Saudi arabia we have hundreds of thousands would be on making the annual migration of the new tourists to see them ill be calling you why. Thank you for joining us we begin in hong kong where prodemocracy activists joshua wang has called the decision to bar him from running in september his election invalid and ridiculous wong is one of 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council polls he says a new National Security law is being used by the government as the legal weapon to silence dissent electoral fortys accuse wong of advocating said vesey of ideas and canoe dealing with foreign forces. Beyond any doubt if the most scandalous Election Fraud air front in hong kong history they could disqualify us they could arrest us every once in which they could even call of the election and create a pop up. Parliament elsewhere just gather with beijing loyalists however long of this overturned a strong mandate for modest 600000 hong kong who are past the pale its the citys 1st ever a primary early this month i will boyce is clear allow to the world by over. Lets bring in there is dave pollan in hong kong for his d. V. S. Joshua wang sounding very defiant there how is this all affecting hong kongs for Democracy Movement. Thats right he also said that hes not going to stop the fight against what he called beijings oppression of hong kongs Political Freedoms he says this is qualifications were were promoted or rather were motivated by the governments fear that for the 1st time ever the prodemocracy camp could win a majority in the Legislative Council elections that would be a prospect that would infuriate beijing because it would allow the prodemocracy faction to have more of an influence in hong kongs of ferrous rules and regulations and in the way it deals with the Central Government in china he also said that the National Security law that was imposed in hong kong just under a month ago was one of the main issues that is. Threatening hong kongs Democratic Movement the political system and tongues freedoms now the government had said that most of the those candidates were disqualified because they did not support that National Security law but it also he also mentioned that joshua long also mentioned the 4 young people that were arrested on wednesday night for as posting on social media advocating hong kongs independence says they were arrested theyre still in detention and he said that also is another violation of hong kongs rights and he said its just a matter of time before he too is accused of violating the National Security law and possibly be penalized for being so outspoken so it what hes the message hes trying to send and is something thats being echoed by the whole democracy camp is that the government is definitely trying to stifle hong kongs Democracy Movement and theres a suggestion d. V. M. That the election the Legislative Council election which is scheduled for september could in fact be delayed by the government theyre citing of course coronavirus size the reason for that how is that likely to go down. Rights of all i need to point out in the next 2 hours the nominations close for these Legislative Council elections and prodemocracy activists are scrambling at the moment to get signatures for backup candidates for those who were disqualified and also for the other 22. 00 that are waiting to hear whether they would be disqualified to the prodemocracy campus not given up giving up but all this they do understand could be futile as the government has mentioned several times that indicated that those Legislative Council elections could be postponed under the threat or due to the risk of the outbreak of the latest corona Virus Outbreak but many critics and opposition are saying that this one founded on Congress Many times dealt with the outbreak and contained it rather swiftly the elections are more than a month away and the government is using this to make sure that support for the democratic camp wanes as the government wants to postpone these elections for a year and if they do that that will go against hong kongs constitution which will cause a lot of legal issues for the Hong Kong Government so there is can theres now a concern that kerry lam hong kongs chief executive could be consulting with beijing to override hong kongs constitution in order to postpone these elections and were hearing also that the government could be making an announcement in the coming hours and of course well be carrying that announcement live here on aljazeera diggle pardon for the moment thank you very much for that. Donald trumps suggestion that the president ial election be delayed came minutes after news of the sharpest downturn in the u. S. Economy since the 1940 s. Gross domestic product shrunk 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter as the country struggles to contain the pandemic and another 1400000 americans filed jobless claims last week cable is under has more from new york. To see how badly the u. S. Economy is doing all you have to do is look at this parking lot full of empty new york city taxis because of the pandemic and slow economic recovery ridership was down over 90 percent last month. There are 15000 taxis in new york city 4 out of every 5 of them are parked because of a lack of passengers leaving thousands of drivers without a livelihood nobody is working because nobody in the road. Is not a normal life in april congress pumped trillions of dollars into the u. S. Economy with the expectation that come july coronavirus would be over and thered be a major upswing in Economic Activity that as it turns out was a miscalculation and didnt happen even in new york city the normally bustling streets remain mostly quiet with Economic Activity way below its prepared demick levels this even after new york wants to cope with epicenter but no more unlike much of the rest of america the virus is mostly contained in new york with a one percent infection rate the lowest anywhere in the u. S. Still for ashok kumar even though his flour store reopened after being closed for months during the shutdown things are not back to normal far from it still bad i have. Got to put 30 to 40. 