Can osha wisconsin testifies from his hospital bed as he faces charges of Sexual Assault. Lebanon fall silent a month after the explosion the toll through the capital beirut. And the philippines considers raising the age of consent from 12 to 16 we meet the activists behind the nations fight for womens rights. And i welcome to the program 2 countries that for one of the most devastating wars in the balkans are normalizing economic ties in a deal announced by the u. S. President on trump trump has called the equipment between serbia and kosovo a major breakthrough kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but is not recognized by the government or its allies trying says serbia will also follow his controversial diplomatic policy and move its embassy to jerusalem while kosovo will establish ties with israel lets go live now to the white house our correspondent kelly halkett is following all of these developments and of course kimberly President Trump will be hoping that these course of a deal will eclipse a domestic a brewing domestic crisis. Yeah theres no question that this is being touted as a major diplomatic win by the white house in terms of these recognitions and agreements but at the same time there are some questions about whether or not this may be more style than substance in the questions continue to percolate with regard to what exactly has been agreed when it comes to serbia and kossovo but in terms of the sort of diplomatic win that the white house is touting this is something that donald trump needs badly on an already bad news day hes been battling back the domestic press here continuing to downplay it an article in the atlantic magazine that alleges that donald trump called Service Members and even war hero john mccain. Losers and also saying that they didnt win if they were killed and found themselves buried in a Military Cemetery now this is caused outrage at the white house the president when the story broke did a 7 minute rebuttal to reporters in the dark he has since gone on twitter to downplay the story try and disparage the atlantic magazine and the white house as recently as just a few moments ago kaylee machinating the press secretary the latest to say the veterans are coming to the aid of the president to defend him but at the same time one person who is not defending him just the opposite is joe biden his rival running to be the president of the United States in november the democratic president ial nominee he gave a press conference with reporters in which he condemned the president s comments and called on the president to apologize. The country clearly if it is written is true is discussed. Most of the believed to be true. Donald trump is not true to the press be the commander in chief let me be clear. My son was assistant u. S. Attorney and he volunteered to go to kosovo when the war was going on as a civilian he wanted to sucker when my son volunteered enjoy the United States military as the attorney general who went to iraq for year one the bronze star and other commendations he wasnt a sucker servicemen and women he served with particularly those did not come home were not losers now in the midst of all of this as the president continues to defend himself and the claims that this is a made up and fake story historically donald trump house called those with military service losers in the past at least when it comes to senator john mccain calling him that 2015 in a tweet and then when he died in 2018 he also put the flags back up after they had been lowered to half staff for 2 days in advance of john mccains funeral something that breaks with precedent so this is something that is being seized on by the Democratic Party as they continue their push to win the white house in fact theyve already put out an attack ad as well joe biden saying that this is just another marker of what he believes this is stark contrast in terms of what he would do as president and commander in chief if hes elected in november. Thanks very much can really help get to the white house what it look a bit more cost of a dimension of this story now there is a high force that has been covering it for westerners for them and explains the implications for israel. More recognition of jerusalem in israels language is the capital of israel donald trump of course recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital in 2017 move the u. S. Embassy here in 2018 so far only one other country has done that opening an embassy in jerusalem very shortly after that u. S. Embassy opening the embassy of guatemala was opened not far from from here indeed and so this will be the 3rd and potentially 4th such moves by countries moving their embassies and opening an embassy in kosovos case here in jerusalem the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that this is a significant moment because it is a muslim majority country that is doing this in the shape of course of this recognition of course was something that israel had been reluctant to do in the past it tends not to want to recognize independence movements and countries without any kind of questions over the statehood because of the potential precedent that might set in terms of the palestinians and of course this also. Involves a european nation not an easy nation but a european nation in serbia another european nation they say that they will move their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem before july next year and before then they will open a Representative Office here so far a little bit of reaction coming in from palestinians have a natural we the executive Committee Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization shes been tweeting about it speculating as to what else donald trump is going to deliver to israel ahead of the november elections in the United States. On out jacob blame a black man who was shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. If you have can i share as a painting caught on video link are you able to hear me clearly today sir. Blake faces charges of Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse charges unrelated to the incident that led to his shooting he was paralyzed after an officer shot him 7 times in the back and was initially shackled to his hospital bed it triggered days of protests across the country but particularly in wisconsin john hendren joins us live now from chicago and not quite remarkable scene we were seeing there of jacob blake is the Court Hearing still going on. Its not it was a very brief hearing it lasted only minutes andy was extraordinary to see jacob blake for the 1st time we have seen him since he was shot a week ago sunday sitting lying in his hospital bed in a in a blue shirt and yellow tie where he lay paralyzed. And he pleaded not guilty to the charges of Sexual Assault trespassing and Disorderly Conduct he paid and he agreed to pay a 10000. 