A grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covert 1000 deaths exceeds 100000. Outrage over tuesdays explosion and lebanons capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured zaha to reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed. Didnt damage many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable i mean we are not leaving its either them or us in this country and you know what the people always prevails and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge is by putting all the Political Class either either on the hiking shoes you over there or in the dust bins but we want them out. Protesters also storm 3 ministries state institutions people say are run by corrupt politicians who they blame for draining the states treasury they say they want the state and a competent government currently levanon since the 2 sions are controlled by Political Parties and there is a parallel state run by the iranian backed hezbollah the Prime Minister has sandy who took office earlier this year is now offering a way out of the crisis conclusion as making ability when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have a really elections to elect a new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome the stiff aperient we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. Over early elections have been one of the oppositions demands but there are concerns the sectarian based political system and electoral law wont give independent candidates a chance. To early elections as good as a good step but im afraid that the Political Parties although they still have the power over the people and a soul about the system like im afraid that they will have just we will have the same people again i thought the 1st time central beirut turns into a battleground between the people and the establishment and the struggle for change is not new the anger has been building for years many feel those in power caved in by proposing early elections the governing alliance is not just facing pressure from the street the state is nearly bankrupt and the International Community wont help unless politicians fight state corruption for now many people here feel they won a round in what is likely to be a long battle. Beirut. Really is a political activist and filmmaker and he says the explosion in beirut has added momentum to the protest movement this amount of people in the streets who are angry at the whole establishment there is a very clear political message to all the people in power that something needs to be changed. There is a lot of anger of course this did was trying to get into the Apartment Building that was the main focus of the protesters i was there d on the front lines we saw what happened we saw how the. How much violence. The protests and we were done with a day we have more than 170. 00 injured protesters. Its we have people who have been shot and that i didnt invent had so many people now are out in the hospitals so theres so much of the tiny. Compared to also what we have witnessed as the telling during this whole week we have witnessed so much me tell you from this corruption explosion that happened daily i expect this to go along because the anger is not finished here we have the demands are not met the people are demanding for business and as a nation and Holding Accountable all of the Political Class that were sponsored and what happened and the resignation 1st because to be able to hold them accountable by law they need to resign because its so complicated to be holding them accountable if they are still in office its almost impossible we have not seen a minister to try and in the last 20 years. The main opposition candidate in president ial elections and bellows has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police certain its a kind of sky is running against Alexander Lukashenko whos been called europes last dictator is expected to declare victory after sundays election for the 6th time in 26 years said possible ports from minsk. Election observation belorussian style. Independent observers have not only been detained but also been barred from entering polling stations nonetheless they have found irregularities in the voting process that started on tuesday and will have its peak on sunday at the 1st day of elections. 39 people fired the evening protocol. Mission so there were 89 so they added 50 people is the president Alexander Lukashenko has been accused of stealing previous elections but this time hes facing an opposition on a scale has not witnessed before led by this woman 37 year olds but learn at the hand of sky she reluctantly decided to run for president after her husband a popular blogger was jailed suppose the elections were going to be free and fair how many percent of the vote would you get i suppose 65 said. He would be a big winner then. I would be here who would. But the woman who attracted large crowds does not expect this to be the official election result she has promised that if she becomes president the 1st thing she will do is call for free elections even if this. Doesnt happen now. Of course elections will be a new way. I dont think he will. Because. I dont know how can a person. Country where people. Softly speaking dont like him just. Most of them. And. But will he go quietly. The subject of this guy has accused the opposition of trying to cause a bloodbath and russia of provoking violence but analysts say these accusations are made to hide the countrys real problems. In the last 10 years they going to has gone down and society is not happy and basically all levels of society are united against looking despite their ideological position their values and their political priorities all of them think are the main obstacle for development. But as long as the president is still backed by the military and high ranking officials he believes look i shant i will remain in power the moment of truth for look i shant go will not be on election day but on the days after that if as announced large crowds protest what they believe will be another fraudulent election here at this square the threat of violence can then become a reality a scenario most belorussians want to avoid step fasten aljazeera mints. U. S. President donald trump has bypassed congress and signing for executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions of americans it includes eviction protections Student Loan Relief and an extension of Unemployment Benefits which democrats say it provides little help to families and will reduce desperately needed support for the unemployed mike hanna reports from washington. Fresh from around on his course the president held a News Conference at his new Jersey Golf Club a number of the clubs Members Forming an admiring crowd heaped blame on the democrats for the lack of agreement in congress ignoring the fact that the house had passed a new stimulus bill back in may that the Republican Controlled Senate declined to vote on. The 1st stimulus bill was passed in march in a bipartisan vote but a number of its provisions expired at the end of july. Among them the 600. 00 unemployment benefit which the president has reduced to poor 100. 00 in his executive order why did you decide on 400. 00 when previously families were receiving 600. 