A deal with russia that could see it produce a new coronavirus fact seen but some say it will prove too quickly also in the news fronts set to boost its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean calling on turkey to hold boiling Gas Exploration. And others call outs to their loved ones who are among the thousands marked up since the disputed election in belarus. But joe biden and come horace of appeared on stage together for the 1st time as a running mates in the race against President Donald Trump for the white house the presented themselves as the team to lead the u. S. Through the coronavirus pandemic and the National Outcry over racism i can report from washington d. C. Harris says life is about to change now in the media spotlight as she leaves home in d. C. On her d way to appear with joe biden my fellow americans. Let me to do is to you for the 1st time your next Vice President i and states comma parents problema florence you are. Coming to harris had built a reputation as one of the most formidable choices in the senate and she went straight on the attack against a president who she says has failed the country during this time a pandemic and whom she accuses of responsibility for the fact that an american dies off cope at 19 every 80 seconds this virus has impacted almost every country but theres a reason it has hit america worse than any other advanced nation its because of trumps failure to take it seriously from the start earlier there were harsh words from joe biden about President Trumps response to his nominee as Vice President don trump has already started his attacks calling commack wrote nasty whiny about how shes quote mean to his appointee she says its no surprise because whining is where donald trump does best better than any president American History is anyone surprised donald trump as a problem with a strong woman or strong women across the board President Trump says he did not watch the briefing but again expressed surprise that joe bidens choice of someone who shopped he attacked him during the Democratic Party president ial primaries she said horrible things about him horrible things. And she mocked him. Openly mocked him thats why i thought that was a risky pick because im sure that will be played back not necessarily by me but others will be played back there would be president in his running mate have now got their Campaign Underway a campaign that in this time of social distancing and mccain 1000 mischas will be very different from any of the 55 year old has run before mike hanna aljazeera d washington journal king is a republican political analyst who says the democrats have actually missed an opportunity in naming harris as fines running if they are the democrats really want to make a historical move then they would have selected her the president ial nominee i think its quite interesting that they didnt feel that she was not good enough to be the president when they are now putting her in the vice pres their role thought you know in in time you have to demand in pretty much blackmail a candidate into the poor people of color and i think thats the Bigger Picture and thats Something Else that we need to look at i dont think its something that rewarding i dont think that she really present a big challenge at the release of the Republican Party in the reason why i say that because she comes with a lot of baggage as a release through her past history and prosecutor and things of that nature so but if i had to point thing all in one thing i think she can definitely galvanize the Africanamerican Community but that is. A lot that we have not necessarily have utilized through one and still need different ways so i think overall she is definitely going to obviously bring in more africanamericans who may have been on the fence but i dont think its going to be enough to win the presidency. Earlier we heard how come harris lashed out at donald trump for his handling of the pandemic while the u. S. Does remain by far the worst affected nation just in the past 24 hours and 50000 new cases in the u. S. Bringing the total number of infections nearly 5200000 and 1500 americans also died because of coded 19 on wednesday alone the total number of deaths now more than 165000 fewer the coronavirus updates from its 1st of all which is seeing its highest infection numbers since restrictions were eased back in may the Health Ministry says its recorded more than 2500 new cases and at least 18 people have died in the past 24 hours new zealand dealing with a growing cluster its confirmed 13 new cases in its largest city or planned in all there are now 36 active cases but remember new zealand hadnt recorded a single infection for more than 3 months Type Movement restrictions have been imposed in all kinds and in a straight up the side of victorias reported another 8 coronavirus deaths infections though are down by about 130 from a day earlier the state capital melbourne is under a 6 week lockdown with night time curfews and compulsory mall schools. They want a brazilian state has signed an agreement to produce russias covert 1000 back same comes as brazil reported another 1175 deaths in a single day monica have reports from Rio De Janeiro. The agreement was signed just one day after russias president Vladimir Putin declared his country to be the 1st in the world to prove a vaccine for the corona virus and that his own daughter had been vaccinated in just those experiences reports that the brazilian state of paranoia could help test