tropical storm laura lashes haiti and the dominican republic on its way to the us gulf coast. ident trump confirms blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used as a treatment. and bayern munich win the champions league, beating paris saint germain in the first final ever held behind closed doors. hello and welcome to bbc news. in belarus, huge crowds of protesters have demonstrated against president alexander lukashenko and the re—election they say he rigged two weeks ago. they are demanding that he stand down. from the capital minsk, steve rosenberg sent this report. a warning — it contains images which some viewers may find distressing. they poured onto the streets. "long live belarus," they cried. a sea of protesters flooding the centre of minsk. "resign," they shouted. a message for this man, alexander lu kashenko. for 26 years, he's been the president, but look how the people have turned against him. on independence square, they accused him of stealing the election and of violence against the people of belarus. our aim is to show the government that we are

the storm is set to strengthen to a hurricane as it hits the us gulf coast.enager who went missing in malaysia last year, begins today. her body was found in the jungle after a 10—day search. the initial post—mortem examination report said that there was no criminal element, but her parents have always insisted that nora, who had learning difficulties, would not have wandered off alone. for more on this, i'm joined by our correspondent, howard johnson, in manila. howard, just remind us of the details of this case and what we can expect from this inquest? hello, as you said there, nora quorin went missing about a year ago when she was found ten days later in 18 estate and they found her body had a ruptured intestines, caused by stress and hunger, according to an autopsy that followed after they found her. the family have always contested the police line that this was not a criminal investigation. they always said that she had been a missing persons case but they also suggested that given she had learning difficulties and developmental disabilities that it was

the storm will pass over cuba on monday and is set to strengthen to a hurricane as it hits the us gulf coast. president trump has confirmed blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used as a treatment against covid—19 in america. the technique uses antibody—rich blood plasma from people who've recovered from the disease. he said the treatment could reduce the number of deaths by 35% — a claim disputed by scientists. now on bbc news — it's time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to dateline london. this week: new us sanctions on chinese telecoms giant, huawei — death sentence or chance to shine? and the competence or otherwise of your ruling class — the truth according to coronavirus. my guests on socially distanced screens — isobel hilton of the website, china dialogue, ned temko of the christian science monitor. and here in the studio — vincent ni of the bbc world service. "victorious warriors win first and then go to war, defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win." wisdom from china's favourite strategy manual, the art of war. it may have been written

two hurricanes are forecast to slam into the us gulf coast this week — one right after the other.orm laura are threatening torrential rain, high winds and flooding. we've already seen the devastating impact left behind in parts of the caribbean —at least 12 people are dead in the dominican republic and haiti. alanna petroff has the latest. rescuers pull in stranded survivors to cheers. the capital of the dominican republic, flooded and overwhelmed by tropical storm laura. not everyone made it. a mother and her young son died when a wall collapsed on their home. translation: the wall collapsed on top of them. it fell onto the house. the owner needs to come forward. he knew that the war was going to collapse. he shouldn't have built that wall. tropical storm laura also battered motor rico, haiti and the virgin islands. in haiti, some people lost everything. translation: the majority of the people who are not safe. this town is destroyed, as you can see. look at the people walking by. the houses are condemned. there are bodies. the merchants have lost their goods. tropical storm laur

the storm will pass over cuba on monday and is set to strengthen to a hurricane as it hits the us gulf coast. president trump has confirmed blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used as a treatment against covid—19 in america. the technique uses antibody—rich blood plasma from people who've recovered from the disease. he said the treatment could reduce the number of deaths by 35% — a claim disputed by scientists. now on bbc news — it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. politics is a tough business. it puts you in the limelight, but sometimes for the wrong reasons. my guest is katie hill. she was seen as a rising star for the us democrats, but she resigned last year as a congresswoman, barely 12 months in office. she claims she was the victim of sexual double standards after she admitted an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staff member and after nude photos of her were published in the media. what does her case tell us about american politics in the metoo era? katie hill in washington, welcome to hardtalk. you made headlines in november 20

to hit the us gulf coast, has struck the state of louisiana. four people have been killed, including a 14—year—old girl. athletes from america's top basketball, baseball and tennis leagues have boycotted major sporting events in protest at the shooting ofjacob blake, a black man, by police in wisconsin. president trump is getting ready for the grand finale of the republican national convention. he takes the stage this evening at the white house to deliver his key convention speech. and the manchester united captain harry maguire has spoken to the bbc about being found guilty of assaulting police in greece. he said he didn't believe the men involved were police and feared for his life. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are martin bentham, home affairs editor at the evening standard and barbara speed, opinion editor at the i newspaper. we will say hello to you and a second, but first let's take a look at the front pages. two passengers being taken off a ryanair plane bound for italy by of

tropical storm laura lashes haiti and the dominican republic on its way to the us gulf coast. ients can be used as a treatment. and bayern munich win the champions league, beating paris saint germain in the first final ever held behind closed doors.

