Could have been caused by a missile or a bomb. Ripped apart after skidding off the runway at least 17 people are killed as an Air India Express jet crashes in the Southern State of cattle. And u. S. Sanctions on hong kong the territories chief executive kerry lamb and 10 other chinese officials singled out over a controversial security law. The u. S. Has spoken out in defense of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted and a fall the assassination attempt the state departments described. As a valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. On thursday accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin someone of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill and mike hanna has more. Patrick leahy was one of 4 senators who sent a letter to the white house last month. In the letter the senators express their concern about what they call the abduction in saudi arabia of. Son and daughter in his court filing recesses children now aged 20 and 21 were being hildas what he called human bait to lure him out of hiding the state department has now responded to the senators concerns in a letter to senator leahy it described. As a valued partner to the u. S. Government working closely with the u. S. To ensure the safety of americans and saudis it also states that any persecution of family members is unacceptable adding that it has made repeated requests to the saudi government about the status of his son and daughter. Who was an adviser to the previous crown Prince Mohammed bin nayef here but in his court filing he says he left saudi arabia because he feared what would happen if and when muhammad been someone took over the state Department Says its concerned about the alleged activities that resulted in exile to canada it says that any saudi accusations of wrongdoing against him must be and i quote address through established legal channels with full transparency and respect for the rule of law interpol rejected a saudi request for algebra arrest saying it was rooted in political and not criminal grounds President Trump has continued to express his support for the Saudi Crown Prince despite the repeated allegations of Human Rights Violations describing him as an ally and friend but increasingly this is very much at odds with the prevailing view in Congress Mike hanna aljazeera washington. Georgio coffee at 0 is the c. E. O. Of gulf state analytics its a washington d. C. Based geo Political Risk consultancy it says the accusations are testing the relationship between the u. S. And saudi arabia i think this statement underscores how the u. S. Diplomatic establishment is increasingly troubled by the ways in which mom had been some is using his power while President Trump has bent over backwards to give m. P. s the benefit of the doubt throughout trumps presidency more and more diplomatic officials. In the washington d. C. Foreign policy scene have been criticizing trump for being too soft on mohammed bin so much is they see it and i think this is just going to you know add to those perceptions you know right now the crown prince is obviously working with an american president to give him the benefit of the doubt but if the Trump Presidency ends either in 20212025 there could be a different kind of white house that is going to keep this file and so many other issues in mind and possibly have a quite different sort of relationship with mohammed bin some on lebanons president has raised the possibility of external interference in tuesdays port lost in beirut michel aoun has promised an investigation into whether the blast was caused by negligence an accident or even a rocket or a bomb but the government is facing widespread anger over accusations of mismanagement and corruption 157 people are confirmed dead is in a hot one has this report from beirut. This is what is left of beirut port the stockpile of tons of Ammonium Nitrate that appeared to set off tuesdays blast was in one of the warehouses some of the missing people are believed to be underneath the rubble its a complicated job to look for them because the damage is considerable International Rescue teams have joined Search Operations but hope of finding survivors is fading and they say the affair. What were trying to do is to find the structures that are still under tons of rubble specifically the cells in the technical rooms that are under the silos they could have been buried by the rubble and still be standing which could allow us to find survivors hes lebanese authorities have begun investigations into the blast that destroyed much of the central parts of the capital port and Customs Officials have been detained and their assets frozen investigators initially said it was triggered by a fire the president michelle and says they are looking into all possibilities. This accident is a wake up call as i said it could be an act of negligence or we have another possibility it could be a rocket attack or a bomb attack i personally requested from the french president if they were in possession of any aerial footage to kindly provide us with it in order to identify any aerial attack or missile attack if any. Popular anger at a Political Class blamed for years of corruption and mismanagement is not new people have little face in a government inquiry that is led by the politicians and Security Officials who they believe should be the ones questioned theres a problem. For trust between the political system in lebanon and the population and this exists