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Pakistan and in school the Los Angeles Lakers are leading lights and a 3 game losing streak because you know the game winner for the top team in the n. B. A. s western called. Better russian opposition politicians for atlanta has left the country and is now in lithuania she confirmed the news in this you tube video that follows a 2nd night of violent clashes over disputed Election Results the Election Commission says the longtime president elect on the one sundays election by a landslide police in belarus said that a protester died after a bomb exploded in his hands. Of 0 step bussin joins us now live from minsk step what reason has she given for getting out of the country. Yet adrian it was a very dramatic statement i thought not. Basically period she told all her supporters that she made a fairly fairly difficult decision to leave the country she said i hope youre never going to be in the situation that i am right now and she hopes people will understand that she said people will also hate me and condemn me for this decision but you set no lives are worth this situation at all so she sets a call to know people to stay safe because shes very worried i actually spoke to her at length before the election and she already looks very very scared and also said she is really not up to it its a very difficult situation of course in baton rouge theres a lot of pressure on her from the author of peace shes been scared to her she was being threatened her children were threatened to be taken away from her she took her children already out of the country before the election and thousands of chosen for my children and ive joined them now in lithuania so its a very dramatic turn of events here because of course the thousands of hundreds of thousands of people here are waiting for her messages and what has been the reaction from president Alexander Lukashenko to the ongoing process people of course insisting that these elections were massively richt. Well the president has Just Announced again that this will be a serious crackdown that he will be aggressively with any protesters he has called them like young people only and he has said that they are being dictated from abroad so basically playing the whole 2 to ation here which is very different if youre actually on the ground for the last days ive seen people from all walks of life 1 older people young people families even going to the street late at night to make sure that they have their voice heard the the voice that they said has not been reflected in the Election Results that said that look at shanghai has won with more than 80 percent of the vote they all call this observer so they taking to the streets also at the moment as we speak the 5 people gathering protesting at a big Detention Center here in minsk because of styles of people have been detained during these protests a lot of people have not been heard also they go to the relatives dont know where they are so they are at this dissention center asking for any explanation the old heard that theyre facing serious criminal charges so this is an ongoing situation and its doesnt look like this is going to go away even after she has left the country al jazeera step boston reporting live from minsk separte thanks very. Lebanons Prime Minister and president s were warned by Security Officials last month about the explosive material stored in a report that caused last weeks blast documents seen by the Reuters News Agency say that leaders were told the Ammonium Nitrate posed a Security Risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded it comes as Lebanons Parliament now has to decide on a new Prime Minister after house on the bananas that he and his government would step down the session follows widespread public fury the blast killed more than 200 people injured thousands of others or left hundreds of thousands of people homeless lets go live now to beirut i was here as but it smith is the bare bone of where are you whats whats happening. Age and this is the mama calle district one of the main nightlife and areas as well as home to thousands and thousands of people and these are its back streets its main street and back street destroyed this is another building hit by the shock wave where volunteers have been clearing out really since last wednesday one of them walid. Walid you came from the backyard 2 hours away. Plus. Constable beirut. Today we are coming from because the google volunteers. Resistance just volunteer in front of cleaning and helping people in both to overcome this hard to breaking glass and what do you think of of what you have seen what what do you think about what youve seen what what what did you feel when you say we feel a story about this nice city. And nothing as it is we. We go through these 3 its people walking gun people going on nothing harder than normal people i think will leave lebanon other countries to have a good life. Where are you staying when you come to beirut are you going back to the back. With the buses and then no we eat and then we go back to recover fully the government the Prime Minister and the cabinet has as resigned what do you think about that what whats the difference. That this what happens is because i were government. If our government was good for people under scrutiny for a vote of the citizens i think. This those of. Us of nitrates in the port of biarritz while it for the moment thank you very very much for your time the anger. The expressing here articulated by walid is that the warnings about the Ammonium Nitrate were multiple over many many years and as we heard from the reuters report only a couple of weeks before the explosion the president and the Prime Minister were given yet another warning that if that Ammonium Nitrate was moved it could destroy the city prophecy came true im from a 3 kilometer radius from outside the port was flattened so that is why people are so angry not only why hes here moaning nitrate that but they knew the parties knew it was there they knew how dangerous it was a multiple multiple warnings were ignored agent but of what