and produce russias sputnik vaccine came as a surprise to the rest of the country and was received with skepticism by doctors and scientists so the president. Hes doctor received the facts not sufficient for us to look demonstrate there was a leak of. This size of this magnitude there is worldwide concern that russia may have cut corners and approve the vaccine before completing phase 3 the final phase of human trials which has led to this forum World Leaders at 1st didnt know how to deal with pandemic some even denied it now theyre engaged in a political competition to be the 1st to find a vaccine even if that means speeding and running over scientific criteria 100000 deaths than 3000000 and back to brazil has the 2nd largest corona Virus Outbreak after the United States that makes it an ideal hub for mass Clinical Trials for potential vaccines the federal government is already spending 127000000 dollars to help reduce the Oxford University vaccine while brazils richest states own poll is working on another project with the chinese but theres Little Information on russias vaccine. We have no information on their phase one so the phase 2. And least of all these 3 trials brazils Technology Institute tech says moscow has agreed to share its research and that the 2 countries will work closer if the vaccine proves to be safe in dealing with such a serious pandemic tech par says its worthwhile to put your eggs in 3 baskets not to monica and not give aljazeera Rio De Janeiro israeli warplanes have hit hamas targets in gaza for a 3rd night in a row this is in response to blooms ones which cause fires being sent into israeli territory over recent days israel has already cut off fuel supplies for gaza or its reduced its fishing zone in retaliation as well its also been threatening to shut the Main Commercial border crossing. France will increase its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean president emanuel mccrone is also pushing turkey to hold to its oil and down 6 for ration in disputed waters its heightened tensions with greece sent off escalated this week with the arrival of a Turkish Research vessel which was accompanied by warships taking greece have competing claims to natural gas reserves well charles corruption is a senior fellow at the council on Foreign Relations we got his view he said nato members are increasingly worried about the potential for a confrontation its escalated of late in part because aaron won is pursuing a more ambitious Foreign Policy he showed up with forces in libya he signed an agreement with libya that demarcated numeric time boundaries in the mediterranean that drove the greeks crazy so they went out and forged an agreement with egypt now you have the ship showing up a turkish ship just off shore of the greek island and i think the french are trying to say hold on were going to try to cool the temperature here before things get out of hand nobody wants to go to war nobody wants to see to nato members mix it up on the other hand when you have this many naval vessels when tensions are this high when you have turkish exploration this ship that you mentioned is taking seismic soundings the 1st step in drilling for gas you know things are are in a kind of dangerous place i think in some ways youre seeing an all hands on deck diplomatic response because there is a conversation taking place between the u. S. Secretary of state and the Greek Foreign minister nato is is trying to rise to the occasion the e. U. Is going to hold an emergency session so thats a sign to me that people are really worried about the situation and keep in mind that you have a backdrop of tension over Syrian Refugees coming from turkey to greece over what heir to one has done in turning the huggy sophia into a mosque so there is a lot of fuel to fan the flames at this point between greece and turkey. Taiwans defense spending is set to grow by more than 10 percent next year according to Reuters News Agency president signing when has made modernizing the armed forces and increasing defense spending a priority china has stepped up its military activity around taiwan since she won reelection in january on a platform of standing up to beijing. China considers taiwan a breakaway province. I think one protester has died in detention in bela roofs 6000 have been arrested over 3 nights of often violent demonstrations if theyre angry over the landslide reelection of president Alexander Lukashenko despite claims of fraud at the polls his opponents on a skier has fled the country step vasant reports from minsk. Worried about the fate of their loved ones relatives and friends outside his Detention Center in minsk child cries of support without knowing if they can hear it. Or you are heroes they scream at us calling out her sons and daughters looking for their house after days of arrest many are still missing a 17 year old boy of us released after he was arrested while sitting on a bench in the city center he says he was severely beaten. Riot police came to me with 6 men and started beating me when i gripped this cheek there started to beat me even more and sprayed something in my face it was burning when i asked for medical aid they did not help me volunteers are trying to help locate the thousands of detainees president Alexander Lukashenko has condemned those detained describing them as a criminal underclass because the core of these socalled protesters are people with a criminal past and those who are currently unemployed those who dont have a job walking the streets and avenues thats why im kindly urging everyone who is unemployed to get a job Police Violence has increased and bellows. Night of protest with the dash koreans and cars attacked often randomly i but that did not deter hundreds of women from protesting to condemn the violence a march for peace and Fair Elections president lukashenko who has been in power for 26. 