two tropical storms are forecast to slam into the us gulf coast this week, one after the other. igh winds and flooding. the us national hurricane center says tropical storm laura is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane by early tuesday. the storms have already had a deadly impact in the caribbean — at least ten people have been killed in the dominican republic and haiti. alanna petroff has the latest. cheering. rescuers pull in stranded survivors to cheers. the capital of the dominican republic flooded and overwhelmed by tropical storm laura. why, why?! not everyone made it. a mother and her young son died when a wall collapsed on their home. translation: the wall collapsed on top of them. it fell onto the house. the owner needs to come forward. he knew that the wall was going to collapse. he shouldn't have built that wall. tropical storm laura also battered puerto rico, haiti and the virgin islands. in haiti, some people lost everything. translation: the majority of the people here are not safe. this town is destroyed, as you can see. look at the people walking by. the houses

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gulf nations landscape. but the qatari coastline and its desert are also the source of a different kind of natural wealth. and if left unprotected qatar's native species and those who use the tiny gulf nation as a stopping point as part of their long migration. could be endangered as a result of an awesome habitat. unfettered that in the waters off the guitar in total we are surrounded by whale sharks the biggest fish in the rush of you. in this edition of to al-jazeera we'll take you on a journey with us to qatar as diverse wildlife will be joined by a marine environmentalist and also 800 asian ist and we'll be discussing the impact the potential uncontrolled development could have on these that diverse wildlife species living here if i'm protected. it all started a few months ago we wanted to know more about the presence here of the do go or seek out. we have in the region the 2nd largest of the world. this is how we 1st met dr mussen i yes i am married environmentalist and professor from catarrh university responsible for taking this beautiful journey images. and also from exxon mobil research they've been studying the do go on and why they gather here in such large

us. the gulf coast of texas and louisiana bracing tonight for hurricane laura which is gaining strength in the gulf of mexico and forecast make landfall as a category 3 storm sometime tomorrow night. the national hurricane center is warning of storm surge of up to 13 feet, heavy rainfall, wind and possible tornadoes. the latest hurricane threat facing louisiana and texas along with historic wildfires raging across california are stark reminders that when disaster strikes statement to the federal government for relief but like everything else these days even disaster aid can be politicized. mike emanuel takes a closer look at that tonight. >> reporter: when disaster strikes the nation's governors ask donald trump for help and the president sensate even if some of them are political rivals. >> we secured over the weekend presidential disaster declaration. i think the president for his support. >> gavin newsom doesn't ci to eye with donald trump on most issues but during a devastating fire season newsom doesn't hesitate to ask for help. >> we lost 7 lives to these latest fires and over 1200 r

nixon: we republicans know that the differences that divide us are infinitesimal compared to the gulfat the democrats would put upon us from what they did at los angeles at the convention two weeks ago. [applause] v.p. nixon: it was only eight years ago that i stood in this very place after you had nominated as our candidate for the president one of the great men of our century. and i say to you tonight that for generations to come, americans, regardless of party, will gratefully remember dwight eisenhower as the man who brought peace to america, as the man -- [applause] v.p. nixon: as the man under whose leadership america enjoyed the greatest progress and prosperity in history. but above all, they will remember him as the man who restored honesty, integrity, and dignity to the conduct of government in the highest office of this land. [applause] v.p. nixon: my fellow americans, i know now that you will understand what i next say, because the next president of the united states will have his great example to follow, because the next president will have new and challenging problems in

bertoni --raffaele senior portfolio manager for gulf corporation. let usou up to speed with your first word news. canada's finance minister has resigned. rift with the a prime minister, justin trudeau over the response to the coronavirus and the ongoing scandal. bloomberg sources say it will not be the former bank of england governor, mark carney. the u.k. government has been forced into a u-turn over downgrades. resultseed to let the be determined by future assessments. it downgraded thousands of results. it comes in the face of outrage from both parents and students. the education secretary admits there were problems with the system. carrie lam says she is having trouble using her credit cards. that is after the u.s. imposed sanctions on officials from the city. it was in retaliation for the new national security law. carrie lam says the restrictions are totally unjustified. says bahrain and sudan will likely be the next countries to make peace with israel. they are expected to follow the lead of the united arab emirates towards normalizing relations. th

