And israel. And find out why the son of angolas former president has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. The president of belarus is says people should get back to work and the interior minister is apologizing for the treatment of demonstrators but thousands of factory workers have gone on strike its day 6 of protests over last sundays disputed president ial election now the workers are from some of the largest state run factories and theyre joining a growing movement which once Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power hundreds of protesters have been released but nearly 7000 people have been held since sunday in a violent crackdown that seen many beaten and tortured. As appeared on state t. V. A few hours ago warning that those on strike. Might not be paid. People must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just today. When opposition candidate. Has fled to neighboring lithuania and shes calling for International Help to set up talks with bela lugosi in a forest things and she also wants her supporters to join peaceful protests this weekend. We need to stop the violence on the streets of the russian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful mass invest in each town on the 15th and 16th of august we want you Foreign Ministers are holding a special meeting in brussels to discuss possible sanctions against belarus will start vasant is a lie for us in minsk step lets talk about those protests 1st of all the opposition calling for peaceful protests whats the mood there. Peaceful protest thats exactly exactly whats happening here right at the Independence Square in minsk and the crowds are swelling here by the minute this all started because workers from a tractor factory in the outskirts of minsk left their factory when they were on strike marched through the city center and then asked others to join in which they did so they ended up here which and initially lead to quite a tense situation because they were marching towards the building then suddenly military police came out so people really scared what they were going to do but then very surprisingly soldiers put down their shields which led to very emotional scenes with women hugging them and people really crying because you have to remember of course that many here have been living under their way and rule for more than 2 decades so where this is going to lead nobody knows but it getting bigger and bigger. This is really the key isnt it because theres a but weve seen so much violence over the last few days going by the crowds that i can see behind you obviously a very different different atmosphere there but the key is how the military and the Security Forces are going to respond to all of this is not exactly the worse some special forces they were here before so there was some scare as well as the square fearing a not correct down but then they left and thats when people started coming in so it seems to be really a different strategy for at least for now by the government to not crackdown on peaceful protests right now and what you also see that there are some cracks appearing in the look of gene with people in his inner circle but also people from a prominent professions always signing saying they dont want to support this regime anymore so the gesture that the government has made by releasing around 2000 detainees of the nearly 7000 have been detained its not helping very much also because the people who came out of the Detention Centers came out with awful Horror Stories as you can see in a report. Of torture and abuse inside crammed Detention Centers due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. The Violent Police crackdown on mainly Peaceful Protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the local schank us former supporters the call for him to step down has resonated around. The detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to taint even if you just came out of a shop to see whats going on you got detained. I was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs and let you go the fact that im here now its clear what i chose. To call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around belarus after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the street and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. When. My son is a student at the Law Department hes not an alcoholic more a drug addict i dont want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country its very can the 21st century if they dont stop it will burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. If you think. You got. Around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what Government Troops have done to their own people serving Police Officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he wont follow what he calls criminal orders to use violent. Any longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers at the square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protests and to release all those who have exercised this right the protests police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears but. We want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end. Well stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country. Joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems to confuse. Why look might have been able to silence belorussians for many years this time to have to scold him for 23 turn to them. Many here at the. Sky as did new president and to herself has now offered to government to have a dialogue about this Transitional Government as she says because she considers herself a widow with 60 to 70 percent of the vote but so far not responded to this offer steadfast in his life for us in minsk in belarus i want to bring in a sling of the case is the foreign minister of lithuania which shares a border with bellows and is joining us on skype from vali thank you very much indeed for giving us your time on aljazeera sir we appreciate it the president of lithuania has been saying that hes prepared to open his countrys borders to people from belarus should they wish to leave and he supports plans for a Cooperation Council to manage a transition of power given the fact that belarus has been under an authoritarian government for 2 decades why is lithuania deciding to step in not 0. No we decided to step in since very