happens now about. The process of choosing a new Prime Minister and government. Well there are now negotiations going on the current Prime Minister and his cabinet are caretaker Prime Minister and cabinet and there has to be a new one approved appointed by the government or the challenge is this the current one is dominated by hezbollah and its allies has been isolated internationally and the International Donors who hold the key to unlocking the billions of dollars that beirut needs reconstruction do not want to give money to a cabinet dominated by hezbollah and its allies macron has said in french president assad he wants some sort of unity government the problem is that the opposition has in the past miscues to work with the current has ball or dominated administration have to be some negotiations maybe behind the scenes that well find out about because its only some sort of National Unity government that will unlock the money that lebannon needs. Our desires but its worth reporting live from beirut but of many thanks indeed for last weeks explosion dealt a blow to lebanons Food Security the head of the u. N. Food agency says hes now worried that the country could run out of bread before the end of the month 85 percent of grain came through the port last destroyed the only grain silo leaving lebanon with those stockpiles this has huge pressure to an already dire food situation prices have risen by 80 percent before the explosion because of the countrys economic crisis almost half of lebanons population lives below the poverty line and struggles to access food the World Food Program is sending 50000 tons of wheat flour to try to combat Food Shortages lets talk to her from the Lebanese Food Bank in beirut she joins us now via skype good to have you with us is your Organization Currently able to feed the people who need food in lebanon. As a miniskirt banker we start. A lot of projects to provide food for people in need and all areas and lebanon. Today we are focusing more on. That with damage from the explosion from last tuesday and are trying as much as we can to support with food were trying to offer breakfast. And how to meet for lunch offering this the food for that cross because theyre doing a great job on the ground and they need our support system and they found the volunteers that they are cleaning up the streets and the houses that the familys. House is were destroyed because they dont have any capacity or they dont. They are not able to cook and to prepare any meal in the houses because. The suction today. Wheres the food coming from whos cooking it and how many people are you helping right now. We are receiving a lot of the nation and were buying food with this donation plus were sitting in kind donation greens all types. To make a case everything with sending this donations to a cake getting for our donors that used to support us and they won and they offered to open the kitchens to cook with the chef and to support us in huts means and to be able to distribute them that they were able to cover almost 3000. 00 to 400. 00 meals per day as a as a lunch other than the snacks other than the justice other than the breakfast that is offered to these people how long do you envisage having to carry on with this at this level working. As you are. Well be on the ground and then. Go back to their houses and no one will need us in this situation now well be offering all the help with the food. For the people to continue their journey to continue or finding the missing people that we dont know where are they yet still people on the ground they need our help so we can support us just to support them with food this is the best we can do for later on we have a long term project to help the families thats. Lost their homes for them with boxes that contains all of it all materials that they can use them like everyone else thats for databases. Really good so too we wish you the best with your mission many thanks indeed jose to the from the Lebanese Food Bank in beirut. Thank you. This is the news are from aljazeera still to come on the program. We. Will have the details on the shooting that interrupted the u. S. President s latest briefing on covert 19. United against science will take a look at whats driving the movement in germany against coronavirus restrictions. In sports womens tennis returns to the United States is the 1st grand slam since the coronavirus pandemic i just closer and it will be here with that for the rest of the race. Chinas top legislative body has voted to extend the current of Hong Kongs Legislative Council by a year hong kong was due to hold elections this all some have now been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic of prodemocracy activists say that thats a pretext to stop people from voting several opposition candidates have been barred from running for office lets go live to Hong Kong Aljazeera is adrian brown is there for us a very whats been the reaction there in hong kong to this this postponement this move by year at this vote. Well a. J. What happens is when the Hong Kong Government you know hits a sort of political roadblock they tend to seek help from the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in beijing which is the most important political body in china now what happened is that when kerry land decided to postpone elections here in hong kong for another year citing co that 19 that meant there was potentially going to be a political vacuum here in hong kong in other words what was going to happen to the Current Parliament so what happened is that the committee basically decided on choose day to extend the current term of the Hong Kong Parliament for another year what is less clear adrian is whether a number of incumbent opposition legislators who were disqualified by Election Officials because of this new National Security law will indeed be able to continue in the extended parliament it seems that the National Peoples congress may well have left it to Hong Kong Government to decide what to do with these that is the latest that means they might have to sort of issue some new form of oath of allegiance