for years not just now but now the problem is that the investigation the person in this committee they feel they are a part of the Security Services that people are asking questions about their attitude french president Manuel Mccall the visit. The devastated neighborhoods in beirut on thursday joined voices in lebanon and abroad calling for an independent International Inquiry but the governing alliance headed by the iranian backed hezbollah has dismissed that. And send the i would like to emphasize that hezbollah categorically refutes and rejects that we have materials at the seaport not a single bullet weapon ammunition or a bomb nothing at all belongs to hezbollah even the materials the Ammonium Nitrate that does not belong to hezbollah and. I believe that there is a consensus amongst all lebanese that a complete comprehensive transparent and fair investigation must take place authorities are welcoming International Humanitarian assistance which has started to arrive in a country already broken before the disaster but they are against internationalizing the crisis which would weaken their control call for actions against the ruling class are growing louder following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material in the middle of a densely populated city there are plans for mass demonstrations the priority is no longer just a humanitarian emergency there are attempts to revive the momentum of the protest movement that began in october but bringing about change wont be easy. Beirut u. S. President donald trump says hell be joining other World Leaders on a Donor Conference call for lebanon on sunday he also said aid from america is already on its way at 3 pm this afternoon i spoke with president. Of lebanon to inform him that 3 large aircraft are on the are on the way there are fully loaded fully loaded with medical supplies food water and many other things. Lots of emergency equipment also 1st responders technicians doctors and nurses are on their way. At least 17 people have been killed in a plane crash in the aircraft slid off the runway as it was coming into land in the Southern State of cattle and heavy monsoon rain and the hayward reports. The desperate search for survivors from an express flight which is being bringing people home from the u. S. 190 passengers and crew on board the bombing 737 when it overshot the runway because a quarter horse in kara. The pilot had apparently tried to land minutes earlier in heavy rain Officials Say the plane landed at speed and skidded down a slope before finally coming to a store it broke into several pieces it seems to have crossed that runway and fallen into a ditch sort of a place because there is a different shield between the runway and the other parts of the airport and because of that impact there seems to have been a breaking off of the fuselage into the aircraft a different portion has been very badly mangled and damaged. It is moments sitting season in india making the rescue effort even more difficult many of those injured and now being treated in hospital both pilots reported to be among the dead there are currently no commercial flights in or out of india this was a repatriation pli from dubai bringing indian nationals who have been stuck overseas because of the coronavirus pandemic in a tweet indias Prime MinisterNarendra Modi said he was pained by the accident thoughts which will be shared by the nation investigators will now want to know how and why this accident happened and why he would aljazeera. Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of at least 12 people that were killed in a landslide trip. By the heavy rain in cattle the crews are working to free 70 others thought to be buried under mud in their homes on the tea plantation flooding caused power lines to snap and washed away a bridge in the area meteorologists of want more rain is on the way. The u. S. Is imposing sanctions on the leader of the Hong Kong Government in the territories current and former Police Chiefs are among 11 officials targeted sanctions were prompted by president toms executive order last month in a bid to punish china over the sweeping National Security law imposed on Hong Kong China insists the law is needed to criminalize acts of secession subversion and terrorism critics say hes being used to silence dissent White House CorrespondentKimberly Hall good as more on the story. What will happen is that these individuals that have been named will have any assets here in the United States frozen now the treasury departments very clear the reason this is being done and these individuals have been named is because they are directly responsible for the implementation of beijings policies of suppression of freedom and democracy and in his statement the treasury secretary steve said that the United States will continue to use all of its tools and authority to target those undermining hong kongs autonomy the u. S. President is furious that cope with 19 that originated in china has decimated the u. S. Economy and in turn hurt his reelection chances so a relationship that had looked like it was starting to improve following those tit for tat trade sanctions between their tariffs rather between the United States and china well things are really deteriorated since then theres been a long string of actions by this administration most recently yesterday the restrictions on social media abs from china we chat as well as to talk there was an executive order that now mandates