60 percent of the loss the business because all of that stuff that everything is for now few people have money to spend and those who can choosing not to and an economy still in deep recession. New york. Or donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers president ial election many states want to make voting easier because of Coronavirus Health concerns but trump insists without evidence that mail in voting would lead to a rigged result White House CorrespondentKimberly Hockett has more. Even by his own standards his tweet was nothing short of astonishing thursday u. S. President donald trump suggested the november president ial election should be postponed alleging potential fraud associated with mail in voting trump tweeted delay the election until people can properly securely and safely vote the president has no Legal Authority to change the election date leading even members of trumps own Republican Party in congress to scoff at the prospect. Well never in the history of the country through wars depressions and the civil war if we ever not had a federal. Action on time and well find a way to do that again this november 3rd no way should we ever not hold an election from claims that voters identity cant be verified and that a voter might cast more than one ballot i dont want to delay i want to have the election but i also dont want to have to wait for 3 months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesnt mean anything this was going to happen see this common sense so were asking for a lot of trouble and no do i want to see a day change no but i dont want to see a crooked election but President Trump may have had another motive for his incendiary tweet up ending negative News Headlines its been another week of gloomy economic numbers for a president hoping to cruise to reelection on a Strong Economy now obliterated by business shutdowns caused by cold it 19 poll numbers are also not trumps favor most show him trailing the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden by double digits on thursday will biden didnt address trumps push to delay the election he did blame trump for the historic job losses that have left more than 20000000 americans without work. Because trump so badly mishandled provirus and caused this spiral. There is no money to be able to keep necessary people employed its not the 1st time trump has expressed reservations about the upcoming president ial election earlier this month he said he may not accept the results of the november poll can you give a direct answer you will accept feel like i have to see you i have to say look if you just say yes and i did last time either with less than 95 days until election day the president suggestions are causing consternation for an already an easy electorate looking to uphold the american tradition of a peaceful transfer of power can really help get aljazeera the white house countries once leading in their response to the coronavirus pandemic and now struggling with a wave of new infections as the global number of cases sourced past 17000000 australia is considering tightening restrictions for its 2nd biggest city in melbourne after hundreds more cases were recorded on friday despite 3 weeks of lockdown and after being virus free for more than a month of yet nom has now reported a daily high of 45 cases all linked to one hospital the countrys Prime Minister has won the entire country is at risk and india has still not managed to get its outbreak under control reporting more than 55000 new infections in the past 24 hours despite that the government has decided to lift a nighttime curfew thats been in place since march lets speak to nicola gage in canberra australia for as nick a number is going up in the state of victoria despite a lockdown being in place for weeks now whats gone wrong. Well thats the big question its certainly not the outcome that authorities were hoping for the current restrictions in place maine that the 5000000 or so people in the city of melbourne currently can only leave their horns if they go into work or to go shopping exercise or for medical appointments but that doesnt seem to be working the number of close but 9 chain infections remains in the hundreds on those states we saw 627 new cases the day before a record increase of 700 people infected with corona virus so the situation it definitely isnt Getting Better the government says that one of the big problems is that people flouting the rules in terms of isolating at point never leaving their house when they should be oscillating and some people arent getting tested for coronavirus fast enough and then theyre going to work or other places and and spreading the virus somewhere saying Community Transition so at a press conference on friday the premier Daniel Andrew says that the measures in place right now on not working and its likely that restrictions will remain in place over the initial 6 week period that they were supposed to be in place and of course we may now be seeing even tonga measures on people in the state of victoria thank you so much for that nick and i gauge with the need to say from canberra in australia. And still ahead on al jazeera caught up been in libyas battle