we have other people's political reforms and now the speaker of the parliament announced in his speech when he addressed the nation that you could go on.

committee that kind of sky has been talking to what's the opinion from the parliament's foreign affairs committee at the moment . well rob if you like they have welcomed news last week by european union leaders at the e.u. council meeting to attempt to draw up a list of individuals in belarus linked to what they call state violence. following the election and also involved in alleged vote rigging but they want things to go further and faster is the general consensus lots of people calling for this list of individuals to be published but it doesn't seem the message is that when he usually does gather again that they're going to be any moves to to actually publish this list of individuals who face sanctions some have called for money that the u.s. promise to better us not to be directed to the health ministry there because part of the money is for coverage $19.00 recovery and so on but to go through n.g.o.s and civic groups. we did of course see it on a ticket on sky herself address viral video message this meeting of the foreign affairs committee she didn't directly interact with what they were saying but interestingl

they are the chorus leaders in parliament for the conservative party, and very, very important as wellent by indecision at the very top from borisjohnson. the indecision at the very top from boris johnson. the observer indecision at the very top from borisjohnson. the observer is no fan of the tory cause and goes to town a bit on this, but there is a very strong case by the political editor insight. he said to remember when harry comment famously said when harry comment famously said when he succeeded as president, he had on his desk at the buck stops here. and he says, and boris johnson's desk, might as well be a slogan saying not me. it is the multiple sackings of senior civil serva nts multiple sackings of senior civil servants and multiple unit returns. people like brady, the chair of the committee and charles walker have talked about a climate of uncertainty which erodes morale. it is just uncertainty which erodes morale. it isjust one uncertainty which erodes morale. it is just one swallow in a very late summer. the observer is reporting today an opinion that puts conservative an

backs governments announced a cease fire and the leader of the rival parliament in the east has appealed for a halt as wellforces from both sides have been mobilizing around sirte the gateway to libya's oil fields. and the head of the u.s. postal service has told a senate committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for november election the postmaster general mr joyce face criticism for the changes that have caused delays to the mail. u.s. presidential nominee joe biden says he would be prepared to shut down the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus he made those comments a day after outlining his campaign platform as he accepted the democratic party's nomination i was prepared to do it every takes to save lives because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus that is the fundamental flaw in this loose ration is thinking to begin with in order to keep the country running and moving on the economy growing in people employed you have to fix the virus you have to deal with the virus so if the scientists say shut it down i would shut it down i would listen to the scientis

of urging and montenegro is underway as well act a new parliament there president miller you kind of it's cast his ballot in the capital. his governing party is facing opposition from an alliance seeking closer ties with serbia and russia. and to rental rain and floods of sabbats to many parts of sudan's capital counter the government says the river nile levels are unprecedented dozens have died and thousands of homes have been destroyed since the start of the rainy season. the rain is also causing big problems in kenya where thousands have abandoned their homes environmentalist say decades of deforestation plus heavy downpours unusual have contributed to the disaster out catherine so i has been to lake baringo where water levels have risen around 12 meters over the past 7 years that's all boats on lake berryessa go in kenya's rift valley but this area was it always covered by the lake and its waters hundreds of homes some schools clinics and markets many thousands of acres of farmland as well as several islands also marched as the water continues to rise at about 2 and a half centim

well the running bill is been introduced in the iranian parliament saying that if the snap back is imposed iran should formally pull out of the deal so it's a very dangerous situation i'm not saying that would necessarily take place but it certainly is a provocation and the iranians are can only be pushed so far out of the moment however i have to say i think who heads will prevail and people are just going to wait out trying to. negotiate with the new administration race thank you very much for your time and your insight into this reese erlich journalist of the iran author of the iran i'd genda today. if you'd like to print any of those stories or to dot com has you covered our twitter pages also there to keep you in the loop give it a follow if you're not doing so already more great programs ahead in a matter of moments. the world is driven by. saying. we dare to ask.