that all drugs for the u. S. Government that are purchased by the u. S. Government must be from the United States that cuts off a major source of revenue for china where drugs many cases came previously and there are a whole host of other actions that have taken place in recent weeks it is clear this administration is looking to punish china and this president perhaps even looking to punish china specifically at harming his reelection chances. A u. S. Intelligence official has warned that china russia and iran will all try to interfere in the upcoming president ial election the director of the National Counter intelligence and Security Center says all 3 countries are using online dissent from asian and other tactics to influence u. S. Voters and create a disorder william ever in a says that china wants President Trump to lose novembers vote russia wants him to win and is already working against his opponent the Democrat Joe Biden still ahead on aljazeera. Says donald trump is crackdown on popular chinese social media apps to talk and we chat. Unemployment shows a slight drop in the u. S. But reality is still painful for millions of americans out of a job because of the coronavirus pandemic. Out of the news is not good for south korea theres more rain on its way to seasonal rains where theyre supposed to be but they have been particularly active this year and such did a lot extends from ohio and thats the yellow sea most to south korea then dips and comes back in to the northern parts of honshu than whole card account possibly by sunday but this is a persistent area it does get to north korea and theres been a flood problem here as well so its going to be exact speed is not going to improve. Much of the rest of china is fairly dry its humid with a few showers for the south and for the north but the rain band is the one to watch those in the band thats in existence and looks like it will persist for a day or 2 across the South China Sea towards something bizarre including manila and then running back into central and Southern Thailand to south of that is a good scattering a few showers around but both malaysia and indonesia look remarkably dry for this time here because of the sort of concentration of the rains elsewhere the monsoon rain has been fairly heavy in the russian southwest but quite obviously iran is a titan for Something Like this thats a circulation in the northern arabian sea as per brought significant rain to karate theres more to come for southern pakistan and a man. Who. Once welcomed now fear. Dividing a nation. Aljazeera explores germanys long Term Economic strategy of pursuing immigrants from the arab world to be sure now i feel more gentleman and syrian. How much money does a receipt you get those people you put up think that its been done its one german and american the new germans on aljazeera. Were removed. Or. Ga gas here a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. State departments called former top saudi intelligence official sadal job valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. On thursday accusing Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sultan of sending men to canada to try to kill him. That hes president michel only now has launched an investigation into tuesdays devastating explosion in beirut he says the blast which killed at least 157 people could have been caused either by negligence or external interference. 17 people have died after a plane crashed on landing in india the Air India Express jet broke into what it overshot the runway at an airport in the southern catalyst state it was a repository ation flight for indian nationals whove been stuck overseas because of the pandemic. More now in the growing tensions between the u. S. And china over social media apps President Trump is trying to prevent Chinese Companies including tech talk from doing business in america beijing says washington is using National Security as an excuse to suppress its tech firms could turn in your reports from beijing. Some. Job music videos have 1400000 followers on video sharing app the chinese version of talk. To 25 year old uses the app every day and isnt surprised its become so popular in the u. S. Where theyre proud of anything that originated in china is not just a video sharing platform as an example of chinese in january. Shes a loved by donald trump executive order to bad tick tocks use that unless the app is sold to an american company. Im not sure how the company. Developer if the owner changes i believe every company has this also if you replace that something the quarrel will be lost. The u. S. Government says its cracking down on chinese apps which it says spread propaganda and pose a Security Risk to americans beijing says the move is a pretext for suppressing Chinese Tech Companies may value the u. S. Approach has no factual basis at all its clearly mirroring on a political many. The point of it all is to maintain the ovaries high tech industry. Talks Parent Company is in talks to sell the app to microsoft washington has given it 45 days to confirm the sale to deny sharing data with a communist party and is threatening legal action against the u. S. Government it isnt the only chinese in the firing line messenger we chat which has 1100000000 users wide is also facing a ban the banning of which that is likely to cause problems for chinese users and businesses dealing with china from the us here the platform is more than a social media its used by products invest