00 bond on which he would be free also agreed that he was not able to have quote violent contact with his exgirlfriend of one who is making these allegations or her children hes not allowed to leave the state of wisconsin except for medical reasons and he is not allowed to carry a firearm now in a sense this is unrelated to the shooting of jacob blake where a Police Officer shot him 7 times in the back. But that is why police say they were arresting him because his exgirlfriend who had accused him of coming into her apartment in may and of sexually assaulting her and. Taking the car keys on a debit card and leaving the apartment that he was no longer welcome in so that is why when police accounted him on the street and we should say his lawyer says the reason that he was there was that he was trying to break up a fight somehow police encountered him discover who he was in apparently on that basis realize that there was a warrant out for him then tried to arrest him when he resisted that arrest according to police he was shot 7 times in the back trying to climb into the van during his 3 children were so for jacob blake that was the case that has led to all of this i spoke to his uncle justin blake yesterday in can osha and he said that blake is in good spirits and plans to get through this and try much from chicago john hendren with the latest on that story. Lebanon has fallen silent to mark the moment exactly a month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut it was caused by almost 3000. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate which caught fire and blew up after being improperly stored for years official figures say 191. 00 people died 6 people still missing but that toll could be even higher with many undocumented refugees that are living in the country at least 6 and a half 1000 people were injured many of them permanently disabled and 300000 people lost their homes some remain in structures deemed unsafe because they have nowhere else to go will friday ceremony coincided with the search at the site of the collapsed building where signs of life were detected teams have been digging through the rubble with cranes shovels and that better hands off discounting equipment picked up by indications of breathing on thursday no one has been located but rescue workers say they will continue while there is a small chance someone might have survived aljazeera say the heart has been following developments in the lebanese capital beirut since the blast happened of course she was at the vigil says that there is a great deal of anger still about the authorities negligence. People how together just outside the port the site of that massive explosion a vigil people have come to go mark that day that moment that changed the lives of so many people 191 dead 6500 people injured many of them have been critically injured many of them suffering from life changing injuries tens of thousands of people have lost their homes where there are 70000 people and thats according to the United Nations have lost their jobs because it didnt just change peoples lives or many people lost their livelihoods so now theyre gathering here outside and a show of solidarity with many people who really wasnt were affected many of these people are survivors many of them lived in the buildings just across the sky away so that those thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate that was stored at that warehouse 12 an unsafe conditions its not very far from residential areas so all these all these neighborhoods around the port were affected in that explosion so people are coming together trying to make sense of of what happened theres a lot of graves theres a lot of anger and theres also hidden scars. Well if youre watching out is there a life from london much more still ahead on the program nato tomorrows russia reveal its nerve Agent Program following the alleged poisoning of alexina valmy. And 150000000 children at risk of malnourishment we look at the diet consequences of School Closures in india. And things fighting raul the autumnal across northern sections of your loss of class and blustery winds and plenty of the other the south is still fine and dry and some pretty good touches as well and it looks very nice set of this in southern germany this morning on a friday the clouds and already beginning to broken up by the sunshine and rain the full cost across much of germany as we go through saturday and as a say very blustery day across the north some heavy rain working its way across a towards areas over norway and those blustery showers across the u. K. Quite a line of rain to work its way through germany on into poland up to the baltics in training all the way down into Northern Areas of italy at the same time this in every oppression age a city across the black sea it should take a few showers and cool down the air and so a lower temperature for the next couple days into. System through the temperature will climb again but as you can see on sunday weve got more of that rain again lying to the baltics right they were down into the same areas the north of italy but really theyre all the cloudy picture we wanted to scottish as well until setting too badly sunday monday partly cloudy skies it does tend to cloud over the time we reach it chews day time or does not see bad about the average really for this time of year similar scenario in paris theres a nice sunshine on monday but still very warm across the southeast. This lands on the new 9. 180 since playground during election season they say if you were involved or you got me or my. Promises on me and votes on their votes are forcing or youre being very very not really real changes made their way to the line so the people who whine. On leave him. Alone. On. The on. The on. A come back a look at the headlines now donald trump has announced the former balkan rival serbia and kosovo and normalizing economic ties us president says serbia will also move its embassy to jerusalem while kosovo will establish diplomatic ties with israel. A black man who was shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. City of can osha has appeared in court on video link jacob blake faces charges as Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse the accusations are unrelated to his shooting which sparked days of protests. In lebanon as marked a month since a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut people fell silent to mark be exact moment the blast killed 200 people and wounded thousands of others. Well in all the stories were following nato is calling on russia to cooperate with an International Investigation into what happened to Opposition Leader alexina valmy doctors in germany when a volleys being treated say he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent the kremlin says it has no