00 now that will be a hardship for many what do you say to them well no sir no hardship this is the money that they need this is the money they want in this gives them a great incentive to go back to work and controversially hes demanded that the states many of which have been economically devastated by the pandemic pay a quarter of the new benefit one of the points of disagreement in congress was the democrats proposal to offer Financial Assistance to the country states better had largely been forced to come to the pandemic with limited federal Assistance Legal experts argue the president does not have the constitutional power to cut payroll taxes as he has done in addition these taxes go to Social Security and medicare and its not clear now how these programs will be funded. The House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issued a scathing joint statement President Trump still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and Economic Crises facing working families they say theyre disappointed that instead of putting in the work to solve americans problems the president instead chose to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the Unemployment Benefits that millions desperately need the president s executive orders will face a series of legal challenges and its uncertain when or if they will come into effect mike hanna aljazeera washington. So they had an aljazeera defying the kremlin protesters in the far east of russia rallied for the 5th consecutive weekend and appeal for help. To contain the oil leak from a grounded ship. Hello there is more heavy rain in the forecast across much of the Korean Peninsula you can see plenty of things jamie and again in the last year as and it back into a central areas of china this rain will likely bring more flooding on top of what has already happened so as you can see of course people here still really trying to deal with the mounds of mud and of course also the damage the crops that a fortune is to say there is more very heavy rain in the for cause not just to south korea but to north korea as well and it trails back again into the central as a child and ahead of their across japan its a multi about a tool mostly we have goals. But nothing like the really heavy rain that will continue to impact much the Korean Peninsula as we go through monday we could see another 400 millimeters of rain here elsewhere across into china we will see scattered showers and clouds so nicholson to beijing as well and then its really been across the south and southwest in the heaviest rain of the last few days so again were looking at scenes like this that weve seen in so many areas across the entire country people of course cutoff being rescued and there is more rain in the forecast in fact very heavy on sunday and through the west and gas right in the down into canada it could just add to those a flood seeing problems and then elsewhere on monday the rain heavy again across the north areas and the pull east was right there way up into north of me. But. The real reason for a lot of those who we play with terrorists in 2017 people in power investigated why. Trinidad and tobago became a ripe recruiting ground for ice and. People feel as though there is no longer hold almost in 2020 we return to uncover the fate of those who left their homeland to join conflicts in iraq and syria or tara be into caliphate on just. Hold the end of the. And joining us here a reminder of our top stories this hour protests over tuesdays explosion in beirut have descended into street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured by mr hasse and says the only way out is to hold early elections. On the eve of bellows his election the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police so an attack on the sky is running against Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for 26 years. As President Donald Trump has bypassed congress signing for executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions include extending Unemployment Benefits but at a lower weekly amount as well as in fiction protections and Student Loan Relief. The u. S. Health secretary is set to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades alex was the visit has prompted farm opposition from beijing which has threatened to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the islands success in fighting covert 19 china claims sovereignty over taiwan and its imposed sanctions in response to previous u. S. Arms sales to the island last hour feingold is an analyst on u. S. An age of relations hes joining us live from taiwans capital taipei by skype thank you very much indeed for being with us given the spread of corona virus in the u. S. Is this a slightly strange time for the Health Secretary for to be traveling. Now thats a fair question and to the extent that people in the u. S. Might Pay Attention to this its a ballot question thats going to be asked but theres the diplomatic in the bilateral relationship aspects between the United States and taiwan that makes this visit appropriate and certainly among politicians in the United States whether democrats or republicans in Congress Cross the administration theres going to be great support for this visit because policymakers in the u. S. Generally favor closer relations between the 2 between the United States and taiwan is this all about covert 19 and the u. S. Learning from the experience of taiwan or is there an additional message being sent given the dynamics that are between china and taiwan and of course between china and the u. S. Its definitely more the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u. S. Wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the Health Secretary is not going to learn much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the United States have announced various initiatives over the course of this year are about joint efforts to do research on back scenes theyve had video conferences between the u. S. Health secretary as are in his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the Public Relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time john as Mr Foreign Affairs has been saying its firmly opposed to any official interactions between the u. S. And taiwan as we mentioned before its threatening to retaliate what can it actually do. Well its within the context of the broader relationship so we have all these various back and forth actions whether it has to do with closing consulates visas for scientists student journalists on in both sides trade issues obviously hong kong South China Sea both sides increasing the scope of their military exercises so china could expel us diplomats day could slow down implementation of the phase one trade agreement that was reached earlier this year its really more of the same though because the u. S. And taiwan have had various levels of interactions weapon sales as you mentioned and china will react but it doesnt necessarily cause the u. S. To stop the trajectory of u. S. Taiwan relations simply because Chinas Foreign Ministry issues an angry statement or china takes some other retaliatory action. Feingold we appreciate your expertise in this thank you very much indeed for giving us your time on aljazeera survivors and dignitaries on mocking 75 years since the ottoman bomb was dropped on nagasaki in japan its a scaled back ceremony because of covert 19 about 74000 people were killed off the u. S. Forces dropped the bomb in the final stages of world war 2 it came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hama optional. The number of people whove died from covert 900 in brazil has now pasta 100000 so only the 2nd country to reach that tragic milestone off to the United States activists a mock sits with an event on rios famous copacabana beach they set out 100. 00 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons thats one for every 100. 00 people who have died since may brazils reported an average of 1000. 00 deaths a day fro