in shares book travel and even tech a persons covert 19 Health Status washington is expanding its socalled Clean Network initiative which aims to root out Major ChineseTech Products from the u. S. System analysts say the move is part of Donald Trumps tough on China Campaign ahead of the u. S. Election in november. For domestic Chinese People especially those who have very fond memories of the us this came as a surprise because it just seems that Chinese People are bullied Chinese Companies are bullied in a way i dont think is a good sign because we have seen the anti China Sentiment going on around the world the Chinese Government is urging the u. S. To pull back the move or face retaliation trumps executive overtake deep in the Digital Divide between china and the u. S. Adding to diplomatic tensions and a growing list of disagreements over geopolitics and trade treaty you aljazeera beijing protesters a talk at a Police Precinct in the u. S. City of portland have been labeled attempted murder by its mayor Police Accuse demonstrators are trying to set fire to the building with people still inside rallies against Police Brutality and racism have been held in the city for more than 2 months and some of them turning violent. When you commit arson with an accelerant in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people that you have intentionally dropped in sorry you are not demonstrating you were attempting to commit murder this is not the 1st time that people have tried to set fire to a City Building with people intentionally trapped inside politicians in washington have failed in their latest attempt to agree emergency benefits for millions of americans who lost their jobs because of coronavirus President Donald Trump is threatening to issue an executive order to force the funding to go through john hendren reports from chicago. For more than 30000000 unemployed americans warm summer days fade to sleepless nights i never anticipated being on unemployment period. I think that that was never something that i thought would happen to me in my life among the newly unemployed since march is sira guard who lost her Human Resources job in fears losing her identity whats at stake for my family is. Being able to stay who we are being able to maintain the life that we have when us job losses begin to accelerate dramatically early in the cove crisis Congress Took the unusual step of creating a 600 dollar weekly subsidy for the jobless in addition to state Unemployment Insurance that averages a little over 300. 00 but that funding expired last week since the coronavirus shut down much of the United States in march the u. S. Economy has shrunk by one 3rd the fastest drop in u. S. History according to a new study by the Associated Press and the university of chicagos National OpinionResearch Center about half of americans believe the jobs that have disappeared are gone forever as Congress Debates renewing jobless payments the virus is resurging spreading to tens of thousands more americans every day this thing is coming back around and its traveling from other states and if we had gotten it under control earlier we might not be in this position right now as washington struggles to respond to the virus and the Unemployment Crisis americans face insolvency and hunger thousands of them hourly at this Los Angeles Food Bank alone one cove it happened i couldnt there was no i had no money no money and now for millions coping with unemployment often for the 1st time dwindling hope john hendren aljazeera chicago. The u. K. Economy is facing its biggest annual decline in a century the bank of englands forecast hammers home the impacts of the caracas pandemic and it says it could take more than a year to get back to previous lockdown levels providing there isnt a 2nd serge ibaka reports from london. This rush hour but theres a little on the move this coffee kiosk normally serves long queues of customers powering workers and surrounding offices for the Small Business is under pressure. Economic storm is brewing i have a team of 7 people and currently at the moment with the way things are of the lucky to bring maybe one or 2 but. If it remains like this i think its going to be very bleak specially for small independents like ourselves that with cash flow. On the foot float come through. Is a similar story in londons financial district where every day feels like sunday this week the bank of england forecasts the economy would contract by 9 and a half percent over the year thats less severe than 1st thought but its still the biggest annual decline in 100 years and by the end of the year when government funded support schemes come to an end the bank believes unemployment will double. With many office staff now working from home the streets and alleyways in and around londons financial district have fallen silent thats catastrophic news for all of the local businesses that depend upon passing traffic coburg 19 is redefining the country cities and towns can see the from the beginning of march that for started to decrease quite rapidly data scientists in the u. K. Have been watching our changing behavior since the start of the pandemic using tracking technology and shops and high streets to find out how where and when we spend our money they are the economies of vital signs and point towards a slow recovery when lock down hit for dropped like a stone and really we were looking at drops of 8 know that 80 percent over 90 percent in london where the