Attention with democrats forced to take their convention to nominate joe biden online. Oil and gas drilling approved in Alaskas ArcticNational Wildlife refuge environmental groups vowed to fight the trumpet ministrations move. A conservative south korean pastor who spearheaded antigovernment protests is blamed for a growing cluster of corona virus infections in the sold region. Is being lined up to become the new barcelona manager. Said to be fired after the clubs humiliating Champions League. The belorussian president has told striking workers there wont be new elections until opponents kill him for testers across the country have made it clear they want Alexander Lukashenko out these are the latest pictures from downtown in minsk where thousands of been out in force because shankar has said he may be willing to redistribute power but he wouldnt do it under pressure mohamed has more on the days events. In the capital of bella ruse extraordinary displays of defiance by state. Company employees it was me visiting tractor workers in minsk president Alexander Lukashenko insisted there will be no new elections until hes killed while adding he may be willing to redistribute power. As thousands of striking state workers march towards the tractor works plant demanding the president step down because shank a flew away in his helicopter. All of this coming on the heels of a massive rally on sunday and as anger about the results of last weekends election continues to grow. While the official count of the august 9th vote gave 80 percent and his opponents felt lynott kind of sky only 10 percent the opposition says the result was rigged. Large scale protests continued even after to kind of sky left the country for lithuania last week which her Campaign Team said was made under duress she has in a new video message the Opposition Leader said she was ready to help lead bellerose during a transition period where. We all want to leave this loop that we found ourselves in 26 years ago i am ready to take on the responsibility and become the National Leader in this p. D. It with the goal of coming the situation and entering into a normal p. D. It feeling Political Prisoners and in the shortest time creating the conditions and legislative base to organize new president ial elections real honest and Transparent Elections that will be unequivocally accepted by the International Community even state t. V. Station workers joined the nationwide strike viewers who tune into the morning show saw only an empty studio in poland ahead of an emergency Conference Call by European Union ministers on bella ruse polands Deputy Foreign minister said e. U. Funds should be spent to support villar ruse not someone used to join you were a child or a hand and that you also reaches out its head to bellows but its up to by the russians to decide which direction they want their country to go i have an impression that through these protests and by shouting out their disagreement they tell us what kind of bellows they for sure do not want and therefore we can enter press from it what better way they would like to have. Bella ruse finds itself at a crossroads an embattled president refusing to end his 26 years in power versus committed protesters refusing to end their rebellion. And dizzier. Some was a state media headquarters in minsk. The extraordinary scenes here at the ballarat television where 130 workers walked out this morning there was an empty studio aired on t. V. And after that theyd just been rerunning shows they were joined here by other protesters who were phonology him on the television station to tell them to truths and stop lying and stop spreading propaganda later they were also joined by thousands of workers from factories around the capital really strategic factories. Car trucks trailer factories large factories so Metal Workers also have completely stopped working so the industry is not producing anything right now so this is really turning into a very serious headache for president look at shango ceases the pressure on him to resign only increasing the mccains in berlin and brings us more on the reaction from europe. Theres been a chorus of condemnation from across europes capitals to the events that have unfolded in minsk and in yellow rose at a wider level in the last few days in the last week or so and in this capital city in berlin the government pressing for strong measures to be taken part of a raft of ideas that are coming from europe right now the polish government a view from the being fact the european endowment for democracy should be enacted to help the situation in ghettos and then it a paneuropean level from brussels the president of the European Council calling a special summits Video Conference of heads of state heads of government for wednesday to discuss what more can be done given the fact that its the European Unions clout as it were is political and economic not military so the European Union looking to try to ratchet up the pressure it can put in yellow rose to help the situation there remembering that one head of state the french president the man you and max on has said that the views of the protesters in belarus must be respected if you view things from that prism it explains how the European Union reaction is unfolding at the summit to be held on wednesday to discuss what more can be done but invites is a security and defense analyst at wiki struct its a global Risk Consultancy and he says only russia can help look at shanghai in this situation. The when way that bell or those in president lives clashing coke could escape from what looks to be his likely downfall is to get the russians to intervene on his behalf and theres not a lot of and a love for the shango in the kremlin so he has to sell this as look you know bella ruse is under threat from from nato if i fall the nato will take over the country and i think thats why you see the belorussians forces moving to the border because it helps them develop this narrative of looking at western powers are seeking are behind these protests are trying to overthrow me moscow you need to save us or youre going to end up with another ukraine says shueisha. The Democratic Party in the us is gathering virtually for its National Convention the event will see joe biden officially named as the democratic candidate for president alan fischer reports on how he clinched the nomination. Back before covered just as the primary process got under way if you would have banked on joe biden winning the democratic president ial nomination the idea he would be in a position to unveil a Vice President ial pick as he did last week would almost have been laughable he lost heavily in iowa he had little better in the next 2 contests but was saved by a win in South Carolina a diverse electorate 1st days ago pressing the pundits in the clear this candidacy yes that was a key moment when the Democratic Party saw him rather than Bernie Sanders as the man to beat donald trump when im sure his convey was that theres no way that youre going to be able to get most of america to support. And as we saw that happen in the primaries the people that support ready and war is just they do not show up at the polls before super tuesday was several states hold nominating contests key rivals dropped out in the club a short step to citing gave their support he won several states enough to make victory look inevitable and so closest rivals Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders dropped out to joe biden had all but secured the president ial nomination i think joe biden won with experience also because they coalesced around joe biden because they realize donald trump didnt want to peace Joe Biden Joe biden has already spent 8 years in the white house as Barack ObamasVice President hes been around politics for almost half a century but hes never had to Campaign Like this is a pandemic changes the face of president ial politics there are no big rallies no crisscrossing the country to speak with