Postal Service Changes are put on hold after accusations they would sabotage the president ial election. So a coup attempt is unfolding in mali and just as we go here where president abraham has arrived on television we believe he is resigning well listen and we have a translation. By by. Both in this country. By i had. All but we never know what can happen in. Because of the bad. The worst if today. That the elements of. That intervention assess. Do i really have a choice. Its me i do know which any blood to be shed. I went to the bridge. In thanking the money and if so. Yes. Sanctions. Could save me that might a session to give up my job. From now on. And with all the legal places he should be the session of the National Assembly and last of the government. Being a human. Body. We have no hatreds. Because anyone from my country. Thank god for service. Apologies 1st of all i know the sound quality wasnt great they were having a foreign translation over the. French translation over the phone but that was abraham and now the former president of mali he has resigned he said we hold some of that i do not wish any blood to be shed and i thank the mali in people for their support over the years now this of course follows a coup attempt or at least a military out rising an Army Munition a which happened earlier in the day the president and the Prime Minister within detained by the army and now. Its about midnight its about 1 in the morning in bamako now and these the latest pictures from mali and television of president abraham announcing his resignation well this of course plunges mali deeper in crisis months of protests demanding the president step down demonstrators had blamed him for corruption and for not doing enough to contain the fighters linked to al qaeda and we have a report now obviously this was filed before the news weve just heard but it does give you some background to the situation in mali neve baka reports. Hundreds of government protesters poured into the streets of the capital bamako some ransacking and burning government offices. They were responding to reports of an intervention in the countrys troubled politics and the rest of president abraham. And Prime Minister. Troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come out to help our soldiers get rid of the president. We are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government. Soldiers were patrolling the streets of the garrison town of cutty 15 kilometers from the capital where there were earlier reports of gunfire at a military base its believed mutinying soldiers rounded up a number of senior officials a 2012 uprising of the base opened the way to cait his presidency prompting reports of another coup attempt. If its a coup detat its the peace thanks putin to end this regime everything is being done peacefully as a member of the Opposition Movement i thank them. There were reports that a small number of the National Guard to military facility. Pay to speak of French Military source said discussions are taking place between. The me to me is. The president has faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure after disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year sways of the country already outside the control of the government the struggle to contain an insurgency thats claimed thousands of lives the failure to end that conflict has led to a. Growing frustration with peytons rule needs aljazeera. Right to that report from naved baka giving you some of the background to whats been happening in mali in the last few minutes we have had the resignation of president abraham but because kate this is him speaking on mali and Television Just a moment ago mohamed homiletic is on the line for us now a journalist in bamako mohamad thanks for your time what does this mean now whos in charge. Now i think the all missing child presently just resign now i was in the restaurant watching that and everybody was happy to go but never by living side because this is no that situation people like to happen. Since this afternoon there is a big confusion between people here because some people think that 1st of all security and other people think has been really arrested and this is done in concert right now and you think just too many talk to say here is d and they will also resign the National Assembly which it was the source of the problems is the big into all of this the constitution although not in population this couple of months now so all the unrest that weve seen in mali for the past few weeks do you think it will settle down now the army will take control for sure for sure d the army is in charge and we dont know but since now they didnt suck and it is a nazi maybe they have a plane to dont take the power almost nobody can say anything until maybe to the rest of the night or tomorrow morning but for now they didnt say anything the president mr president they are with the army all cutty which is the big compound of mali. There was a move today mohammed by a coauthor of the west african blog today and they made some pretty big calls they said they were going to shut mollys borders they want to cut off finances and also i guess that now has to go into some sort of negotiation yes im sure its already confirmed because we saw the letters they write a letter is that theyre going to cut all the relationship will not only the borders airport everything and its even going to make i dont know for sure going to have a new person d then have a new talk but for a now they dont know whos going to talk to we because we dont know whos in charge we are human and yes sir but we dont have any confirmation who was in charge up to now and then eventually molly would have to look to some sort of election as well i guess this is going to. Show us who is the political power in mali and who is popular with the people because all weve heard is about how unpopular the brains of the country to once it is today the only competent people would have been involved in mali if it did go then why deliver on the m 5. All the protests started a couple months ago. All these people today. Well there is very well. But he only said he doesnt want to be charge 5. Hes a monk so now well see if what youre going to do it feels wrong to try to put someone in his place or are you going to change you know we dont know mohammed thank you for your time i know its lights there in mali so we appreciate your time on this story mohammed home of there has been on the line the man you see on screen is former mali and president abraham he has resigned just moments ago saying that he would step down that was following his detention by members of the army mutinied that it happened earlier they had taken the Prime Minister and the president and detained them now the president bowing to the pressure of the street and resigning we would say that the army is in charge now but as mohamed was just saying to us no confirmation and no one from the army has actually spoken about who is in charge and what will happen Going Forward its about 1 in the morning in mali at the moment i believe possibly later than that so we will keep an eye on developments as they happen right now well move on to some other news in an International Tribunal backed by the United Nations has found a member of hezbollah guilty over the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister rafik hariri it took 15 years and a 1000000000. 