streets are absolute deserted weve opened 3 nonessential retail weve opened hospitality were encouraging people back to work all of those things created to some for and yet post those because we are still 40 percent lower than we were last year the figures are going in the right direction a surge in online sales is keeping parts of the economy afloat but a 2nd surgeon coronavirus could risk another damaging lockdown denting Consumer Confidence silencing the nations high street for potentially years to. Leave barca london the rajapaksa brothers have cemented their hold on power in sri lanka with a dominating win in the countrys parliamentary election Mohinder Rajapaksa will now become Prime Minister but his brother go to the president and his men elthorne and reports from colombo they now plan to change the constitution. Celebrations in the rajapaksa heartland reason a 2 thirds majority in sri lankas new parliament on thursday will queued to see incumbent Prime Minister mine the rajapaksa who secured the highest number for financial votes. Sylvia would lead us into the unknown also a bit dirty and then you know we have 2 thirds majority in the parliament and i didnt know the country can be developed in a very short period to see all what is the discipline and also the theater in it in both these to know within the government this emily says the strong support for Prime Minister rajapaksa and his brother whos president just 5 years after the voted out is a message from the people that. Of democracy reforms and perhaps those reforms actually retarding guards which is also the main message the president has sent since his election. So that has been the clear message is. What the people are demanding use unless of course 2 or so reform and more of economic development. Seen around the 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 m. P. s walk into the Parliamentary Chamber of the building behind me on august 20th seating arrangements would have changed to accommodate one of the largest number of m. P. s to ever sit in government and those in their ranks will face a series of economic and political challenges indeed that today who are the noise of the economic challenges. Hes been struggling to keep his garment factory afloat in difficult times made worse by the couvade 1000 crisis castro to do when it comes to a market negative sentiment and then with the Market Correction so we have been having lost if you take 4 to 5 months 80 percent of our business was gone despite the huge mandate the rajapaksa brothers still feels allegations of war crimes and fools disappearances 11. Yes after the oversaw the defeat of the tamil tigers in sri lanka. A former member of the National HumanRights Commission voiced these concerns we also see a rise in seeing in a buddhist nationalism and it seems like that is what is taking hold and and shaping the policy of the country so this means that minorities in particular feel frightened because if you are critical of the government you can be called a traitor you can be called a terrorist you can be arrested merely for expressing an opinion balancing the multiple challenges facing she lanka will not be easy for the new government but for the majority of people here the rajapaksa led government is the best option for now and then this. Film. This is all to syria these are the top stories the u. S. State department has spoken out in defense of a former top saudi intelligence agent who was allegedly targeted in a fort assassination attempt thats describing sought out a valued partner filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. On thursday accusing the Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sultan of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill him lebanese president michel alone has launched an investigation into tuesdays devastating explosion in beirut he says the blast which killed at least 157. 00 people could have been caused either by negligence or external interference u. S. President donald trump says hell be joining other World Leaders on a Donor Conference call for lebanon on sunday he also said aid from america is already on its way at 3 pm this afternoon i spoke with president. Of lebanon to inform him that 3 large aircraft are on the. Are on the way and theyre fully loaded fully loaded with medical supplies food water and many other things lots of emergency equipment also 1st responders technicians doctors and nurses are on their way to germany and france have abandoned talks to reform the World Health Organization out of frustration with the u. S. Attempts to dominate negotiations the moves a blow for donald trump as administration had hoped to lead a sweeping overhaul of the w. H. O. Before the upcoming u. S. Election frances Health Minister says the u. S. Should not lead the reform author announcing it would be leaving the organization. 17 people have died in a plane crash in india the Air India Express jet broke into when it overshot the runway at an airport in the southern carolus state it was bringing indian nationals home from dubai whod been stuck overseas because of a pandemic that was in the headlines coming up next its inside story apply. The Saudi Crown Prince a law suit and an alleged plots that have been sued in the u. S. Accused of another attempt to kill a dissident abroad so should saudi activists in exile be worried they risk the same fate as Jamal Khashoggi is its a story. Hello and welcome to the program on the wrong amount of the