A Nuclear WeaponPresident Trump puts pressure on the u. N. To reimpose sanctions on iran treat us attempts to extend an arms embargo was defeated. The. Opposition supporters in belarus say that they will press on with protests despite warnings by the president of another crackdown. And stop with that breaking news out of russia were getting reports that opposition politician alexina valmy is in a coma in a siberia hospital with suspected poisoning he was returning to moscow when he fell ill during the flight his plane made an Emergency Landing in the city of homs the only spokeswoman says that hes now in intensive care that is on a ventilator journalist Alexandra Steele out of its called what is on the line now via skype from moscow and xander what border we know of what happened. So adrian basically he fell sick almost immediately after boarding that plane in all but eyewitnesses say that he was screaming and that he lost consciousness in the toilet after which the plane made an Emergency Landing in the square he was urgently hospitalized according to his press secretary. He had nothing but tea in one of the countrys airport that morning so she is saying that they suspect that hes been actually boys and the doctors of this hospital are saying that his condition is that rather serious that they did before this and they will present results though they did not specify when his spokeswoman says that all of a sudden these doctors are not very cooperative but they did call the police which is now taking protocols in the hospital itself of the said graphic in which the army had lost the before boarding the plane promised to have their own investigation of what actually happened to a horse there their abilities at this point to what we know is that he is in a coma in a very serious condition and theyre operating results with suspicion off some sort of poisoning if it is found that he has indeed been poisoned this wont be the 1st time when it. No it wouldnt be the 1st time neither for not i mean nor for some other public figures that were critical of the 14 and a kremlin filing has been the suspect poisoned last summer almost a year or 2 its now when he was in custody of Moscow Police he was imprisoned for allegedly organizing mass protests in moscow then he was also hospitalized test where the form and then the doctors said that its some sort of analogy but it was never presented to what if it was an allergy what it was or if it was a poison what sort of a poison it was he was also affect 2 years ago in 2003 years ago in 2017 and septic a green dye has been thrown into his face which damaged. And hes been treated for that or other long periods of time when it comes to other politicians they are document poisonings in london. Lets let the end call and then we had that case hole so Prominent Russian journalist was once poisoned exactly in a plane was without conscious or days on end and xander many thanks indeed because talk to darwin tool is head of european principal russia analyst at various maple croft of global Risk Consultancy he joins us now from london tara what are your thoughts on what may or may not have happened in the valley. Well its very difficult to paint a full picture of what has happened at the moment given. How quickly these events happen on any glee its important to remember that while but here putin may try to present the image of a unified russian government under his command there is an old russian saying that the kremlin has many towers we have seen in the past most recently in 2015 with the assassination of but they seem so. That sometimes other actors will take matters into their own hands with crime under provable certainly at the moment russia is doing with several different situations the protests and going to reduce tension negotiation of nuclear jury with the west. And its questionable as to whether or not this is not for 2 time from crones perspective. To launch. An operation of this kind on the other hand we are seeing rising protest sentiment in russia and most recently weve seen the. Governor for about an hour osc which is brought tens of thousands of people out into the streets that you know that the kremlin is worried about internal stability as well so this may be. A signal from moscow to the broader office ition that the gloves are coming off if you will but equally at this point it could be any number of doctors not only Fund Addition against corruption at b. K. Ruffled a lot of feathers but the National Level at the regional level and it could be that somebody in siberia decided to take matters into their own hands at this point with the kremlin approval or even direction so this you know thats a valid thing story youre saying then that that if there has been an attempt on the life its highly unlikely to been officially planned or sanctioned by the kremlin. I wouldnt want to make a judgment on. Whether or not this kind of crime and. At this point there just isnt enough information at this point to make that call. What i would say is that theres a number of ways a blessing might come not necessarily directly from putin but from another senior official who might have calculated that it was better to act and asked for forgiveness rather than to ask for permission on this point but equally you know in the past the kremlin its found that it can manage not only through occasional arrests were needed through denying him access to the media have. And that hes an irritant essentially to them that