00 for the judges to reach their conclusion but none of the suspects was ever arrested in a hotel without a report from beirut. This special tribunal for lebanon reached its verdict in the trial of 4 hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister rafiq ahead e. D. And 21. 00 others ayyash was found guilty the 3 others were acquitted because the circumstantial evidence was not Strong Enough to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored how d. D. Months before his death that went silent following his murder. Had a son saad himself a former Prime Minister was in the court in the hague for the judgement he welcomed the verdict vowing not to rest until punishment was served and calling on hezbollah to cooperate. With them in the name of the leaders family the martyr Rafique Hariri and in the name of all the families of martyrs and victims we accept the courts ruling and wish but justice to be served to be clear that we are not giving up our plot right. Judges did say there wasnt enough evidence to prove direct involvement by hezbollahs leadership or the Syrian Government which was in control of lebannon at the time of the murder they did note i asked his affiliation to the group and his communication with must have a better deal in a known hezbollah commander who died in mysterious circumstances in syria in 2016 its going to be very difficult for the last speaker to be that it. Was high. Well its carried out. Without any kind of green light. From the syrian regime. Hezbollah secretary general has long denied any role in the massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago its not clear how he will respond to saad call to cooperate but has repeatedly vowed never to hand over the suspects. We dont feel concerned by the tribunals decisions for us it will be as if no decision was ever announced if our brothers are unjustly sentenced as we expect we will maintain their innocence. The former Prime Ministers killing tour Lebanon Society apart he was considered the leader of the muslims and the community whose assassin belongs to a shiite group the verdict is unlikely to heal divisions theres been political instability since killing it was also followed by a series of assassinations that targeted anti Syrian Government figures in the country since then the Political Landscape changed the balance of power favors hezbollah and its allies which control political and military power but some see an opportunity to solve the latest political crisis. Saw hariri called on hezbollah to sacrifice the same way he and his group sacrificed and this somehow opens the doors for settling political issues the court which can only accuse individuals didnt tie has a bonus leadership to the murder but it indirectly implicated it leading many to believe the verdict could either set the stage for further instability or and years of confrontation that followed the assassination. Rafik hariri son spoke to us earlier and said he is disappointed the court couldnt place blame directly on hezbollahs leadership. The court as as you know very well that its mandated cannot it can only go after individuals is very clear its mandate is limited to individuals not parties or states even if they are sponsoring terrorism it is Crystal Clear that they were very there they were quite limited also of course that they were handling with the with the actual. Site of the of the of the explosion which made it even more difficult to have final conclusion on that but its just a clear that in direct evidence shows that. That its a political assassination and one they spoke clearly about the sort of meeting of bristol and. Just a meeting where a fee less a show and supported. The withdrawal of syrian troops and the disarmament of the militias and at the time who was left as his body and all the meeting between him and when he did my limit at the time when he told him you know quote unquote im 3 quarters opposition and one quarter of not and he said syria cannot totally ban on forever. More of the days news in a moment a preview of the 2nd night of the Democratic National convention featuring some of the more influential political figures of recent history an update from the white house shortly and also gazas only power plant is shut down leaving 2000000. 00 people with only 4 hours of electricity a day. Hello this is no rains of pappy up again list line here and also the weather down in the South China Sea is peppy up with this tropical depression which will strengthen a little bit might become a proper Tropical Storm heads towards the coast a grand old just a bit to the west and thatll cause a great deal of rain there will be floods from that but there also be floods and this of course you notice some movement its leaving sichuan its going further into china is leaving beijing heading further south so be rain also i think for north korea and this is maybe the start of the return to the seasonal rain back is gone as funnels that can do its got to go south with sun but in the meantime still nice and warm in the still with some of the heat wave in japan fact the all time record was equal yesterday and were pretty close anyway as a soccer 47. 