to the Hong Kong Government so its not totally clear but what is clear in a sense is that you know the the the National Peoples congress could have said you know these legislators will remain despaired but they didnt and that might mean that this is a sop to the United States of that perhaps trying to mollify the u. S. Government ahead of the president ial elections in november and adrian whats the latest on the arrest of the media tycoon of the activist jimmy lie. Well he did an overseas force to do another pope perp walk before you know the media today before he was taken to a marina in the cycling area of hong kong not quite clear why police took in there but i think what was obvious to many people is that the police were trying to show on the one hand that theyre trying to be very transparent following the arrest of jimmy lie but at the same time its perhaps the police trying to demonstrate to their political masters in beijing that look your new wonderful National Security law is working very well here in hong kong theres still a lot of unease and i have to say a good deal of shock over the events on monday many people are concerned that we might be seeing perhaps the beginning of a new political purge people are asking whos going to be next would it be people like josh wurman the young prodemocracy warrior who is known you know internationally will it be people like martin lee the the grandfather of hong kong democracy are they going to be the next people to receive a knock on the door we have to remember the jimmy law is facing potentially being charged under this National Security law you havent been charged as yet he was arrested on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers now under the National Security law its quite clear that you know if someone is involved in the activities with a foreign power or touching on areas of defense then if you are charged under the National Security law for those reasons you could potentially be tried on the mainland that we dont know whether thats going to happen and we also dont know in any detail adrian what the case is against jimmy lie and we may not know actually what the details of the case against him are once hes put on trial because that trial could well be held in secret. 0 adrian brown reporting live from hong kong a very many things. Taiwans foreign minister is accusing china of trying to turn the island into the next Hong Kong Joseph who issued the warning on the 3rd and final day of a visit by the u. S. Health secretary onyx whos the most senior u. S. Official in decades to visit the island which china considers to be a renegade province hes praised the 23000000 taiwanese for successfully combusting covert 19 ive been a witness to the harmful and counterproductive results of excluding taiwan from these International Settings in the spring of 2800 for instance the World Health Organization put out an urgent call for funding to respond to an Ebola Outbreak in the western democratic republic of the congo taiwan offered a 1000000. 00 for this important fight no strings no conditions but the political bullying over taiwan status at the w. H. O. Ended up making this donation impossible especially during a pandemic but at all Times International organizations should not be places to play politics especially on health care taiwans foreign minister joseph move thanks the u. S. For its support katrina you reports for preaching. He really painted a contrast in picture comparing taipei to beijing saying that taiwans approach its government was completely open democratic transparent and said that this really was the best form of government when it came to fighting a problem as big as the current virus pandemic and joseph who also had quite a defiant message for beijing lets have a listen i want to slow stranger to such trouble all i become increasingly difficult a stranger continues to push it into accepting political conditions. That would turn one into the next phone call however we are fortunate to have good friends like the u. S. And its members like secretary is are. Always there supporting each and every one or International Space so china the chinese leaders are definitely watching this meeting very closely its the 1st significant and the the highest level official meeting to take place between u. S. And taiwan officials since 1979 when taiwan when the u. S. Recognize china instead of taiwan officially in a diplomatic sense but at the same time this meeting is not really going to achieve too much in practical terms but its definitely symbolic its designed to get under the skin of beijing Chinas Foreign Ministry has said over and over again that taiwan is a single more sensitive issue when it came to us china relations and says that this visit really risks harming regional stability and further deteriorating of the relationship between the u. S. And china. Reported its 1st Community Transmission of the corona virus in more than 100. 00 days Prime Minister just said the done as ordered or planned into lockdown after 4 new cases were confirmed. It leave all 3 your ass to stay at home in your bubble other than for essential movements such as going to the supermarket or local recreation if you are in or clint you must work from home unless you are an essential Service Worker all schools in child care facilities in or conduct closed as of tomorrow morning except for the children of essential Service Workers and those who are who are involved will remember that it leave all 3 we allow you to excess goes into a childhood for a level 3 for a scene chill service with his son lee or public facilities 3 strong same businesses must close by midday to morrow or listen to a retirement village in Christ Church went into lockdown after residents showed flu like symptoms the facility told families that residents were affected swabs to test the covert 19 above and sent to the oratory globally the number of recorded corona virus infections a supposed 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared thats according to the Johns Hopkins university tracker which shows global deaths more than 736000 about 12000000. 