Defy the president and join protesters as calls grow for even bigger demonstrations of the weekend. And flying high once again Hong Kongs International Airport has resumed transit flights from Mainland China. Welcome to the program a u. S. Bid to extend that indefinite arms embargo the rather its failed at the United Nations Security Council just one other country back to washington of the resolution that means unless further action is taken iran will be able to purchase conventional weapons from mid october kristen salumi has more for you at headquarters in new york. It was a quick an unceremonious and to the United States efforts to extend the iranian arms embargo that is part of the war being if thats. What you favor do whats against 11 f. Abstentions that draft resolution has not been a doctor every failed to obtain that required number and a statement u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o called it an inexcusable failure saying quote the Security Council paved the way for the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell conventional weapons without specific u. N. Restrictions in place for the 1st time in over a decade under an agreement negotiated by the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and germany aimed at stopping iran from developing Nuclear Weapons the 13 year old ban on conventional weapons sales is due to expire in october russia and china accusing the us of undermining the deal had threatened to veto the resolution but didnt have to the Dominican Republic was the only other countries to vote for it well its a diplomatic test of the it just demonstrates that President Trump and his team are not only bad at the strategy of approaching iran theyre bad at just the day to day tactics of diplomacy it is unconscionable that they couldnt round up more than one vote for a resolution like this the u. S. Has threatened to trigger the return of all International Sanctions on iran through a snapback provision written into the nuclear deal but other members of the Security Council say the u. S. Lost the right to do that when it withdrew from the deal 2 years ago europeans are warning of adverse consequences for the Security Council if a legal dispute over snapback ensues for them preventing iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon remains paramount kristen salumi aljazeera the United Nations. It has been following the story from tehran he says iran will be treating the failed bid as a win for the u. S. Even going into this vote at the United Nations to extend the arms embargo we had had some strong rhetoric and language coming out from the iran president Hassan Rouhani had warned of a crushing response if the arms embargo had been extended from mr divides the reef had said that the u. S. Approach was feckless and unpredictable and now weve had rain in the back of the to the United Nations call it a day back so the rains were very much see this particular back to let the United Nations as a victory for themselves and use it to show how little support the United States has in its approach to iran but also it would be used domestically by the iranians because this 2015 nuclear deal didnt have total support across the political spectrum here and president Hassan Rouhani and his government did take their political reputations did take a hit when donald trump pulled the United States out of that deal so this will be seen as iran as a diplomatic victory over the United States so this comes as the u. S. Department of justice seized reining in fuel from 4 tankers heading to venezuela where both iran and venezuela under u. S. Sanctions laura bird monthly reports. The u. S. Is calling it the largest seizure of fuel from iran its incepted for tank is carrying more than a 1000000 barrels of oil to venezuela after winning a federal court order last month where for tankers theyre going to use them and theyre there. Theyre not supposed to be doing that are onsite supposed to be doing that and so we did we see the tankers and were moving them and moved to euston but iran says the liberian flag ships have nothing to do with them it accuses the us of lies and psychological warfare 0. 09 with a lot of no right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media the details of the capture are murky when the seizure or do is produce more than a month ago all of the ships turned off the tracking devices seemingly not wanting to be found but whats certain is that trump is running up his campaign against iran in venezuela at sea the public documents suggest that the United States negotiated with the owners operators of those 4 tankers and a range peaceably and agreeably for the transfer of the iranian oil refined oil headed to venezuela to other ships those ships are the ones that the president indicated have arrived in u. S. Waters or about to arrive in u. S. Waters that its way into has become increasingly more aligned to an oil from iran it previously received shipments in may and june although venezuela sits a one the Worlds Largest crude oil reserves it unable to refine its u. S. Sanctions corruption and a lack of investment is blamed for the decline of its oil industry the United States hasnt done a set too much to date actually seize the oil but the United States has a policy of. Trying to drive Iranian Oil Exports to 0 theyve frozen iranian revenues from from previous oil sales so in effect that was confiscating it and yes this does ratcheted up another step venezuela and iran act isnt defiance of