would you know that the cost of arresting him or killing him or doing something extremely serious to him such as what weve seen now i would outweigh the benefits. Of the 2 possibilities here either that calculation is changed given the greater degree of unrest weve seen both in russia and again and be a reset and that the kremlin is siding that now the repression needs to be stepped up or that somebody a lower down the ranks was annoyed by something that not only did it again maybe exposing the corruption in some particular local or regional official and decided to take matters into their own hands but you know this is literally. Happened in the last couple of hours as far as i can see so really we cant say with any certainty why this happened or who directed it this point he said that the kremlin views develop they to some extent as an irritant. To what extent though is he a useful irritant as far as the kremlin this concern in that. To give. Image of a democracy to project some image that there is a the people do have a choice and that they do need someone like the valet to oppose the kremlin. To an extent though its important to know that noni has been fairly ruthlessly kept off the ballot except in one or 2 occasions so you know the kind of whether or not. The role of kind of a false choice is more played by parties like the and the p. R. And the communist party or the socalled systemic opposition organized political opposition to the kremlin aba with our opposition the bigger role for nepal it would be through his son to get scription f. U. K. Which has come up with a surprising amount of information on the illicit activities of a number of senior officials which suggests that he does have some contacts with Security Services or other agencies of the state who use him as a means of kind of laundering information about their enemies and conducting an internal political battles of this type. Equally there is a subset of. The administrative elite if you want which knows that there may come a time in a future where there is a political transition in russia. There is an economic transition in russia and that not only may be a part of. And so they realize that as one of the few genuinely independent political actors in the country they need to maintain some sort of relationship with them or at least keep lines of Communications Open that would rule out a poisoning of this kind of course because you can still communicate with somebody and then decide that its time to get rid of them. But i would say your your recently on the mark there in that and him around it does bring some benefits to the kremlin even if on the balance i would say they find many earth and more than a useful tool could still today many thanks indeed daryn been told that in london thank you. Former u. S. President barack obama has told the Democratic National convention that his successor donald trump a sort of only to help himself and his friends one of the nations top job and he said the trumpet diminished americas reputation abroad later came a speech from Carmel Harris joe bidens pick for Vice President alan fischer reports these words i except your nomination for Vice President of the United States of america a moment of history in 188 years of political conventions in america the 1st woman of color to accept a Vice President ial nomination for a Major Political party common the hardest to the moment to introduce herself to the country but the role of the v. P. Candidate is to attack the president his running mate and their record Donald Trumps failure of leadership has cost lives and livelihoods if youre a parent struggling with your child learning or youre a teacher struggling on the other side of that screen you know what were doing right now is not working and we are a nation that is grieving its rare for a former president to criticize a sitting president but from the museum of the American Revolution in philadelphia and at times emotional the rock obama said that a public created by the movement that moment is in his belief under threat from donald trump donald trump hasnt grown into the job because he cant and the consequences of that failure are severe 170000 americans dead and millions of jobs gone while those at the top take in more than ever our worst impulses unleashed are proud reputation around the world badly diminished and our Democratic Institutions threatened like never before. And there was an appearance too from Elizabeth Warren a darling of the progressive wing of the party and from the defeated democrat last time around Hillary Clinton who urged people to vote noting shed won the popular vote 4 years ago by 3000000 and still lost the white house the convention also covered issues to be tackled by joe biden if he wins gun control immigration and Climate Change but this was a night when history was made and precedents were broken thursday is joe bidens big day hell accept his partys nomination to run for president and when he delivers a speech he knows he has to give a positive message a plan for the future he cant just run on being the guy who is not donald trump alan fischer aljazeera washington look at the weather update next here ill see her and then well tell you about the extreme heat high winds and lightning strikes that are stoking hundreds of wildfires in california. How is fame going to a little like also him across the northwest and pot sophia up with quite a nasty area of low pressure swelling in here this is actually been named locally as storm l and it will bring some very strong winds to some an island into the republicans going to make its way further well through these phases because on through the next couple of days as some very nasty weather we are looking at winds gusting to maybe 100 kilometers per. Hour winds maybe some trees down and some Power Outages not out of the question ahead of that which dragging in the winds from the south so 30 celsius there in paris and also into 0 to 24. 