00 people recovered the us brazil and india remain the worst affected countries. A shooting outside the white house interrupted u. S. President Donald Trumps Coronavirus Briefing on monday a secret Service Agent quickly or should the president out of the room he returned within minutes to talk about the controversy around children go back to school i was there as mike hanna reports. President trump was minutes into the News Conference giving rosy predictions about the economy when he was suddenly interrupted. As the door closed behind him journalists in the Briefing Room turned to the opponents to try and find out what was happening when it was reported that thered been a shooting outside the white house involving secret Service Agents but secret service issued a statement saying an agent and what it calls a male subject were injured and taken to hospital it adds that at no time during the incident was the white house complex breached or were any protect tease in danger. That President Trump returned to a bare arch of questions and confirmed hed gone back to the oval office for the duration of the incident not to the underground bunker it might not have anything to do with me and then reports back to business with a baseless claim that children are less affected than adults by the virus i think that for the most part they do very well i mean they dont get very sick they will catch it easily they dont get very sick and according to the people that ive spoken to they dont transported or transfer it to their people or certainly not very easily so yeah i think schools have to open schools have begun to open in a number of states some are conducting in person classes but a greater number are defying the president by continuing the remote education that was started at the beginning of the pandemic. And another questionable claim about the quality and extent of testing in the us to great record to have in many ways we have tested against. Close to 65000000 people there were nobodys even close to that number in hard hit states like california and florida theres widespread concern about the delay in test results i havent talked about it and microsoft founder bill gates has sharply criticized what he calls the testing insanity in the u. S. Adding and i quote its mind blowing that you cant get the government to improve the testing because they just want to say how great it is as is interrupted News Conference continued President Trump finally confirmed he would postpone the g 7 gathering until after the u. S. Election in november and repeated an earlier statement that what he called certain people who are not in the g 7 would be invited raising again the possibility that president putin would be asked to attend this despite the fact that his own intelligence agencies state russia is actively planning interference in the american voting process mike hanna aljazeera washington and pakistan at least 68. 00 people have died as heavy monsoon rains continue to lash many parts of the country more than 300. 00 homes have been severely damaged or destroyed every day is flash floods have swept away bridges and destroyed roads thinking hundreds of villages are serious kemal hider joins us now live from islamabad kemal whats the latest. Where did you mention this particular monsoon had hit. Just on provenge where roads and. Bridges have been swept away. More dollars ready and so that imports coming out of some of the data showed that some of the religious. Also because of the excessive grain endy in catchment mountains that ever end so. Swollen river and that its got a problem then. And we have reports of damage to property and infrastructure. In the north. Most of the. Strength right now it didnt thats right however the media logical Department Warning that. The end of september and at out of Flood Warning issued Flood Warnings have been issued in several areas i know that keeping a close watch come on many thanks indeed. High to reporting live from islamabad where heavy rain has brought flash flooding to large areas of Northern Sudan hundreds of homes and farms upand damaged or destroyed many of the affected areas were along the nile which often of a flows during the rainy season. Didnt look too bad where kemar was at his live about a few moments ago but if you want to see why that rain is affecting large parts of not only pakistan but india to look at the blob of cloud on evertons map yeah thats right it is the seasonal rains of course and as is often the case they do come in pulses suggested topping in town in the country thats where the worst of the showers is that where he was not so bad a loss a cloud showing up across the good parts of pakistan still some heavy showers to come over northern and southern parts as we go on through the next couple of days incidentally on the saturday karate had 71. 00 millimeters of rain thats more than the oldest average rainfall has the problems there further north lahore yesterday so 59. 00 millimeters of rain and those showers well now come and go from time to time southern parts of the city of pushing out the garage across a good part of india back into the far north of pakistan seeing some of those heavy downpours as we go on through the next couple of days as we go on its a friday i suspect behavior showers will be across the far north of pakistan once again to the northeast of the country just as kemal was suggesting there much of central india seeing more big downpours high for those showers towards the south of pakistan will gradually ease away its a similar thing with those say snow showers that were seeing in the sudan as well lots of cloud showing up across much of the sudan shouldnt be quite this far north at this time of year actually but you see lots of shower clouds showing up there the west weather now moving across into chad still a few showers coming in behind and then were looking at some very heavy rain to come from nigeria or a tree in everson many thanks indeed. This is the news are still to come on the program a crackdown on the independence of journalists tanzanias government steps up its campaign against press