evidence of any crime lawrence lee reports the russian government insists its had nothing to do with the poisoning of the arch critic of president Putin Alexei Novelli the states hasnt opened a criminal investigation despite the valley apparently being poisoned inside russia by a weapons grade nerve agents novacek which is only produced in russia. In the latest exercise in banging their heads against a wall the valleys legal team went to court in moscow accusing russian investigators of not doing anything to the surprise of nobody their case was thrown out still they said they would keep trying to mothers oh it was Course Congress comes again we will appeal this decision at the most specific court and youll also ask the following activity be illegal the failure to consider the claim if we dont want to check different a criminal case on the deliberate poisoning of election about. After the European Commission said it was marshalling its forces to get russia to focus on the poisoning nato has now involved itself as well arguing it has the right to do so since the poisoning was a breach of International Law made dollars agree that russia now has serious questions it must answer the russian government must fully cooperate with the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons an impartial International Investigation those responsible for this attack must be held accountable and brought to justice yet when he was asked what exactly nates a would do next he could only say he would continue consulting with allies the problem for nato and everyone else is that if there was a crime it was committed on russian soil and without russian consent in an investigation where they go next is totally unclear lawrence lee al jazeera. Now the better russian opposition it is phonetic enough skier is calling on the United Nations to condemn the governments violent crackdown on protesters accuse president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging his election victory last month but its messy reports now from vilnius in neighboring lithuania. So a lot of chicken off believes that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president to balance instead shes exiled to neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the Un Security Council to help. Today in the country where the rose is in turn were a peaceful protest and been illegally detained beaten and in prison. In the balance capital mens cooperation colleague Maria Kolesnik over and others have formed a new Political Party chicken of sky having been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and they are more united than they were under the threat flannel score of the Nation Council we want Political Prisoners screech we want an investigation into the killings of Peaceful Protesters and we want new fair and transparent election as the all of that force atlanta our choice will stall on and we are not going to leave it like that speaking to aljazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordiNation Council to cannot acknowledge the challenges of not being in belarus is difficult for both of us because im here its safer for me to be here but its more difficult to. Not morally to be here because i understand that i should be there in my people and its difficult for her as well because she is under pressure of the time she is in danger all the time as any person and. Also on friday Police Arrested students at the minutes state Linguistics Institute who ignored calls from arab ministration to stop protests. There been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president Alexander Lukashenko said hed won with 80 percent of the vote. Many belorussians and major western powers say the vote was leaked. Alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u. S. Troops and tanks have started arriving here but the Lithuanian Government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door. Burnitz met aljazeera vilnius. An armed group has returned to its base in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff outside a prison around 300. 00 fighters but the socalled cooperated for the development of the congo group entered the town of bunia on friday initially given the army a deadline to release fellow members are being held in jail theyve since left after negotiating with the military although its not clear what was discussed malcolm webb is following developments from nairobi hundreds of fighters piled into the town they were demanding the release of prisoners and also demanding the terms of a provisional deal that theyve made weve some factions of the army to be upheld they want to be demobilized they want to be integrated into the army for fighters to be given food rations this is something that they say theyve been promised and that the army and the government had failed to deliver the armys going to try to defeat this militia called could echo since the beginning of the year they failed to do so to the militias said you know if you can give us positions in the army food rations and so on we will come out the bush now they said this has been failed to the army and failed to deliver bin then it is seems that the reason for this is that there isnt backing for this kind of agreement from the capital kinshasa there in just 2 days ago the uns chief in congo said that they would not support this kind of the mobilization because they dont they have done this kind of thing many times in the path they now dont want to be in a position along with the International Community where theyre seen to be rewarding people for taking up arms and for killing civilians and many civilians have been killed by these groups in that area in the last year or 2 many people have fled their homes many people have been displaced because of this escalating violence. Cyprus says it will strip 7 people of citizenship for violating the terms of a scheme offering socalled golden passports and exchange for investment it follows an aljazeera investigation into a compilation of leaked documents they reveal that european passports have been sold to a number of convicted criminals fugitives and political figures considered to be a high risk for money laundering. People who received russias corona virus vaccine in early trials have developed antibodies with no serious side effects this is according to a study published in the lancet one of the worlds leading medical journals the report is also warn that the trial is too small to prove the vaccine is safe and effective. Was on the brink of a hunger pandemic according to oxfam one of the worlds Biggest Charities says up to 12000. 