00 in london pretty much but it should be at this time of year further case was we got some showers along the spells of rain spilling into scandinavian somewhat whether theyre just around that eastern side of europe but it will be a little draw down into the balkans down into grace across the maid it is essentially fine and dry there we go as we go on into friday more wet and windy weather that will make its way across scotland and northern parts of england come further south with 32 celsius in madrid that way some rain as we go on through the weekend continuing through the next few days and only to the weekend across central parts of africa with in particular heavy downpours the southern nigeria. This countrys beginning easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infection in the last. Name out and many from the economy is being prioritized about for human life until people come here to live poker and be out here but spike in public like to say we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus content a special coverage on aljazeera. Hello again this is aljazeera lets remind you of the main news this hour russian opposition politician alexina bounteous reportedly in a coma in a siberian hospital after a suspected poisoning he was returning to moscow when he fell ill during a slice. The u. S. Democratic party has formally nominated some as a comma harris for Vice President makes him the 1st black woman on a major u. S. Party ticket arris told the Democrats Convention that Donald Trumps leadership was cost lives. U. S. President donald trump is demanding that all the United Nations sanctions be reimposed against iran he says that secretary of state like pump aoe will meet the un secretarygeneral lace on thursday to stop the process. Iran will never have market and market iran will never have a Nuclear Weapon when the United States entered into the iran deal it was clear that the United States would always have the right to restore the u. N. Sanctions that would prevent iran from developing a Nuclear Weapon we paid a fortune for a failed concept and a failed policy a policy that would have made it impossible to have peace in the middle east well this follows an earlier u. S. Failure to extend an arms embargo on iran at the Security Council but the new proposal will likely face Strong Political and legal challenges as i was here as mike hanna reports from washington. Symptoms of resolution 2231 which is the one which actually sets out the er a new nuclear deal that makes very clear that snap back in sanctions can only be called by country or a member who is a participant in that deal now remember President Trump will be us out of the deal back in 2018 so the very strong argument in the legal supposition would be there as no longer a party to their deal by its own definition the us has got no rights to demand anything let alone some kind of snap back effect like this and one must remember as well that the deal makes very clear that there are certain parameters that iran must stay within to avoid such a snapback the other members the other parties to their deal make very clear that they believe that iran has largely complied with the requirements in terms of their 2015 deal so very difficult to see what president trans basis for this is nevertheless he said to get secretary of state to the un tomorrow to meet with the secretary general youll also be lobbying among other members of the Security Council to try and get some kind of support for the deal but you remember that iran meeting last friday when the u. S. Attempted to extend the arms embargo which expires in october and it was absolutely humiliating only the Dominican Republic voted with the United States the other normal allies such as france britain germany abstained russia and china didnt even need to use the veto that they threatened. Opposition supporters in belarus are vying to defy warnings by president alexander look at shanker of a renewed crackdown on dissidents hes ordered Security Forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over this months disputed election. Has warned that workers whove gone on strike could lose their jobs the European Union is preparing sanctions and says that it wont recognize the election result of zerah step boston has been at one of the latest protests in the capital mints. It was a very different mood on the streets of furmans today compared to previous days not much of the euphoria and the festive mood that we felt that people had sort of found a new kind of freedom today it was more dominated by fear and tense because suppress a look at announce a new crackdown he has instructed his ministry to find those who have been organizing the rallies but still defiant protesters are back on the streets and a smaller number but theyre here and theyre still asking for new elections and to release all the political prisoners. Kill me or do something but i mean. Its so more awful. And that this happens despite the threats and also the risk