00 c. S. s he won sundays disputed president ial poll with more than 80 percent of the vote to claim many in bellows have called observe and can trust a police man wearing black all these women are wearing white carrying flowers as a sign of peace stop beating us is their main message women have been leading the growing Opposition Movement against look a shanked Us Government with 3 women dominating the Election Campaign now again women are defiant and are risking arrest they can come to your home they can break the door in your apartment they can catch you anywhere when you go shopping or go to the hospital they can find you and detain you really be you get a chance to win but i dont want a hospice brothers and sons to die for a peaceful bella ridged and for Fair Elections under streets drivers showed their support for the protesters including bus and Truck Drivers but emotions running high after what has been traumatic days for many belorussians it seems unlikely to strategy a fight insta government is using will work step fasten aljazeera meant. In the news ahead it is back to School Students in the u. S. Even though coronavirus cases are on the rise in many states while in india millions of children who dont have Online Access to finding other ways to look. At that mostly halls and dry across much of the middle east the winds being fairly brisk again of the last few days so anything. Areas of iraq down towards the south and then further to the south you see quite a bit of cloud this could produce one or 2 shows along coastal areas of amman throughout those they say maybe a stray shower across into salalah not about temperature that 26 degrees celsius of course as you were way further to the north the temperatures typically a last high of 47 in kuwait 44 in baghdad there the winds again kicking sand in the dust im really funneling that sundin a fair way south friday morning the winds are certainly stronger they tend to taper off a little bit later in the day but its a woman day 48 degrees and 45 is the high in doha the house hopefully will feeling quite as humid then down into Central Africa plenty of showers and thunderstorms some of those of course very heavy at times as we go through thursday some heavy downpours into northern tanzania up into uganda and again of course out towards the west but most acute through south africa the same across into madagascar skies for the most part as we go through friday and then you see here across into south of the winds have been fairly strong as we go through the next couple of days itll bring a mix of conditions across into Port Elizabeth certainly showers through saturday and sunday and feeling cooler on sunday in a westerly wind. The island of sardinia a famously adelie college a spot. Less well known as a proving ground for. Investigation claims that years of military training and arms testing triggered cancer and birth defects made to the local population. Secret sardinia people in power on aljazeera. Route. This is out as they were these are the top stories this hour joe biden and counselor harris have appeared on stage together for the 1st time is running mates in the race against President Donald Trump to the white house france is increasing its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean to monitor a growing dispute between turkey and greece over oil and Gas Exploration and release one detained protester has died in belarus after Police Crackdown on demonstrations denouncing president Alexander Lukashenko election victory there have been 3 nights of protest against that result. Lebanons president has put out a new estimate of the damage and losses from last weeks beirut explosion thats more than 15000000000. 00 as a bill lebanon will be unable to pay in its current financial crisis the World Health Organization meanwhile says half of the citys Health Clinics and hospitals are no longer functioning and its methods been speaking to people whove lost their homes and their businesses. Rich or poor the beirut explosion didnt discriminate 10 people died in the luxury Seaview Apartments that overlook the port and alice assads house. She and her 2 children had left home half an hour before the blast they raced back to find this. Alice pays a rent fixed in the 1960 s. The common practice here if the landlord cant afford the repairs or release the funds home will probably stay like this i now must have learned the most important thing is for the kids to have a place to sleep comfortably where with food they will not starve but we need our home back. Businesses too must find the money to rebuild if they think its worth it. This country was already enjoying an economic crisis after a shortage of foreign currency last year sent its currency into freefall i hope you know through it if you will be able to put more money into it i dont know we need help not only also. Everybody. Needs someone 70000 homes and a so far uncalculated number of businesses were destroyed or damaged when 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at beirut port last tuesday. A dozen schools also need rebuilding this is the citys oldest the sch