00 people could starve to death each day because of coronavirus related restrictions in india malnutrition is already a threat to life and the u. N. Says its being made worse by the pandemic elizabeth purana reports. She did they have these relatives have come to her home to comfort the mother of 2 her 5 year old daughter sagna died after having diarrhea she says its because they couldnt afford to feed her while she was sick got the money she. Got the money she died hungry and there was nothing to eat what do we eat there is no work even if i go looking for work there is none. Sagna is just one of nearly 2000 under 5 year olds who die every day in india with malnutrition the underlying cause and the un has warned of more hunger and malnutrition because of the increase in unemployment and poverty during the coronavirus pandemic. The Indian Government says it spending 20000000000. 00 on giving free rides sweetened lentils to 800000000. 00 households but help isnt reaching everyone nongovernment aid organizations continue to fill the gap left by the state of new scientist magazine for 115000000 indian children who are dependent on daily School Lunches are on the verge of malnourishment because of the long Term School Closure is the n. J. Our child watson you have been feeding the children the people of this west delhi neighborhood for the past 15 years and says its never been as busy as it has been here. Sonia whos pregnant with her 1st child collects free rations with what she feeds herself and her 10 year old nephew saw hood her husband has been looking for a job since the factory he used to work in closed months ago. Weve come to state our sister in law was to eat because we didnt have any food at home the rations have helped us we could eat a little because there were days when we would go to bed hungry the situation changes very quickly the uns childrens Agency Unicef says addressing malnutrition must remain a priority for so much effort going to preventing and meriting the huge huge numbers of covert and taking that are dozens perhaps more but the same time we should not lose all the efforts made into stopping malnutrition and losing all of the progress that has been made in the last few years. Has she did they view the death of her daughter couldnt be more painful her 5 year old son also died from hunger during the economic crisis in india 4 years ago elizabeth pradhan aljazeera new delhi. Congress in the philippines has filed a bill that would raise the age of consent from 12 years old to 16 the current age is one of the lowest in the world Rights Groups are welcoming the move but they say the advance of womens rights in the country has been very slow and more work needs to be done reports now from manila. Thank shiela gardy is a journalist who focuses on gender related issues she has been speaking in schools against a culture of harris meant and victim blaming towards women and young girls in the jeep this guy kept leary when i got out of the jeepney it was about 15 minutes of the guy just following me home. Saying very vulgar like basically asking me to come home with him shes one of many women who have joined the filipino version of the global need to movement a call which means im a girl was created after a facebook message posted by staff at a Police Station in june told women to dress modestly to avoid getting harassed this fight having one of the highest number of female executives in the world and to be a male president in the past it remains to be the only country globally where divorce is still not recognized and where the age of Sexual Consent is still at 12 years old one of the lowest in the world. Congress has now filed a bill that would criminalize sexual intercourse between an adult and a minor aged 16 years old and below even if the child gave consent to the act Government Data shows at least one woman or child is raped every hour in the philippines and most victims come from impoverished communities and theyre afraid to come forward you have for instance a very conservative the church has gone again many of. Women. Are excellent or productive longer or are. Reductive have a very long activists also say government officials is to blame. President or 3 go to tear to has repeatedly joked about raping women in his public speeches even recently lost like the cvs reserved. Recognized unacceptable any rule hed be dead and gone on the lead just to run we must continue our oversight on begin. Because also Sexual Harassment is certainly a by rod of the broad rape culture says she knows that the battle she chose is difficult but shes determined to continue. Going aljazeera manila. Quick recap of the headlines this hour now u. S. President donald trump has announced that formal balkan rival serbia and kosovo a normalizing economic ties kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but isnt recognized by the serbian government or its allies trump says serbia will also follow his controversial diplomatic policy a moving its embassy to jerusalem while kosovo has agreed to establish ties with israel i want house correspondent kimberly how kit has trumped announcement came at a difficult time for him domestically in terms of the sort of diplomatic win that the white house is touting this is something that donald trump needs badly on an already bad news day hes been battling back the domestic press here continuing to downplay it article in the atlantic magazine that alleges that donald trump called servicemembers an even war hero john mccain. Losers and also saying that they didnt win if they were killed and found themselves buried in a Military Cemetery now this is caused outrage at the white house the president when the story broke did a 7 minute rebuttal to reporters in the dark he has since gone on twitter to downplay the story try and disparage the atlantic magazine. In other headlines jacob a black man who was shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. City of can osha has appeared in court on video link blake faces charges of Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse the charges are unrelated to the incident that led to his shooting he was paralyzed after an officer shot him 7 times in the back and was initially shackled to his hospital bed it triggered days of protests. Lebanon has marked a month since a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut people fell silent in a moments remembrance at 6 o 8 pm thats the time almost 3000. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate ignited at the port sending a devastating blast wave across the city around 200 people died and thousands more were wounded in iraq today with the headlines this hour a. J. Selects is coming up next with 3 stories of how struggling communities are fighting to keep their homes. So im trying to sell sites no no no i dont really identify because its really really confusing. The lack of movement from im trying to identify my house im trying to identify my house my family hols. Get. To go with his friends and there is my own the whole story and history my background. How good the moment bloodline if no