hundreds of people have gathered here again at the Independence Square saying the president is fired meanwhile the Coordination Council set up by the opposition leaders for the kind of guy held its 1st meeting and has issued a manifest calling for a dialogue about a transitional and new elections. That this Council Illegal in the country saying that it was planning a coup detat but it also says theres nothing illegal they just want to have a garden with the president you know of course im afraid because i know the system used leading us to the present very near to where. It was against what was. For me personally. For we want to do a lot were not propose any legal steps so why should we be punished why thats a challenge for the opposition to keep the same masses on the street they have made its clear protesters are not giving up yet but major alex on the look of china. President lukashenko has warned that any foreign interference will be strongly rebuffed telling him leaders to mind their own business zeros that in baba reports. If Alexander Lukashenko is feeling the pressure hes not showing it the man hes rubella risk for more than 25 years and officially won this months election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt yes we thought that if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking youre wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow our path as we should i was earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough with the last order of jitteriness say in the eyes of our nation and. On the off year all. I call and here to support. Those e. U. Leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the European Council after talks broke up here outlined how theyd agreed to respond to an election they say was not free or fair and the subsequent crackdowns on protesters we stand firmly behind the right of the belarusian people to determine their own food and the e. U. Will impose shortly sentients on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and election fruit on top of those sanctions that use making money available for prodemocracy groups in belarus as well as for its health sector. Well this of course is seen by the russian government as meddling a day after president Vladimir Putin warned his german counterpart not to interfere his foreign minister rejected calls for russia to press president Lucas Shanker to talk to the opposition we were reached with the deals through the root is news to everybody believing mediation is the only way out im ploy of them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 during the my down in kiev when the esteemed representatives of the European Union mediated reached an agreement i will remember what that led to. So for now with the president threatening to go after dissenters in belarus and his main ally rejecting outside involvement in dialogue the fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections still there the debugger aljazeera at least 45 people including 5 children have died in what the u. N. Is calling the deadliest incident of libyas coast this year the victims were refugees and migrants from parts of africa hoping to reach europe the boats engine exploded of the port of the water up on monday there were 40 others were rescued by local fisherman and were later detained the u. S. Has suspended 3 extradition and tax agreements with hong kong thats in response to chinas imposition of a Strict National security law the territory the u. S. Has already moved to end Hong Kong Special trade status its also put sanctions on anyone involved in enforcing the new legislation thats good for this now for about a serious Divya Gopalan who joins us live from hong kong whats been the reaction to this. Well reaction has been trickling in and so far the Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs says in retaliation hong kong will suspend several legal agreements with a child with the United States they havent specified exactly what they will be but weve also heard from the Hong Kong Kong kongs government who say that they reprimand the u. S. Is unilateral actions they say these treaties are agreements with the u. S. For for the benefits of both countries and they say that the u. S. Is just talking more tensions with china and using hong kong ass a pawn in geopolitics but this doesnt come as a surprise the u. S. Breaking off this extradition treaty with hong kong the u. S. Joints just a long list of other countries who have done this since that National Security law came into place last month and other countries include the u. K. Germany france australia canada and so the u. S. Is just the latest want to do this and part of the reason all these countries are wary about the National Security laws that it has no boundaries anyone anywhere can be charged or violate that National Security law in fact theres an arrest warrant for a u. S. Citizen currently living in america who who works for an ad democratic Advocacy Group for hong kong and washington and so if this treaty remains in place prosecutors would have the right to bring him over for trial not just in hong kong but possibly even in Mainland China so this move president from seth and his Administration Says just underlines the fact that hong kong is no longer a separate entity from the rest of china and doesnt deserve the special privileges that the u. S. Had granted the territory there is and also in another issue that is brewing here and thats the fact that