00 degrees so were seeing the slow end of the weight season. And that means this should all go to be going south as well well it is there are showers now in borneo for the south and they were but for the time being apart from sketching a shastri job and sort of way see its not a particularly were looking picture nice true also for Peninsular Malaysia for the monsoon rains well they to a study coming south but its a slow process. Of. Progress. For a serious mistake. Artificial intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better for words. In a new documentary aljazeera explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data for data on aljazeera. Oh. So the breaking news on al jazeera this hour malis president abraham has appeared on state television and resigned he was detained by soldiers who staged a coup the Prime Minister had also been detained no word on whats happened to him the west African Regional bloc had already ordered the closure of borders with mali the African Union and the e. U. Condemning those arrests and the Security Council called an emergency meeting as well. The u. N. Backs court has convicted a member of the armed Group Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanons former Prime MinisterRafik Hariri Salim Jimmy i was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia but the other 3 were acquitted. The government in better roosts has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to step down more workers have also walked out on strike as demonstrators held the 10th straight day of protests. They insist last weeks president ial election was rigged on the per day of the jailed Opposition Leader take on a ski orders rally outside the prison where he has been held since may. Have appeared all this flagrant injustice and lawlessness shows how this decaying system works where one person controls everything or it will give my husband sergei to kind of ski and other Political Prisoners are sitting in jail but hes calling on you to not sit idly by to do what you can to make a free country. Well for us president bill clinton will headline the 2nd day of the Democratic National convention an event being carried out virtually with concerns for Public Health of course because of the coronavirus state who focuses on leadership it features speeches from former secretary of state john kerry and former 2nd Lady Jill Biden the wife of the democrats presumptive nominee joe so lets talk to an official whos at the white house tonight allan after the well the big opening day women shell obamas speech resonated so much thats a big act to follow. Well big night tonight for joe biden of course because it is the role call of the states he will become the official nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States its always one of the big set pieces of the convention sometimes a lot of fun as each individual state grabs their moment in the spotlight normally delivers a very short speech in support of the can do that will be done differently this time of course because its burchill but by the end of it joe biden will be the oldest nominee ever to run for one of the 2 Major Political parties in the United States is going to be an interesting evening as you say were here from john kerry former secretary of state but also former democratic president ial candidate himself he failed to win election we will hear from jill biden well also hear from some of the Younger Generation of the Democratic Party theres going to be 17 very short speeches from people who are regarded as the future for the democrats including alexandria keshia cortez not a name you might recognize but its a name that is well no no in the United States because the right wing media have tended to make her some sort of boogie figure she is part of the socalled squad a group of progressive people in congress who are pushing forward with what many would consider an agenda to the left of the center of the Democratic Party she has only been given around one minute we will also hear from former president S Jimmy Carter and also bill clinton someone who has a punchy history and conventions he has in the past that lit up the place but also when he was the governor of arkansas and was speaking at the convention and said and finally he monies to revoke a round of applause because in going on for so long well no chance of happening this time he is being restricted to just 5 minutes and theres going to be a continuing theme here as well because were going to hear from cindy mccain who is the wife of john mccain he of course was a republican icons. Former republican president ial nominee and shes going to talk about his. Friendship with joe biden and also we will hear from colin powell former republican secretary of state is going to give his fucking job. Plenty big names to watch out for thank you alan fischer at the white house there meanwhile u. S. Democrats say they will press ahead with a bill to prevent changes to the u. S. Postal Service Despite assurances that cost cutting plans are being suspended the postmaster general has halted some changes following a public outcry about the potential impact on the president ial election president obama trumpet warned of a vote by mail fraud but last week he even admitted blocking Postal Service funding that would allow it to deal with a surge in ballots democrats say legislation is still needed. And mike hanna in washington d. C. Thats the thing isnt it even though the postmaster general says yes ill do this theres just not enough trust in washington guess thats why the democrats are pushing ahead. Indeed the key word to use the commercial was suspended because thats what has been announced by the postmaster general and thats not a good enough for the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who says that this just means that no more changes are going to be made it does not mean that what has already happened will be reversed she says that the house is going ahead with a meeting on saturday calling all members back from recess to pass a bill that will move the Postal Service back to what it was on the 1st of january this year before lewiston made took over as postmaster general so theres still dissatisfaction on congress and its increasingly bipartisan the Senate Oversight committee has now called on the postmaster general to appear before it this friday hes also appearing before the Democratic House committee on a monday so hes going to get a grilling in congress and certainly what the democrats are going to be are asking is how did he get the job in the 1st place hes a noted republican donor and in february he gave his last the nation to the Trump Campaign more than a quarter of a 1000000. 