beginning basically we cannot. Watch him play as the events in the neighborhood but since its neighborhood we cannot be indifferent and thats all we have so this dialogue with neighbors very complicated i would say oh approach of the quite selective segments where we can find added value and progress and there are issues where even in this economy and now we see this crisis and great as it was because of the actions of supporting this and they are already beyond any for d this because they are finally violations of human rights that were violently quilp it and possibly even crime committed against the civilian population thats something we cannot say sign of. Given the fact that we are beginning upon and think to see some cracks in the look of shankar government the 1st weve seen for many years plus of course the change in attitude of some parts of the military how strong is the argument on the indeed the accusation that countries like lithuania could be simply being opportunistic and taking advantage of the situation the cracks in the look at shanghai government. I dont know how we can put to question like this because its nothing oh put in this because they said it 1st the full what we have demanding but a simple things to release those that danes also also to stop violence and start sounds quite the but the start the dialogue with old people old citizens they need not much by the way they were not aggressive they were not the measuring window so warning parents but d the force used against them was the to eliminate it and that would remain some races in the future and thats if it meant that it worked so when i have no intention whatsoever even if so or right there in the mean and domestic appearance of that what we what we have thought here has no borders and theres a tension and at the same time happening in europe in the open and thats why we discussed this issue also the day the Oil Ministers of European Union are still admit it meeting we have seen of course the violence of recent days upon a plea has calmed down were seeing live pictures from the center of minsk outside the Government Office of the moment the crowd is very calm it does seem to be a peaceful protest in the event that the violence starts again how far is lithuania prepared to go. Ringback to say to get the police i was just saying that the moment we have up to this point the violence appears to have calmed im were seeing live pictures from minsk and they appear to be peaceful protests there but in the event that we do see a repeat of the violent protests in the violence i should say that weve seen in the country how far is lithuania prepared to go. Its not just getting it prepared to go we have to go collectively International Community European Union so. We are here action collective action sent here we go to prepare. Get the televisual measures against those responsible. For this excessive use of course. Also we discussed with you need to establish special fund. Themself oppression. Back up but also maybe it. Will support those who suffered because of the suppression. So we discussed political measures not just assessing situation. In this election. And on the market i think but also we have. Relations that. We appreciate your time and ill just say thank you very much indeed appreciate it. Indias coronavirus death toll has overtaken britains to become the 4th highest in the world behind the United States brazil and mexico the number of fatalities has now crossed 48000 theres been another single day record increase in cases with nearly 65000 new infections reported in the past 24 hours and the government says the situation is improving despite criticism over low testing rates. In the philippines schools wont reopen until vaccine tests begin president to go to territories as face to face classes are likely to resume in october thats when the Clinical Trials of a vaccine by russia just start in the country and ella and 4 surrounding provinces are back on lockdown after an infection rate surged at least 2400. 00 people have died their. North Korean Leader kim jong un has lifted a lockdown in a major city near the border with south korea the area was sealed off after pyongyang said a defector had returned from the south showing coronavirus symptoms kim jong un says his government plans to keep its borders shut and hes insisted any kind of foreign aid will be rejected. Still ahead on aljazeera we meet a group of black americans who say theyve left racism and division behind to settle in west africa. Hello that mostly hot and dry across much of the middle east the winds have been fairly brisk more dust and sand in the forecast and also a little cloud along these coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula but it should be dry ice and he calls into yemen there is a chance of an afternoon shot but not as heavy as we have same but look at this is dust really being kicked up and really funneled along way south across into areas assadi insight you cross into areas of castle as well the as we go through sunday that sundin does still very much in the air time which is a little been hiring 47 degrees but lower in doha 38. 00 but probably fading very humid without 38. 00 degrees celsius and all the while it stays warm across the eastern end of the mediterranean some heavy downpours across central areas of africa in fact the next couple days nigeria out towards gonna thats where the heavy rains will be and of course the usual showers and thunderstorms northern sections of the d. L. C. Across into uganda and then into south africa more showers working their way through cape town on tools Port Elizabeth the winds quite strong along the coast and then on sunday more showers as well 3 will central and southern areas of the towns and a bit those conditions down into the south it a little bit cool slightly in cape town temperatures below the average but it doesnt prove through monday and she say and staying cool import lizabeth with scattered showers. Frank assessments what are you saying back in yemen the 60 percent of the new poll of relations why do we see if this is an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many calls or the only a region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy because not the present the enters the bill of your people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Youre watching out to see a