the u. S. Is now wanting to label goods that come from hong kong or rather remove the hong kong label from goods cut being exploited. From the city saying that they should be labeled now as made in china and thats due to come into effect on september 25th on kongs chief executive says shes going to take this to the World Trade Organization saying that hong kong has its own separate membership with the w t o and the city will be challenging this deserves to be a good poland lived there in hong kong many thanks indeed. Tens of thousands of people in california have been for some homes hundreds of wildfires burning across the u. S. Authorities are now painting for extra resources with firefighters battling extreme heat high winds a black thing strikes and brunells reports. More than 360 known wildfires are burning the length and breadth of california with nearly 2 dozen major blazes raging from the wine country in the north to the rugged mountains east of los angeles thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes i could see the red glow and i was hearing explosions so how can i get this thing out before it burns down everything in napa valley this resident tried to escape the flames but instead wound up driving right through them hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazes struggling to contain fires in the San Francisco bay area which have burned at least 18000 hectors californias governor has declared a state of emergency and additional firefighters are being dispatched from as far away as texas what is occurred over the last 72 hours is certainly stretched the resources of this state enormous clouds of smoke mounted into the sky worsening air quality across the region the Northern California blazes began with thousands of lightning strikes spawned by an unusual dry thunderstorms hitting on one of the hottest nights of the year involve of ale a town of 100000 people midway between San Francisco and sacramento residents were roused from their beds overnight by police and firefighters and told to flee immediately an unknown number of houses and other structures have been destroyed additional fires are raging on the states Central Coast near monterey and on the outskirts of Silicon Valley high winds are fanning the flames. A resident of Lassen County caught video of this rare funnel shaped fire tornado whirling across burning grasslands california and much of the southwestern United States are in the grip of a brutal heat wave following months of extremely dry weather temperatures soared to over 43. 00 degrees celsius in many areas rob reynolds aljazeera los angeles. Contending with us adrian fed again here in doha the headlines on aljazeera russian opposition politician alexina valmy is reportedly in a coma in a siberian hospital after a suspected poisoning he was returning to moscow when he fell ill during a flight his spokesperson believes the poison was mixed into his teeth journalist alexandra slant of its gone for one has more from moscow. We fell sick almost immediately after boarding that plane going down. Eyewitnesses say that he was screaming and that he lost consciousness in the toilet after which the plane made an Emergency Landing in the square he was urgently hospitalized according to his press secretary. He had nothing but in one of the countrys airport that morning so she is saying that they suspect that hes been actually boys and. The u. S. Democratic party has formally nominated said its a comma harris for Vice President it makes her the 1st black woman on a major u. S. Party ticket harris told the Democrats Convention that Donald Trumps leadership has cost lives President Trump is demanding that all u. N. Sanctions be reimposed against iran he says that secretary of state might pompei a will meet the un secretary general later on thursday to stop the process opposition supporters in belarus say that theyll defy warnings by president Alexander Lukashenko of a renewed crackdown on dissidents hes ordered Security Forces to clear the streets after nearly 2 weeks of demonstrations over the disputed election the European Union is preparing sanctions and says that it wont recognize the election result at least 45. 00 people including 5 children have died and what the u. N. Is calling the deadliest incident of libyas coast this year the victims were refugees and migrants from parts of africa hoping to reach europe their boats engine exploded of the port of the water up on monday bodies coup leaders are promising democratic elections within what they describe as a reasonable amount of time and so they plan to set up a civilian Transitional Government the president was forced from power on tuesday those are the headlines for news feed here on out of syria of the inside story next. History has called it the great war in the final leg of the 2 sides fight themselves to a standstill while britain and france conspire behind closed doors to produce a secret agreement that will shape the middle east for the century to come world war one through our of us on aljazeera. Has just been served in. A number of hezbollah is found guilty of a massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago how will the murder of the death of lebanons former Prime Minister of the received when tension that is already high this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. It was a long awaited verdict vest a geisha in which has cost hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years after the