mina, we have looked at the us and the uk. the gulf trade and economic integration. how does it look from there? well, this year has had the double whammy of the slump in oil prices at the beginning of the year and a very erratic oil market and then of course we had to covid—19. the gulf countries are the oil producing countries and the situation is different from those that are not oil—producing. in the gulf, particularly the two largest economies, saudi arabia and uae there was an early lockdown in march and april and may and they are now slowly emerging from those lockdowns and in the uae you have some cautious optimism for the rest of the year and what it will look like. the problem, and i completely agree with michael here, is the issue of unemployment in other parts of the arab world and particularly for those who rely on daily wages and lost those day wages with covid—19 lockdowns but also with the concerns that there will be second and third waves. that is where the concern is. but in the gulf the opec plus deal has helped main

gulf nations landscape. but the qatari coastline and its desert are also the source of a different kind of natural wealth. and if left unprotected qatar's native species and those who use the tiny gulf nation as a stopping point as part of their long migration. could be endangered as a result of an.

details. >>> hurricane laura has strengthened to a monstrous category 4 hurricane, just as it has for us the gulf coast. some areas could see a, quote, on survivable storm surge when laura makes landfall. we have more now on the hurricane from texas. >> reporter: more than half 1 million people have been ordered to evacuate the gulf coast ahead of hurricane laura. people boarded up their homes, moved cars, and other possessions to higher ground. texas residents rode buses to public shelters, where social distancing is being put into place. >> it is going to be different than what people have experienced in prior hurricanes, because there will be the safe distancing practices, there will be ppe, hand sanitizer, et cetera. >> reporter: not everyone is heating evacuation warnings. >> i am planning on staying here and helping anybody if they need help. >> reporter: laura is rapidly intensifying as it turns towards southeast texas and southwest louisiana coast. in just 24 hours, it was upgraded from a category 1 to a category 3 hurricane. it is expected to make landfall near the northwest gulf coast a

louisiana are warning the damage from this storm could be some of the worst to hit the gulf region in decades. joining us is the director of the red cross. thank you so much for joining us what is the red cross doing to help those residents from the affected area. are you seeing residents from the lake charles area in the houston area >> the american red cross has been planning for this for some time and we have deployed over 600 volunteers up and down the gulf coast primarily until texas and louisiana. and we are working with local authorities and helping them with shelters. we have more volunteers on stand by with supplies to help people out to make them comfortable during this challenging time >> all right talk about that a little bit more, if you can, mary you talk about shelter and other resources. if you need to go grab a glass of water, please do so >> excuse me i'm okay >> thank you what other forms are being provided there if you can specify? >> well, we're working with local authorities and those shelters we are providing cots and blankets and helping with ppe and just doing what we can includi

part in the planning, that is never occurred before so this is new territory for us as it would be for any state along the gulf coast. we have to wait until sunrise to find out how well we've done. >> it will be a busy few days ahead. thank you for joining us with that message to your residents. 19 after the hour. this businessman took part in a historic sit in during the civil rights era. >> he is praising the president for promoting peaceful demonstrations, he joins us next. find your friends. find your sense of wander. find the world is new, again. at chevy we'd like to take you there. now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15% of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. that's over fifty-seven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. it's time to find new roads, again. >> freedom of thought is a powerful thing, donald trump is not a politician. he is a leader. politicians are dime a dozen. leaders are priceless. he has done more for black americans and four years then joe biden has done in 50. >> democratic use the president of stoking hate and division support activist clarence henderson mad

the border is used by hezbollah which is a group backed by iran which is a group considered a terrorist organization by both the united states and gulf arab allies they use the border to smuggle weapons and fighters and the head of hezbollah made it very very clear the issue of weapons is not on the table the issue of it it's not up for discussion so there are a lot of issues still that need to be resolved but this is the government's you know proposing some sort of a compromise where it takes us it's still too early to say and we'll continue watching very closely that is our correspondent zain with a very much in the thick of those protests that you're watching right now they are live pictures from monta square in the lebanese capital beirut and erupting after that deadly blast on tuesday we've seen thousands of people take to the streets today we've seen tear gas fired at them you're watching the fires that burning into the night even as the sun sets as it was saying the economic ministry and the foreign ministry have been stormed and we will have all the latest for you here on al-jazeera much more in the next town to stay with us.