for tripoli why teenage prisoners recruited by a war going to have been released. Im going hey reporting from thailand we will tell you how rubbish washed up on beaches is being used to help fight the spread of coronavirus. Still plenty of nice warm weather across most southern areas of europe and despite all that cloud statement across some much of the old west weve actually got some sunshine across the u. K. Scanlan a via as well not quite a subtle being in some areas of this up into switzerland some very nice kiss guys must cool water as well and of course through the eastern end of the mediterranean cyprus is warm and sunny as you would expect this time of year however not quite the woman sunny despite the fact to some across into the east and these dogs storm clouds looming across the dublin the and this is why you can see on friday as well as plenty of rain on its way but it doesnt make a great deal of headway because weve got this little ridge of High Pressure nudging up across the u. K. It keeps conditions dry and also fairly warm theres a scorching showers across italy towards the balkans and working the way for the east is that really for the most part friday one of the better days to end the week now by saturday that system will actually begin to push across the ridge of High Pressure told is very short lived the cloud which is a want to 2 shows a few showers further to the south through areas of france as well and still the shahs working the way across as a ukraine into western as russia but this is where the warm is and it does mean as a say london weve got the pretty good weather conditions maybe the rain pushing in there by monday when it is warm and sunny for the next few days. Everything its a devastating impact on the. Oh thrives explored some of the efforts to recover what was lost from the syrian scientists safeguarding one of our most valuable resources these are important samples that we have to make sure there are surviving to the refugees striving to coexist with nature ok so whats going on there simulating what happens when an elephant comes life up to conflict on aljazeera. Player watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories leading hong kong prodemocracy activists joshua wong says the decision to bar him from running in september as election is invalid and ridiculous and long as one of the 12 opposition candidates disqualified from the Legislative Council this countrys once leading in their response to the corner i spun them a canal struggling with a wave of new infections as a global number of cases passed 17000000 in Melbourne Australia hundreds more cases were recorded on friday vietnam has reported a daily high of 45 cases in india has seen more than 55000 new infections in the last 24 hours. And donald trump has been condemned by democrats and Senior Republicans for suggesting a delay to novembers u. S. President ial election trump insists without evidence that expanding mail in voting is a vulnerable to fraud. Not to chile where millions of people are dipping into their Pension Funds to help them get through the financial fallout from the pandemic the government approved changes to the law so those whove lost jobs can withdraw up to 10 percent of the savings a lot in america is in the sea and human rate for some santiago. On the 1st day the chileans were allowed to withdraw up to 10 percent of their Retirement Savings and function has been also wasted no time queuing outside of his private Pension Fund Office at the moment i dont like to dip into my pension but we cant depend on the government for everything so i want to access my own money especially since the private Pension Funds have filled their pockets at our expense for decades but nothing is more in popular in chile than the mandatory a. F. P. s or private Retirement Funds which with rare exceptions deliver what most described a starvation pension. The a. F. P. s were untouchable till last week when Congress Approved a landmark constitutional amendment allowing people to access some of their contributions for the next year but if they did my 5 been on medical leave since march and i havent received any government benefits im not getting my full wages to pay for my medicine and my upcoming surgery so this is very necessary for me. Outside of this fund mainly migrants queued for hours to ask for a password to access their accounts many of them a haitians out of work and desperate for cash. I have no work anymore but have to keep paying their rent eating and bag necessities without money youre conscious of. The moment the process is supposed to be totally online so that people wont have to queue especially under the lockdown that still in force in most of the country but with more than a 1000000 people trying to access their money simultaneously on just the 1st day the process is painfully slow as im finding out right here in some cases the funds web pages have crashed completely or in this case it says there are more than a 1065000 people ahead of me. Whether its in line or online people are being told to be patient something not so easy when resorting to your life savings has become your only option. To see a new an aljazeera sent out. The u. S. Has expanded sanctions on irans Metals Industry washington has listed 22 metals it says are used in Irans Nuclear military and missile programs the us began very imposing sanctions 2 years ago after withdrawing from the 2015 iran nuclear deal. To libya now where teenagers were among the 100 so fighters detained during the battle for control of the capital tripoli 41 of them have been released by forces loyal to the un recognized government in tripoli as part of an amnesty for