u. S. Sanctions for now the fees you see appears to stop much even trade between the allies madly aljazeera. Russia says 33 of its nationals arrested last month in belarus have been released and sent home president Alexander Lukashenko accuse them of being mercenary sent by moscow to incite riots ahead of the president ial vote russia dismissed the accusation saying they were employees of a private Security Firm transiting through the country. Well tens of thousands of people are violet in the belorussian capital minsk for a 6 the night of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections president Lucas Shanker has refused to open dialogue with the leader of the opposition the settler kind of skier and she has fled to lithuania and is calling for more protests this weekend our correspondent stop vasant reports from the capital minsk. Was. Was slowly but surely protesters in minsk are taking over the citys main streets after days of Police Violence as demonstrators were beaten detained and chased away protests came out in large numbers friday they were joined by workers from a state owned tractor factory throughout the country thousands of workers are on strike to protest against a look at. The other kids. We cant stand the situation anymore people afraid but they will have more people and now factory has many multiples of the. Way. They have come out of their factory and are now heading to the city center the protests and not only against the Police Crackdown but also against what they call all rigged elections these are very unusual. Arriving at Independence Square the protesters are met by soldiers protecting the Government House pension starts to build but suddenly one soldier drops his shield and then this happens the. Peace remember you have a mother to my baby you cannot do this why are you standing here. Meanwhile look at shankar is warning of more violence as he accuses foreigners of provoking the protests new suit is we should just know what is stay clear of the streets now you have to understand that you and your children are being used like cannon fodder people have already arrived from poland the netherlands ukraine and russia from open russia and the valley and this old. The aggression against our country has already started do you see in the july sproat detainees who were released talked about torture dance had to be taken to hospital immediately after their release others were treated by fallen ts who came to did it dench and scientists to help you know more. Fractures bruises dislocations brain injuries nose fractures abrasions. Hemorrhage to brain and even to eyes is a nightmare fascist dont even do these things the government was mozart. Well the government has tried to appease protesters by releasing detainees the wounds on their bodies have had the opposite effect throughout the evening crowds at the Independence Square started swelling if vested and fiery mood in sharp contrast with the threatening words of. And his soldiers standing nearby steps aljazeera. For the 1st time in 6 months passengers from Mainland China are being allowed to transit through holes International Airport the city is gradually relaxing its quota virus travel restrictions its a much needed boost to the citys flagship carrier Cathay Pacific on wednesday the airline reported a loss of more than 1000000000. 00 or lng it did not expect a meaningful recovery in passenger demand for some time adrian brown has the latest. Im in hong kong International Airport there have been plenty of picture metaphors during this crisis over the past 6 months and this is another one of them as you can see its like a vast empty mostly and right now i remember this is one of the worlds busiest International Airport well things have eased a little bit on saturday as you rightly point out passengers arriving from Mainland China are now able to transit in hong kong for up to 24 hours although they cant leave the airport terminal now why is hong kong doing that well it seems that there are so Many University students in china who have to get back to europe or north america for the start of the University Year there simply arent enough flights in china because of the restrictions on sched jools to to help them so the mainland authorities have turned to hong kong where from here of course you can still fly to most places in the world or be it with a greatly restricted shuttle so thats thats one reason now its going to help airlines like Cathay Pacific thats no doubt and this week c. X. Posted a half year loss of more than 1300000000. 00 in fact you know traffic passenger traffic on Cathay Pacific has dropped by more than 99 percent compared to this time a year ago cathay of course not the only airline in trouble airlines around the world are also suffering a similar fate right now beijings largest wholesale suit look it is set to reopen 2 months after it was shut down due to a resurgence of crow virus cases in the Chinese Capital since june more than 330 cases have been linked to a cluster of infections that Health Authorities traced back to the market. Japans Prime Minister has never to repeat the tragedy of the 2nd world war since arbor was speaking to scale back sara lee marking 75 years since japan surrendered to allied forces early in our bay avoided a personal visit to a controversial shrine which has caused division between japan china and south korea is dead he said to richard offering to the sunni shrine which orders the war to head. Well still ahead here on. The part of protests