00 he was appointed to the position of postmaster general by the board of governors in may so questions from the democrats are going to be how did he get this job is it undue influence is it a case of trump patronage forcing the board of governors to appoint him to the job so a lot still happen in the days ahead then of course theres still that great concern about the impact this will have on the Postal Service during that november election really important issues and thank you mike hanna in washington d. C. South korean authorities are trying to find hundreds of worshippers from a church at the center of a Virus Outbreak it comes as new caps are being placed on both outdoor and indoor gatherings 3 digit day rises in new cases for 5 days in a row at least 450 infections have been linked to the. Church whose members took part in a mass rally against restrictions of the weekends. A rocket attack on Independence Day in afghanistan has killed at least 3 people including a child at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district in the capital kabul and it is not yet known exactly who fired them gazas only power station has shut down threatening further electricity cuts for 2000000. 00 Palestinians Israel close the border cutting off imports of diesel which fills the station israeli restriction is one of several in response to incendiary balloon launchers and rocket fire from the besieged strip are a force that has our report from west jerusalem. Even before Tuesday Morning in the shutdown of the only power station gazas 2000000 people were dealing with an acute shortage of electricity the Maximum Capacity was a little more than a 3rd of the 500 megawatt demand and now the shortfall has got worse. But that there will be the winners in stopping the fuel supply means losing the 63. 00 mic whats that the gas a power station produces which means losing a 3rd of the power we have the previous time time was 6 hours on end 10 hours off now we can provide 3 to 4 hours only. Israel stop delivery of the diesel fuel to generate the electricity last week as part of its latest round of tensions with hamas gazas ruling faction. How mass is resumed its tactic of launching balloons carrying incendiary and explosive materials into israeli territory. Theyve also been what it calls night disturbances along the border fence and rocket launches into israel israel has carried out nightly as strikes as well as barring all but humanitarian cargo closing off the seat of Fishing Vessels and stopping fuel deliveries its a blow to economy already on its knees with unemployment surging and 55 percent of People Living below the poverty line causes oldest ice cream marie was already restricted by the power shortages to using just one of its 7 production lines now its owner says its time to shut up shop. Oh ill send my workers home and shut down the factory 4 hours arent enough because you need 2 hours at least to call the machines before starting the production process it also means that the distributors will stop buying my products because they dont have enough electricity to store the ice cream the power shortage brings with it an environmental cost to affecting Water Supplies desalination plants and treatment of waste water the west worked out as one of the most important problems that we are facing and they got it 3 men will be will be. To the lowest level discharging more than 120000 overalls their ways to the sea water and the beaches of the gaza fed directly with out in the treatment thats the equivalent of 50 olympic sized pool every day at a time of year when gazas residents look to the seaside as a place to relax and cool off an egyptian delegation traveled from gaza to israel on monday reportedly with a list of demands from hamas for the fulfillment of what it says israeli commitments on easing the blockade and allowing for improvements to the infrastructure and economy of the gaza strip such external mediation efforts have worked in the past but usually only once the situation is deteriorating more with greater levels of violence that we. So far this time aljazeera west jerusalem. The top stories on aljazeera this hour in fact breaking news from mali where president abraham to has appeared on state television and announced his resignation had been detained by soldiers who staged a coup with the Prime Minister also detained. This will give blood to be spilled to keep me in power and thats why i would like to think a 1000000 people for their warmth and i am telling you now that im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the government. Before the resignation theyd been Widespread International condemnation to developments in mali the west African Regional bloc eco was ordered borders to be closed and the un Security Council called an emergency meeting. With more from. Apart from the Border Closure of the course also in a Statement Issued this evening ordered the suspension of all financial flows between mali and other West African States it suspending mali from its Decision Making body and also imposing sanctions on those who executed the coup so these are some of the key decisions in that. Statement by of course late this evening and if these these decisions have been implemented by me which is likely im not locked country would be in for a very very tough time so there are the headlines and a u. N. Backed court has convicted a member of the armed Group Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri so they. Was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the other 3 were acquitted the government and belarus is admitted some Police Officers have the results. Mind as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to step down more workers have also walked out on strike on the 10th straight day of protests they say last weeks election was rigged. Former u. S. President bill clinton will headline the 2nd day of the Democrats Convention being carried out online with concerns for Public Health of the coronavirus schools and gazas only power stations shut down threatening further electricity cuts for 2000000 Palestinians Israel close the border cutting off imports and diesel which fuels the station in response to incendiary balloon launches and rocket fire from the strip up to date with the headlines on aljazeera time for inside story. The previously untouchable subject in thailand. Break that openly criticizing the king but also demanded wholesale changes to the political system as a possible and why is the monarchy being targeted this is inside story. Low it comes as the program. Theyve been running almost daily for the past month and 2 government protesters led by students are attracting different sectors of thai society