diplomat and a gulf specialist speaking to us that live from washington many thanks for your thoughts. thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera clearly it is in modern political transition action. extreme heat high winds and lightning strikes california faces extraordinary conditions causing hundreds of wildfires. i was so quiet across the middle east at the moment further north we have got some rather lively showers just around the black sea the caspian sea a little bit some places the clouds as cropping up here's a go on through the next couple of days will turn increasingly on the settle but elsewhere as you can see it's pretty much quiet everywhere a little bit a lift a dust in the sand just spinning out of iraq through kuwait the northeast of saudi arabia but essentially dry something out there we go with out west of weather around the caucasus big downpours certainly a possibility want to show is still a possibility around the southern end of the red sea but i'm pleased to say things have quietened down now it's that western side of yemen showers continue around the highlands pushin

us. this is kenneth moton along with mona kosar abdi and a special edition of "world news now." we welcome our west coast stations to continuous coverage of hurricane laura hitting the gulf coast. >> the storm is one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the united states with a storm surge of 20 feet expected along the louisiana coastline. >> abc's rob marciano joins us now from lake charles, louisiana. rob, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. communications are hard. verizon wireless just went down. power obviously is out here in lake charles. i heard we've got verification of 130-mile-per-hour wind gusts. i believe it. we've got debris and glass breaking outside and all sorts of stuff flying around way too close. the wind -- this door we can't get open. i'm putting all my weight into it and it's not budging. we can't even get outside right now. there's a fire alarm in our building. for the most part, it's coming unglued, at least outside. other than that, it's a fortress. this town is taking it right now. we're about to get inside the eye itself where these winds should go calm, at least for a few minutes. but this is the most fierce stuff we've seen so

spacecraft lamie thompson is a science journalist who joins us now from orlando by skype but we're just looking at live pictures from the gulf of mexico where the crew has splashed down in the sea as he was saying i'm not sure if you can see what's happening but can you take us through. what the crew is coming aboard the ship now there in their little capsule yes ok so we had a successful splashdown to 48 this afternoon and the boats have been working to actually bring the capsule onboard the recovery vessel so that's what you're seeing right now they're wasting it up on there with the hydraulic lift and then after that happens one of the flight surgeons is going to check on bob and doug and they they actually open the hatch themselves so they will open that flight surgeons will check on them they'll get a full medical check and then they'll come out of the capsule and do we know if they're in good health obviously they have to be checked but they thought to be in good health because obviously we've been seeing pictures of them and has been in contact while they've been aboard the international space station yet so they actu

gulf of mexico on sunday. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us at the johnson space center for the splashdown news conference. just two days ago doug hurley , and operations commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. after 64 days in space. in space. completing the first crewed

gulf of mexico on sunday. >> good afternoon and thank you for joining us at the johnson space center for the splashdown news conference. doug hurley and operations commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. in space. completing the first crewed flight of the spacex crew dragon. their mission was to test the capabilities of the knew commercial space vehicle for regular crew transportation to the international space station, but they contributed a whole lot more than that on their mission, during their 62 days aboard station they dedicated more than 100 hours to science investigation and

i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us to us astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board the space x.'s dragon capsule successfully ending the 1st private test flight into space the vessel reach temperatures of nearly 2000 degrees as it streaks through earth's atmosphere astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken report that they're in good health after spending 2 months aboard the international space station and they're the 1st astronauts to be launched from u.s. soil since 2011 we can see. more about the spectacular landing in a minute but 1st here's a quick look back at that historic space mission. very few but here it's something not seen for a decade before. you think that god the father was a spaceship carrying astronauts blasting off u.s. soil. right you know american space flight. in may this year u.s. astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken boarded the falcon 9 rocket and took off to the international space station it was significant for 2 reasons not since 2011 had the united states launched a spacecraft carrying astronauts after the retirement of the

us off. >> reporter: tonight, the gulf coast readying for a one-two punch of districtive storms. tropical storm laura tearing through haiti, killing at least five people. flood waters causing this home to collapse. the dominican republic taking a devastating hit, killing at least three people there. desperate residents rescued by boat. in puerto rico at one point, 200,000 without power. now hurricane marco is taking aim as the first threat to the lower 48, skirting cancun, mexico. new orleans in the crosshairs for the first hit. >> there's never been anything we've seen like this before where you could have possibly two hurricanes hitting within miles of each other over a 48-hour period. >> reporter: the mayor of grand isle issuing a mandatory evacuation as the national guard loads large sandbags, stacked along the coast, expecting a six-foot storm surge. and colleges in the area already impacted by covid-19, now forced to take more precautions. here on the tulane campus they've put up temporary structures like this dining hall so kids can spread out during covid-19. and these ma