reminder of our top stories this hour crowds are back on the streets in belarus for a 6th day of protests over the disputed president ial election and a Violent Police crackdown a meeting of e. U. Foreign ministers is underway with song calling for sanctions on the government. More than 48000 people have now died from corona virus in india making it the country with the 4th highest number of fatalities the government says the situation is improving despite criticism over low testing rains. Irans foreign minister says western countries shouldnt require political change in lebanon as a precondition for providing emergency aid just as any if hes visiting beirut after an explosion devastated the city more than a week ago western leaders have said aid will go directly to the lebanese people and not to the government until reforms take place iran backs the powerful Hezbollah Group that helped form the lebanese government which resigned in the face of demonstrations demanding a political overhaul and by roads hospitals are struggling to cope in the aftermath of that explosion 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the city a still not functioning leaving the lebanese capital with a major shortage of hospital beds Bernard Smith reports from new life to near death in the blink of an. This is the Maternity Unit of said georges hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. On the 9th floor Omar Abu Murat 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i opened my eyes and he looked at u. T. At 1st i he was screaming his heart out. Had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i dont. Im here dont be afraid omar says. Get out im scared thats your. Beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running at that point the very next thing i wanted to do was just put some shoes on because theres debris everywhere theres glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at u. D. C. It and he was barefoot as well they must standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case in the i. C. U. And all in this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough it is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see their parents or dying or in the very particular case dr newman has 110 child Cancer Patients with his unit damaged hes been driving across lebanon trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another 25. 00 Health Facilities are not functional according to the World Health Organization theres also been a surge in corona virus and thats a particular risk for child Cancer Patients with compromised immune at. Lebanons hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff and to this day its been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids. But i mean even they come and speak to us about it its everywhere everybodys talking about its on t. V. Its everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that happens we still get our own time where we are very very. I mean its very painful. Yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy hes getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon hell Bernard Smith aljazeera beirut the u. S. Department of justice says it sees iranian fuel from 4 times headed to venezuela it claims its the biggest ever such seizure well lets go straight to alan fischer whos live for us in washington d. C. What else is the d. O. J. Saying about this allan. Well trying to stage together what has happened here we believe that the americans were keeping an eye on a convoy of 7 iranian ships some of them were state ships some of them hired specifically with the task according to the apartment of justice of moving oil to venezuela it seems that on the 2nd of july the u. S. Government went to court and said that they want to permission to seize 4 of the vessels because they believe that the deal to sell oil d to venezuela was set up by a man who had links to the Republican Guard which of course is designated by the u. S. Government as a terrorist organization and so therefore they claimed that they were within their rights under International Law and also the International Agreements on embargoes in iran to carry out that interdiction it seems that they managed to divest these 4 ships away from the other 3 theyre no on their way to we are told the 4 ships were called the belle of the bering the panday and the luna and on board was 1160000 barrels of oil know the u. S. Will see this is a major victory 1st of all because of the price venezuela of oil but more significantly and more importantly as part of the u. S. Policy of maximum pressure means that iran will be deprived of any oil revenues that would have been gained by selling this oil to the venezuelans there is one problem to deal with it does have alan which is that iran of course is denying that their oil is theirs which is exactly why were coaching in terms of allegedly had given israel or allegedly sending oil to the venezuelans the Iranian Ambassador to venezuela has been speaking he says look the key says we simply went sailing to the venezuelans because they dont need to oil. No quarrel or not and with no right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refinerys us officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media i ask you who is the bigger victim of terrorism the u. S. Or iraq. So as i say the ships on the way in texas there they will be met by u. S. Officials but this isnt the end of this story because the u. S. Government still has to go back to court to justify what they are alleging and then the court has to decide what happens to the oil if it is sold off then it will go to the victims of state sponsored Terrorism Fund but at the moment the u. S. Government still has to prove its case so theres another court date somewhere in the future thanks allan thats alan fischer live for us in washington d. C. Turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians have been protesting about the deal in occupied East Jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the al aqsa mosque compound after fighting prayers sometimes on pictures of Abu Dhabis Crown prince muhammad to be desired and the emirates and flag are a force that is in west jerusalem with reaction and more than that protest unlike some mosque. It was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u. S. A. s point in carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the attitude he had to at least publicly if not in the background policy having a resolution in the Israeli Palestinian conflict known as ation with the arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron in the south of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u. S. Should not have gone along with this from the u. A. E. Perspective what theyre saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued the occupied west bank from a stretch of imminent and station of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel thats seen very different it goes in ramallah which is where the palestinian issue appears headquartered they say this is israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions its will to the palestinians and all those top court has sentenced the son of former president jose a probable son sauce to 5 years in prison if in the middle of the sun close has been found guilty of embezzlement and fraud have been in charge of angolas 5000000000. 00 Sovereign Wealth Fund during his fathers rule that it was linked to a 500000000. 00 trans fat that have been made to an overseas account in 2017 so therefore c. N. N. As a political analyst and former columnist at the new africa magazine he says the sentencing shows the president s commitment to fighting corruption in the country. The pressure. From the global friends of such is the 2nd largest or producer on the docket for. The countries up. Rather do they need that they need. To save the sections of our critic from our place as opposed to be emphatic to the earth is do that that is that they have a lot of caracas are the ones with corruption are a good many of the things that move ahead they need to change but i think this is something the Service Sector is not of all the coarseness leaders and red brand that. Had to do to be the head of operations so operation Wealth Creation in one if you got it is a brother to the president somebody who was that Public Opinion 10 years ago so i think the president realizes they need to go through the interest of their. Black americans are being invited to migrate to west african countries ghana and senegal are encouraging them to settle explore and invest and met someone who said they wanted to me very says the division behind in the u. S. And i know a certain looks you know snow i know what the person is thinking and go back to africa. In the insult africanamericans julissa georgian cops really heard it calling a move to senegal as capital deckard to find an escape from the racial tensions in the divisive politics at home in america people are like oh go back to africa why. You dont got to always look look to the corner. Theres like a sense of like i dont know welcoming really warm you know just like everyone looks at you and theyre like you look like me. Maybe this is home maybe this is the land where we come in and we make it just like what america what is the your return an invitation from west african countries like senegal in ghana to americans of african descent to settle in invest in the continent government says hundreds of American Families have settled in the country thanks to the. Nation maybe due to the specific situation in the u. S. But i think people need to be divisive and they can find Common Ground where everybody can celebrate you know. The citys replacing street names in the French Colonial figures with african personalities while politicians argue over whose likeness should replace them it seems young people have already made up their minds repeating these are legal and theyre normally used to depict muslim religious figures look at this what its called black excellence you can find Stokely Carmichael Harriet Tubman nina simone tammi smith even george floyd africanamericans that have affected the history of not just the United States but africa as well and so no one can you find them on the streets theyre also taught in schools as part of the history curriculum. Its this that prompted 17 year old miriams family to move from atlanta so that she could attend one of the africanamerican schools of the city where pups really teaches arts and representation like learning about columbus in the us and learning about columbus here it was completely different back to us they kind of praised him a bit in there like he discovered in america all these great things and when i came over here my history teacher said terrible this man was and this was new to me i was like oh oh no. Settling in west africa they have found a new home discovered a side of themselves they had not seen before too often overlooked. Deckard. This is are just the reviews of the top stories mass protests are being held in belo cities capital despite attempts to calm people following a disputed election the Antigovernment Movement is growing thousands of workers from somewhere below says largest factories going on strike president alexander look sanka is now urging battle scenes to get back to work or risk not getting paid. The bush. People must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just 2 days irans foreign minister says western countries shouldnt require political change in lebanon as a precondition for providing emergency aid judds relief is visiting beirut after an explosion devastated the city more than a week ago western leaders have said aid will go directly to the lebanese people and not to the government until reforms take place turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians have been protesting about the deal 7. The son of angolas former president jose had brought the dos santos has been sentenced to 5 years in prison hosting for the men of the sun plus was found guilty of embezzlement and fraud even in charge of angolas a 5000000000. 00 Sovereign Wealth Fund during his fathers rule the verdict was linked to a 500000000. 00 transfer that had been made to an overseas account in 2017 those are the headlines the news continues here on our visitor after inside story good bye for now. A bottle for northern mozambique i solidify to say theyre in control of horse post a major gas projects thousands have been killed and displaced in years of instability so is this the start of a new wave of violence this is it. Hello welcome to the program on him or on current Government Forces in mozambique fighting to read
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