in ivory coast after president alice on the guitar his decision to run for a 3rd term. Of the why the u. S. Postmaster general is being investigated for his stance Police Service ahead of the november elections. But. Were seeing some rather Stormy Weather just around the middle of the states of the u. S. Should see this little clutch of showers there just around the carolinas pushing up towards maryland easing up towards new england more wet weather live the storms violent storms pushing out of central canada down around the dakotas again mass making its way for the east was as we go on through sas day heavy showers there just around the appalachians over towards virginia notice further west where we could do with the rain still very hot seem fane x. 45 celsius on enough to across a good part of California South california of course with the wildfires burning no sign of any right in the forecast in fact much of the west coast the part of western canada staying hot and dry over the coming days a few showers just cropping up down towards the deep south throughout oklahoma pushing into texas still very wet over towards the mid Atlantic States well the more pleasant i suggest into new york and on into new england but say bad city were across the southeast of the u. S. Into florida law she fought and dry across the caribbean islands as well but some very heavy showers thundery downpours gathering around that western side of the caribbean we could see some flooding there from the correct yes. It began as a dream holiday then turned into a Public Health disaster one o one east investigates how a cruise ship became the source of one of a strain is largest covert 19 outbreaks on aljazeera. Be the hero the world needs right or go. Washing. Or the f. A. A. But the bike you want your visit with me is a whole robin a reminder of our top stories u. S. Efforts to extend indefinite arms embargo on iran for sale to the United Nations it means to iran will soon be able to trade weapons without u. N. Approval the u. S. Says it will seek to trigger a return of all u. N. Sanctions on iran in the coming days all this comes as the u. S. Says it seized a radio fuel headed to venezuela. Claims that cargo on 4 tankers amounts to more than a 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seizure iran denies any connection with the shipment both iran and venezuela and u. S. Sanctions and tens of thousands of people protested in belarus for a 6 day there with a disputed president ial election and a violent Police Crackdown the european needed says it will initiate shang sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and fraud in connection with the vote after a meeting of its foreign ministers. A u. S. Watchdog is investigating the nations Postal Service which has warned it might not be able to deal with the large number of mail in ballots in novembers election the postmaster general louis joy denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service theres expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting g. s a pandemic while president troubles try to restrict the method because he claims without any evidence that it susceptible to fraud mike hanna has the story from washington d. C. Last week democrats in congress wrote a letter to the Inspector General asking him to take a look at the situation within the Postal Service now that has been dire indeed in recent months there have been all sorts of problems in the Postal Service theres been a 10 percent reduction in letter sorting machines theres been delays of up to a week in postage and this follows the appointment of joy a close friend and confidante of President Trump as postmaster general so its likely that this investigation by the Inspector General is going to look at the new postmaster general who has fired a number of people in key positions hes reassigned others so certainly it will focus on what he has done to reduce the level of the services of the post office now looking ahead as well of course its going to play a key role in terms of mail in votes for the november election given the ongoing pandemic but in july the Postal Service sent a letter to 46 states including d. C. Saying that it could not guarantee being able to turn around the postal votes to get them in time for the deadline in voting so this is a key issue and obviously the any problem within the Postal Service particularly one that may be allegedly manufactured is of grave concern to all within this country. Protests by opposition supporters in ivory coast have turned violent for a 3rd straight day demonstrators are trying to hold president. Election bit but they accuse him of violating a 2 term limit that would address as more. This is what remains of a Police Station in the sole eastern town of. As opposition supporters clash with peculiar to forces. Is the latest in a series of demonstrations taking place across ivory coast for the 3rd consecutive day the protests threatened to plunge the country once an island of stability into its biggest political crisis since the civil war of trying to turn. The contention is a declaration by president and us and were told to run again and. We are protesting for the president what to go because the constitution has been violated and we dont want to accept a 3rd term we call on the entire population of our records to join us in making what time i leave. In a broadcast last week the president announced his candidacy after a student successor. Suddenly died of a heart attack. The fear of