gulf of mexico. the approach of hurricane marco and tropical storm laura, both of those two have oil and gas companies racing to remove their offshore platform workers. the interior department is telling us that 58% of gulf oil production and 45% of natural gas output has shut down, hence you see some of the refiners there moving higher. everyone from exxonmobil to chevron to royal dutch shell. they are actually integrated oil, they extract, refine, they do it all. they are moving higher because perhaps we start to see that some of the supply may move down. benchmark gasoline prices rising 7% to the highest since march, as gulf coast refiners account for 45% of u.s. oil processing capacity. we have the wholesale price, i know you are paying more, but right now the wholesale price up to $1.37. we have crude oil moving higher by just a fraction to $42.40 a barrel. >>> all right. with just 22 days left before president trump says he will press the eject button on tiktok, the palace intrigue swirling around the chinese-owned short form video app is ramping up. yeah. i was just showing you this. this is the lawsuit that just dropped while president trump was speaking this afternoon on day one

published "reagananland: america's s right turn, 1976-80" when we come back, we go to the gulf coast. stay with us♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org. i'm amy goodman. as we go to the gulf coast, where hurricane laura slammed ashore wednesday as an extremely dangerous category 4 storm, the strongest a louisiana and over a century before it was downgraded to a tropical storm than tropical depression. laura made landfall south of the city of lake charles near the border of louisiana and texas, where at least six people were killed. the gulf coast is home to more than half of the refining capacity. as they shut down ahead of the strum, and analysis showed just nine of the refineries would produce some 4 million pounds of excess hazardous chemicals. hurricane marie arrive 15 years after hurricane katrina struck louisiana and sets a record pace as the seventh named storm to make landfall in the united states so o far this year. for more, we are joined by hilton kelley, who lives in port arthur, texas, about an hour from where thehe eye of the stom passed, home to the largest o

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she's telling us-- she's telling us, whether it's forest fires in california, wildfires there, or storms in the gulfis real. do something about it. >> stephen: now, we just have about two minutes left, ma'am, efd i want to ask you about this. you brought the house back for an emergency session and approved $25 billion for postal service funding. and you got louis dejoy in there ereask him about why he had done all of these things: slowing down the mail, unplugging sorting machines, removing mailboxes, not paying overtime. he didn't give the best answers. what can you do-- please tell me at a certain point if he doesn't answer he will be dragged out by his ankles. >> he's obviously a henchman for the president. ident.re there to dismantle the postal service so that it has an impact on affecting vote by mail. but at the same time, what they're doing is slowing down prescription drugs going to our veterans, slowing down social security checks, slowing down mail that our seniors and all of our people depend on. and this-- they've really hit a nerve. they've hit a nerve, and they'll pay a price for it. f

us 2 u.s. astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board space x. says dragon capsule successfully and day of the 1st private test flight into space astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken left the vessel after receiving end is still medical checks after some more checks they will be flown to houston to be reunited with their families the men spent 2 months of the international space station and they were the 1st astronauts to be launched from u.s. soil since 2011. more about the spectacular landing in a minute but 1st here's a quick look back at that historic space mission very few but here it's something not seen for a decade are you going to feel that there are you think there can be modified a space ship carrying astronauts blasting off u.s. soil. right you know the american space flight. in may this year u.s. astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken boarded the falcon 9 rocket and took off to the international space station it was significant for 2 reasons not since 2011 had the united states launched a spacecraft carrying astronauts after the ret

there was never any misunderstanding or political disagreement direct between us and the united arab emirates or anybody in the gulf for that reason so i'm really optimistic if you arab countries have signaled that they might consider following the u.n. this move it could affect if the map off the line says in the region. reports if the flight indicates a new opening full israel and its arab neighbors. well that's that's certainly what israelis are hoping for and now the flight from tel aviv flight 971 from tel aviv to abu dhabi has safely landed shortly before for local time in the united arab emirates and you know some reporters there have to scribe really something very special also have said it's a historic day also because this flight crossed saudi arabia as aspace as the 1st saudi arabia allowed us national airline. to cross our space making this flight much shorter than it would have been and that is actually what is already so hoping for an opening to go east certainly this 1st visit to start is symbolic but they would be also talking not about business civil matters economic matters and of course there's a

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down on the southern us hurricane norah last is the gulf coast damage and leaving tens of thousands without power. we have typhoon babbie now making its way across the korean peninsula pushing up towards the northeastern corner of china legacy of showers coming in behind it is weakening and it's on the verge of turning into a tropical storm so losing that intensity in terms of the way and still some very heavy rain coming into the eastern side of china and just across much of the korean peninsula further east it's well to try whether they're into japan we will see want to choose showers into central parts of honshu for a time eastern areas of china now seeing some very heavy rain not so long ago shanghai getting well up into the thirty's looking at sub temperature 30 celsius that rain sets in on friday will sweep through as we go on through saturday temps just starting to notch up notice an increasingly wet weather making its way towards south korea and the far north east of china the eastern side of russia few showers down towards a southeast of china say showers that just around taiwan pu