freedom. The protesters striking a nerve in thailand the Prime Minister warns them against breaking the law. In sport baseballs highest paid player underlines his value to the los angeles angels. From fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions to meet such 2 moms as a Global Power Development of Investment Companies breast power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these developments we provide Business Growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound Energy Solutions for future generation the breastpin Pioneering Future Energy once welcomed now fear. And dividing a nation. Aljazeera explores germanys long Term Economic strategy of pursuing immigrants from the arab world i feel more gentleman and syrian. Alex money does a richer get those people put up think that its been done it one german and american the new germans on aljazeera. All. Oh. It is good to have you with us hello adrian for the good here. With the news for most is iraq the headlines belorussian opposition politicians for the taking of sky has left the country and is now let us be as she confirmed the news of an online video that follows a 2nd night of violent clashes over disputed Election Results. Lebanons Prime Minister president who warned last month about the explosive material stored in beirut port because last weeks blast documents seen by the which is news agency said the ability of nitrate could destroy the capital chinas top legislative body has voted to extend the current of the hong kong Legislative Council elections which you this year activists say the postponement is a pretext to stop people voting. The crackdown on press freedom is intensifying in tanzania the government there has banned all Media Outlets from broadcasting foreign content without its permission and any foreign journalists working in the country will need to be accompanied by a Government Official the new law means reporters must seek approval to cover stories relating to the coronavirus critics say the ban will affect the ability of the press to report on the president ial election later this year out zeros Catherine Sawyer is following developments from nairobi in neighboring kenya catherine what is this directive what does it really mean. Well this is a very worrying directive this is a very worrying thing adrian by it doesnt quite come as a surprise because this is something that has been debated in parliament and was passed and was just awaiting the president s signature and ive been speaking to journalists in tanzania who have said that i think the rash now has been because of a report that was aired on friday a report by a Radio Station called radio free africa which is very popular in tanzania and aired contant it aired content from an article by the b. B. C. Quoting Opposition Leader a leader to liesl who was talking about government oppression and he feared that he and other Opposition Leaders were barred by the government from attending the funeral or former president benjamin cop and other Government Official the saying that. They were not given a right of reply and now they have summoned officials of this Radio Stations the jolly thing that this really has precipitated the passing of this to a low when its causing a lot of concern and theres been a few larry of meetings by journalists organizations with genesis trying to understand what disclosure means Going Forward and as you mentioned its worrying because it comes in the. On an Election Year the election the pet than the president ial election is being held in october the 28th and also it comes in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic so very worrying situation indeed. This year what effect will this directive or coverage or is that even the election itself. Well i think it will have a huge impact on the coverage of the compared this journalists have been speaking to are quite afraid even to come on camera you know to talk about this issue so theres been a lot of fear in the last few years theres been a lot of increasingly in the last few months because this is the not the only directive with significant directed and policies before aimed at stifling the media and the political space as well as in journalists get arrested for airing content that the government is not happy with and you know Going Forward i think you know critics are saying that because of the fear were also seeing self censorship by media organizations theres also fear among the ordinary tanzanians themselves people are free to speak out against issues that affect them fearing that the government is going to arrest them and things like that so a lot of people are saying that this may not be objectivity people saying that journalists covering because of the fia are going to you know soft censor themselves in this going to not want to look at it gets better when it comes to the opposition and like i mentioned it also comes in the midst of a coronavirus been demick again journalists are not allowed to cover or report on the coronavirus only a few people are supposed to speak on coronavirus that the president the Prime Minister the Health Minister and his deputy and the journalists are only expected to cover issues and directed by the government when it comes to coronavirus obvious seeing increasingly government that is held bent on controlling the house and political narrative in tanzania and you know a lot of critics really worried about that especially in this very sensitive period. Reporting live from nairobi. The trial of saddams for president Obama Al Bashir has been postponed indefinitely to appear in court in khartoum on tuesday in connection with the 989 military coup that brought him to power as lawyers launched an appeal which is delayed the case and theyre calling for him to be released on bail the shia ruled sudan for 3 decades and was removed from power by the military last here following mass protests Trinidad And Tobago as Prime Minister keith rowley has claimed victory for his part in mondays general election early results show the ruling Peoples National movement secured a 2nd term despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic migration and a shrinking economy. Libyas government has called in the military as protests over delayed elections turned violent supporters of former president ever morales have set up roadblocks on major routes clashing with opponents who tried to break up their demonstrations of zerosum isabeau reports. Clashes on the streets of cochabamba once again these young people are known as the resistance may play a crucial role in the protests that forced a former president it will more or less out of office. Members of bolivias Workers Center and supporters of moralists have taken to the streets in the past week anger has been on the rise since he lectured a tribunal and it would postpone elections in the country for a 3rd time. But this man says protesters are trying to generate chaos force users and. Theyre waiting for us with explosive devices and barbed wire firearms and a lot of cocktails which we have destroyed the bolivian people are no longer afraid of them its not the same as before the resistance is here to care for its citizens citizens come out to raise the roadblocks citizens the bolivian people and the youth are here for this. Journey 9 years has been bolivias interim president since morales was forced to leave the country november elections were originally scheduled for may but with the spread of covert 19 in this and the a nation elections were postponed until september 6th and once again until oct 18th. Over 85000 people have been infected in bolivia including the interim president. The social movements accused of trying to hold onto power and they have been blocking roads to demand her resignation. We are not going to go back and we want the resignation of the president she cannot solve our problems and needs to resign. These people denounce the groups that are trying to clear the roads accusing them. Being the governments paramilitary force. Thought along the way as a small persecuting innocent torturing of those people on the motorcycles its unconstitutional my brothers and sisters blood will be spilled because of the governments incapacity to solve the economy our health and education. There are over 100 roadblocks across the country and they having an impact on the distribution of oxygen and medicines to cope with the pandemic blockades the government says have killed at least 31 people but protesters say the government wants to blame them for political purposes. Believe he has been caught in a political crisis that has polarized the country since last year for many elections seem to be the only way to control the situation but the repeated dealings have generated frustration and distrust. And. Thailands Prime Minister is warning demonstrators not to violate the law the latest process and days of rival rally is led by student unions a royalist on the outskirts of bangkok thousands of ties to the resignation of Prime Minister prime. As well as an end to military rule they also question the role of the monarchy in the country lets go live to bangkok out serious way hey is there why is the Prime Minister particularly concerned about these particular protests. Well i think the main reason is that to an extent were in uncharted territory in terms of such overt questioning and discussion about the role of the royal family in thai society certainly weve seen it to a lesser extent in recent weeks with these protests taking place fairly regularly not just in bangkok but other parts of the country as well but on monday night we saw probably the largest protests so far some 4000 people on the campus of Thomas University in bangkok again mainly students and also some of the leaders at times on the stage at that protest on monday night were going into much more detail than weve seen before about some of the reforms they want to see regarding the royal family so i think were seeing a new generation of thai protesters here who are at least part of a generation who perhaps dont have the same connection with the royal family that past generations head and i think in a Science Society in a country where the palace is supposed to be held up as the highest institution in the land one that is supposed to be respected and revered that creates a potentially dangerous volatile situation i think the other issue for the government the other concern is that this is all happening in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic thailands economy is being battered by the pandemic its forecast to be the worst performing economy in asia this year of course the pandemic itself is not the fault of the Thai Government but the protest is other people in thailand are saying that its highlighting and exacerbating the huge inequality in thailand so whats the next step for the protesters potentially for the government. Well i think i dream theres no sign that the. Comments by the Prime Minister warning the protesters to be careful about what they say will put them off and remembering also on friday night that 2 of the protest leaders were arrested charged with sedition before being released on bail that doesnt seem to be putting them off or are there monday night of course again we had that very large rally on the campus of university the organizers are planning another potentially larger rally on sunday on the streets of the capital city so no signs that theyre going to start to play these protests down the government thinks in a difficult situation now they need to decide whether they crack down on the protest movement which is something theyve not been afraid to do in the past ending it potentially before it becomes much larger all they allow it to continue in the hope that it will eventually fizzle out the danger with that approach of course is that it becomes much larger as i mentioned as just a student protest and potentially attracts people from other 6 sins of thai society and the discussion about the role of the monarchy that we mentioned becomes much broader and therefore it becomes much more difficult for the government and the Security Forces to bring it to an end out zeros way they live in bangkok many thanks indeed way japan is to