the country sinking into political and economic crisis has forced me to reconsider my earlier position not to run again i accept the call by citizens who asked me to stand for president the opposition has warned that ivory coast cannot afford another bloody crisis. We invite the president of the republic to ensure that he can safeguard social peace and stability to do otherwise would be to open up a pandoras box that will give rise to uncontrollable. Former 1st lady. Whose husband is still stuck in the netherlands after his acquittal by the International Criminal court of crimes against humanity says providing a level Playing Field for all its all a thing that can stop the country sliding into anarchy. I call him president of had a to make let on by eligible to run and to free all held for the 2010 postelection violence he should also facilitate the return of exile of those ins everybody ends. With tension building some residents of the Financial Capital has started stocking up hearing for the worse. Still remember the events of 2010 im stocking up on supplies now look at the chicken we buy for 2000 c. F. A. Its now 3000. 00 c. F. E. Even snail transport fares have gone up by 30 percent. The president s supporters say a change to the constitution in pretty 16 which also drew violent demonstrations clears the way for. For him to run again. I dont think ivory coast was considered one of africas most politically stable countries since then it is seen violent demonstrations even mutinous by soldiers a president ial election set for the end of october there are fears that the supporters could grow and plights the country deeper into political tomboy comedy aljazeera. Mozambiques president turns visited the Northern Province of cover delgado days after fighters linked to isolate seize a key port town or philippe in syria vowed to create jobs in an effort to prevent young people from joining the armed group mozambiques army is still trying to regain control of the gas rich area which has been seized by armed groups 3 times this year. Their own foreign minister has criticised western countries for demanding political change in lebanon as a condition for providing Financial Aid to the country javid zarif was the latest high profile to get to visit beirut as attention turns to recovery and reconstruction in the aftermath of the port explosion stephanie deck of reports in beirut. A French Navy Ship with more than 700 soldiers docks in beirut shattered port here to help rebuild a broken city. You know if we dont have so many days there are humanitarian emergency challenges and there will be future challenges of reconstruction but there are also challenges on the political side a government capable of taking courageous decisions will be necessary and finally there are also economic challenges to get out of this crisis major reforms will be needed. Frances defense minister went on to meet the lebanese leadership the french have taken a leading role here in the off tomorrow of the catastrophic explosion and here at the same time the u. S. Undersecretary of state for Political Affairs together with the u. S. Ambassador to lebanon here too and clearly a very busy diplomatic day Iranian Foreign minister giving his opinion on who should choose lebanons next government. We believe that the government and the people of lebanon should decide on the country should not abuse the tragic needed to to ation of lebanon big condition. But many here dont see their presence that way i think this for them paul was. You know are taking advantage of this catastrophic event but that but that happened in bed with a week ago or 10 days ago in order to leverage their position and lebanon and egypt as well to advance their political interests i think they are in for one shot and setting up the political agenda in the country because you know the countrys political faction are interrelated or they have nation support these foreign powers and as diplomats negotiate what the next government will look like the people of beirut are having to come to terms of whats happened to their city whats happened to their homes and for those whove lost everything just having to get through the day its volunteers that are doing most of the work here any official help is notably absent and whatever the next government may look like many people will tell you nothing will change and justice for all of this will never come Stephanie Decker al jazeera beirut. Gazas Health Ministry says israeli airstrikes have injured a 3 year old palestinian girl friday the turks were the 6 such nighttime operation this week israel says its been targeting hamas facilities because the group has been sending balloons we start fires into its territory turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to and expel us today in territory egypt and bahrain have welcomed the move. The palestinians say is a betrayal of their calls and theyve been protesting against the deal in occupied East Jerusalem they gathered at the courtyard of the al aqsa mosque compound after friday prayers some trampled on pictures of. Prince moment in the ever r. T. Flag harry falsities in west jerusalem and has more on the protests. It was an expression of anger and repudiation of the us part in carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the in the 2 and he had to at least publicly if not in the background policy of having a resolution in the Israeli Palestinian conflict before novelization with the arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron and the south of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u. S. Should not have gone along with this from the u. N. Perspective what theyre saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued the occupied west bank from the threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel thats seen very differently of course in ramallah which is where the policy leadership is headquartered they see this israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions its will to the palestinians. Hundreds of nicaraguan nationals are stranded in panama pleading with boulder authorities to let them go home but with crowbars cases increasing across Central America voters remain closed repeller explains. Stranded with no way of knowing when theyll get home some 200 nicaraguan citizens are growing desperate for panamanian immigration officials to grant them passage into coast rica and from there continue their journey back to nicaragua or get me tell you that things are getting worse here every day and were not going to solve anything by being here dying of our if we do not die of coronavirus we die of hunger so we need to get out of here and they cant stand in our way at least in our country we can be with our family. Crossing the panama coast or rica border wont be easy the worsening corona Virus Outbreak in Central America means border closures are still being enforced Panamanian Health officials have said the only way out is coordinating through the nicaraguan embassy. We explain to them in particular about the migration that is how did not just in panama but in the whole world along borders and that they have to understand that we know they have uncertainty that panama is a kurdish country and they have been treated like human beings. Complicating things further is nicaraguas policy of blocking cross border entry without proof of a negative coby 1000. 00 test result last month more than 500. 00 nicaraguan nationals were stuck on the coast rican border for more than 2 weeks until aid groups arrived to provide testing kits. Nicaragua has one of the regions lowest death tolls with the countrys president. Who rarely makes public appearances faces many criticisms over a lack of transparency in his governments containment policy why no medical professionals in the country say the government is hiding the truth scope of the Health Crisis and retaliating against any voices of dissent in that book. They never gave their real they dont depend on the deceased dr forbidden to put go over the death certificate. Human rights observers say nicaraguas government has downplayed a worsening Health Crisis nationwide and also failed to provide assistance to its citizens stranded beyond the countrys borders. Aljazeera. Is there with me still rob a reminder of our top stories u. S. Efforts to extend an indefinite arms embargo on iran have failed at the United Nations it means to iran will soon be able to trade weapons without u. N. Approval the u. S. Says it will seek to trigger a turn of all u. N. Sanctions on iran in the coming days kristen salumi has more from the u. N. In new york catch here is that the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal 2 years ago and so members of the council are arguing particularly russia and china that the United States doesnt have standing to make such a claim because it withdrew from the deal unilaterally it cant now come back and claim to invoke part of that so theres no clear Legal Mechanism to settle this dispute in the council if the United States decides to go forward in that way this could be really. Some altruist time for the Security Council and theres no clear mechanism for resolving the dispute this comes as the u. S. Has seized iranian feel headed to venezuela but claims the call go on for tankers amounts to more than 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seizure while irans denied any connection with the shipment. Tens of thousands of people have protested in valeries for a 6th day of the disputed president ial election and a violent Police Crackdown the European Union says it will initiate sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and fraud in connection with the boat. For the 1st time in 6 months passengers from Mainland China are being allowed to transit through Hong Kongs International Airport the city is gradually relaxing its Coronavirus Travel restrictions its a much needed boost to the citys flagship carrier Cathay Pacific or wednesday the airline reported a loss of more than 1000000000. 00 the u. S. Watchdog is investigating the nations Postal Service which has warned it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots and developers election the postmaster general louis de joy denies allegations by democrats of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service President Trump has tried to restrict the method because he claims without any evidence that is susceptible to fraud. Japans Prime Minister who has never to repeat the tragedy of the 2nd world war was speaking at a scaled back ceremony marking 75 years since japan surrendered to allied forces those were the headlines of course you can follow those stories on our website at aljazeera dot com and back with more news in half an hour next its what i want east to do stay with us. We understand the differences. Britons have cultures across the land so no matter how you take it out you see and. Current affairs that matter to you. Down to 0. 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