supporters its no virtually. Virtual got on like democratic. Small gatherings the sea help joe biden to excel on the crisis has allowed him to highlight the president s actions something one expect believes helps the challenger he doesnt have to travel to. And travel to 4 and 5 cities and in one day hes able to kind of you know lay back and rest as a 77 year old man so i think again hope so and in addition you know all of the mistakes and joe that President Trump is making you know that of course you know close 2165000 lives i think and counting i think that you know that helps joe biden 3 decades after his 1st president ial bid joe biden has arrived when he wants to be hes finally convinced his party hes the man for the job no he has 11 weeks to convince the country alan fischer aljazeera washington obama speakers tonight include Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders for republicans speaking as well the most high profile being john k. Said one of the Donald Trumps rivals back into the 16 White House Correspondent kelly hall has joining us live of course this is going to be a very different type of electioneering what are going to be the main themes. The main theme will be how to defeat donald trump and as you point out it will have the keynote speakers that include senator Bernie Sanders as well as the former 1st lady Michelle Obama whats significant about Bernie Sanders is of course he himself ran for president not once but twice and really is important for folding in those socalled progressive that at times is that alan fischer put in his report there do not show up to the polls so it will be really critical in terms of an election victory for the Democratic Party to unite some of those fractions so thats what this will be about but at the same time the u. S. President is all. So sending out his own message highly unusual usually what you see is the other party lay low well one party is holding their democratic in this case democratic National Convention but dull trump is trolling as many would say he is going to a number of battleground states hes already been speaking hes on the road in wisconsin minnesota iowa possibly as well and the message that hes sending is that essentially hes trying to draw a contrast between himself and joe biden hell have a challenge because right now the polls seem to indicate most American Voters favor joe biden by at least 9 Percentage Points can he stay with us for a moment because on a geisha is of course a month thing that the u. S. Postal service is being undermined by donald trump to restrict male voting now the democratic majority house has been called back into session to vote on the protecting the Postal Service just before he left the White House Trump was asked if you havent encouraged the postmaster general to slow the mail. Not at all when. I have everybody. But i also want to have a boat. Without. Ok lets go back to kimberly hold that this is an unusual situation where we have the u. S. Postal service becoming one of us the central points of an election where are we with this. Well the reason this has become so central is that right now the trumpet ministration his appointee the postmaster general have decided to reorganize the Postal Service and the reason that this is happening now they argue is because its not being run efficiently but Many Democrats are saying that this is just sort of a veiled attempt to suppress votes now why is mailing so important when it comes to voting well in the era of covert 19 and close of virus Many Americans dont want to stand in line they fear for their health and safety and so they want to do this mail in voting as its called the u. S. President has long railed against this he says this is rife with voter fraud that people can vote without having to provide id is so hes pushing for the ballots to be passed in person now democrats say that again this is really just Voter Suppression they are very concerned thats why they are being called back as you mentioned for a vote we believe on saturday on legislation to prevent this reorganization before the election were also hearing now that the postmaster general will be testifying before a democrat Led House Panel that will be taking place on monday we should point out that is the same day the republican National Convention begins so this is very much an election issue the u. S. President defending these actions though in the midst of all of this hes been speaking he says hes doing this to make sure the election is not stolen kimberly thanks very much. Thats kimberly halakhah White House Correspondent i want to bring in Michael Isikoff hes the chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news is joining us on skype from Baldhead Island in North Carolina good to have you with us on aljazeera i want to talk about the campaigning 1st of all lets not get caught up in the the the surveys and the statistics and so on in your opinion where do you think the democrats stand in relation to the election in relation to try to trumpet ministration as theyre going in to this convention. Theyre in a pretty good place i mean look the country isnt and you know this is all about the coded. Pandemic and the economic recession it has caused and that hangs heavily over Donald Trumps presidency at this point and makes it really hard to make for him to make the argument to voters that he was planning to make at the start of this year which is that whatever you want to the democrats want to say about my rhetoric or russia or ukraine i delivered the economy is roaring like never before the stock market is that record highs and actually still is its the rest its main street that is suffering so that is you know that is a problem that any incumbent administration would have in this in this environment so theres no question that by the biden ticket has a clear advantage at this point one of the reasons as is well known that donald trump did manage to get to the white house is the fact that his central argument was he basically wasnt the other guy he wasnt they the democrats he was they were people at that time were looking for somewhere someone different do you think that biden hottest ticket actually stands up on that argument alone or people are actually going to be looking this time around for proper organized plans that they will have in place going into the white house should they win. Well look joe biden has been around for a long time hes been on then and has been in the senate was in the senate for 30 years he was Vice President for 8 years the American Public pretty much knows him and theres no question that he is a more likable figure than Hillary Clinton was Hillary Clinton had a lot of baggage she was known as well still biden but you know she was a divisive figure who drew out a lot of animosity among a broad swath of the electorate and thats the big reason that donald trump one job im does not now there are questions about joe biden certainly starting with his age is 7077 years old hes going to be 78. 00 at the time of the inauguration that like puts more will put more attention on camel harris and her own background but i think that the the trunk campaign has had a hard time in trying to tag joe biden in the way it would like to theyve made the argument that hes hostage to the to the radical left but biden doesnt sort of give off those personal vibes and one other thing that i think is really interesting when you look at this lineup for the Opening Night of the Democratic Convention tonight you have all these republicans Christine Whitman the former republican governor of new jersey who was a member of george w. Bushs cabinet meg whitman who ran as a republican for governor in california john k. Sick who was the group publican governor of ohio who ran against donald trump and this was a big surprise to a lot of us Susan Molinari who was a republican congresswoman who was the keynote speaker at the 1996 Republican Convention theyre all speaking at the Democratic Convent