send a team of experts to riches to help clean up oil which spilled from a japanese vessel in the cause of your show told reporters that japan was ready to respond firmly to the environmental disaster coast guard staff who specialize in the removal of oil will be part of the team. Is under a state of emergency its feared that the spill could cause catastrophic damage to coral reefs in the indian ocean. The commandant of the Japanese Coast Guard instructed them to do the base to provide support on the ground in regards to this incident that is cool is huge inconvenience and trouble to related parties we would like to respond firmly and appropriately while closely watching the development of the situation the u. S. Inspector general says an arms sale to saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates did not break the law last year the trumpet ministration issued of the mergence a declaration to push through an 8000000000. 00 deal without congressional approval President Donald Trump fired the departments then Inspector General steve linnik it was looking into the sale but fitzpatrick is a former Deputy Assistant secretary of state and says little is known about the Inspector Generals full report. Well i think we have to really wait until we can see the full report all we know is one finding that sector pale did not break the law thats a low bar. You know he i assume that the report is very critical of him in other respects breaking the norms breaking the rules breaking the congressional understanding spent ok he didnt break the law im not so surprised by that i think when we see the full report were going to see a much more critical. Explanation of the investigation of what he did linnik was investigating several things that were problematic for secretary of state trump the ourselves to the saudis in the United Arab Emirates was not the most troubling one there was a investigation ongoing of pompei it was use of assistance for personal errands which is a violation of the law if proven and then there was an investigation of the political appointee ambassador to the United Kingdom trying to prevail upon the british authorities to hold the british open in one of trumps golf courses thats a clear ethical violation if proven so those 2 investigations were causing a lot of trouble not just for pompeo but the the british one for the president and you know they couldnt stand it so they fired the Inspector General. Speeches and restaurants are getting close to cuba as lockdown measures are imposed the highest number of corona virus infections in 5 months were reported on sunday were almost 100. 00 businesses reopened last month off the bill just thought they had the outbreak to control. Well the u. S. City of chicago is ordering people coming from corona virus hot spots elsewhere to quarantine for 14 days unlike many other parts of the country it has succeeded in flattening the curve and getting the outbreak under control 0 as john hendren reports. Im standing in illinois and those boats behind me are in wisconsin normally thats a frontier people dont pay a lot of attention to unless youre talking about football rivalries but wisconsin has a relatively high rate of corona virus cases in illinois has a relatively low rate so now wisconsin is one of the more than 20 states from which one must quarantine if you go to chicago so if you cross that border and you come back down the coast about an hour to chicago you have to spend 14 days in quarantine and for many people on both sides of this frontier thats a nuisance its a good idea it can help. Bring the number of cases down. And if youve been kind of quarantined with family i dont think you should be you know have to quarantine yourself just doesnt make a lot of sense as the 3rd largest city in the u. S. Chicago attracts a lot of business and tourism travelers and it is enforcing its quarantine unlike new york city which actually has some quarantine checks at the city limits chicagos using social media so if you come on the citys radar either through Contact Tracing say or perhaps by testing positive the city will look through your social media and if theres a recent picture say from disney world in florida you will be fined the fine start at one to 500 a day and its 7000. 00. Or 120000 protests and social distancing of law schools to launch. Earlier this month politicians say that elements of the far right and left a trying to generate resentment of the Governments Health policies when it came reports. A sunny day and protestors are on the streets they believe the fundamental freedoms are under threat. From the measures in place to prevent. Marches like this have been occurring sporadically for some considerable time most notably the start of the month. Between these political extremes is the feeling that ministers are acting beyond their constitutional powers for example that was all the fault of our demand is basically going back to democracy away with these laws that have been imposed on us away with the masks that make us slaves the protestors are made up of many different groups some from the far left of society some from the far right one author says what unites this otherwise disunited group is a deep distrust of what they regard as mainstream politicians Mainstream Media and mainstream science these people are kind of. Lost for normal debate because they dont believe in the scientific facts anymore and as we all know its impossible to do like virological experiments in your home kitchen to prove it kind of so this is a very troubling situation specially in the pandemic the people who protested here on the 1st of august were trying to highlight what they consider are infringements of their personal freedoms caused by the anti corona measures and yet paradoxically one unexpected effect of their protests is that now there are some senior politicians here in berlin and around the country actively considering whether they need to reduce those basic freedoms even further to try to prevent a 2nd wave of corona. Certainly in the state which has suffered the most infections and there is the authorities face an ethical dilemma. I was and we want to protect peoples freedom to express themselves but they need to respect the social distancing rules and wear masks theyre promoting nonsensical messages but if the rules are broken this cannot be accepted the ministerial mantra jurong this pandemic has been to follow the science to trust that the experts who advise them know best opinion polls suggest the vast majority of germans agree but some among the minority who dont are taking to the streets to show it whatever the consequences of their actions dominic cain aljazeera. Just ahead. In sports well hear from a tennis player who suffered a heart scare during her return to professional action. And again trying to support his athlete thank you so much i did all the top seeds in the n. B. A. Is western conference found an unlikely game winner on monday not got the l. A. Lakers over the line against the Denver Nuggets Le Bron James out on points and 12 assists for the lakers claim that a 3 game losing streak but it was 3 points that would. Less than half a 2nd on the clock that saw them security won 242121 victory the playoffs begin next monday. Which is likely to get better no matter who is on the floor you are telling. Get a rhythm going to the playoffs. We need to work on their furniture and i know you know we want to work to help us get better. You know so im a going to get worse and thats really good to get to get a win again. In the Dallas Mavericks pulled off their biggest comeback in more than 4 years they recovered from a 22 point 3rd quarter deficit against the utah jazz the mavericks eventually winning 1222145 the mavericks and the jazz already secured their playoff spots. Now Serena Williams returns to action for the 1st time in 6 months the womens tour is holding its 1st u. S. Competition since the coronavirus locked down i was number 15 jan a concert suffered heart palpitations just minutes into her 1st round match against the czech republics maria cova the person needed some medical attention before being cleared to carry on she ended up losing in straight sets. Its feet under stressful situations its been on the actual no stress situation so. We dont know to be honest its one of those things that you need to kind of catch moments and be able to record in measuring rain which you havent been able to just think its it really has been sporadic and it its rarely happened d when someone beats by leverkusen series the Europa League semifinals in so winning is once a warning to all of the games are being played in germany behind closed doors knock out games have a place to like sars because of the disruption caused by covered 9 same i dont see an extra time for bring a phenomena saw Manchester United beating f. C. Copenhagen united have already lost so semifinals this season in the english f. A. And league cups. I kid could say we need to be more clinical in. Games so delighted that were through and all the semifinal for this team and now the next challenge is to go once that food or hopefully when the last one is well and premier League Champions liverpool have signed the Great International costa cynicus in a 15000000 dollar deal for a 1000000 p. R. Cos the defender has just won the great talking with his club the new premier League Season gets underway on september the 12th. Now uniting behind the hash tag we want supplying Many American College Footballers are aiming to save the season the Mountain West the middle american conferences have already called off the seasons juta coronavirus 2 of the Biggest College competitions has had to have made things like this she states decide if play can begin a schedule next month leading players taking to social media so everyone involved to follow Health Guidelines going to mars means your job is safe in this season thats why im here thats why im back i dont care about worried about dont care about me so is this and i know somebody young guys theyre mad they might not get it but for me it would be a bit of us all to work out putting it this is easy sacrifice you know youre going to think about that we go out there the club you know just put yourself at risk you put that same with coaches there must be even a reason i and i can have that. U. S. Colleges are a breeding ground for huge number of professional athletes around 85 percent of the n. F. L. Is made up of players whove come through the College System there are 5 big conferences that organized the highest level of collegiate football in the u. S. None have yet counseled seasons College Football brings in around 7000000000. 00 of revenue every year many coaches want the seasons to. We feel and i feel 100 percent certain that the safest place for our players in regards to coronavirus is right here where theyre structure where theres testing where theres medical supervision where they have motivation to make smart decisions to stay away from the virus because if they dont theyre going to lose what they love and lose their opportunity to play football. Travis again underlined his value to the l. A. Angels trotted into home runs as think angels ended our clinical 9 game when run he now has 6 home runs and 11 r. V. Eyes in his last 7 games buster trust signed a deal worth 426000000. 00 the richest deal in the history of baseball. Ok plenty more for me through the day without a sound your sports is looking for a trip and in many thanks indeed and that is where the news hour grinds to a halt because the news never stops get a dog back if youre just few moments to update you all so you get by with. Frank assessments seeing that. Theres. Like links with this its an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls on the order me a region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of the use of proxy because not everything the interest of the libyan people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. This underwater treasure is a risk of disappearing due to coral bleaching caused by rising temperatures. Great. Strain the eric eric. Here is an Industry Based we instantly if we have another. Of these. Continue. 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