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Attention with democrats forced to take their convention to nominate joe biden online. Oil and gas drilling approved in Alaskas Arctic National 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 Obamas Vice 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 Convention tonight on behalf of the biden arris ticket that shows you how much disaffection there has been. Long republicans under Donald Trumps presence and let me ask you briefly about the Virtual Convention thats going to be held obviously were used from the outside to saying that the big spectacle of the conventions with the falling balloons the chairs and the signs and so on let me ask you how you feel this Virtual Convention is going to resonate with voters given the fight that that its its almost like a a town hall a virtual town hall thats going to be held with people actually up without appeal to people. We have no idea that is the big unknown going into this convention look there has been a tradition. For you know many many years now that each party gets a bump in the polls after its convention and a lot of that is because of the hoopla the extravaganza the excitement the enthusiasm conventions can bring to voters i mean to seeing the excitement in the crowd just hearing those sort of stem winder speeches and people cheering wildly that is a big part of what generates that you know bump in the polls here this is all online this is all virtual theres going to be no crowds cheering so whether that can translate into the same kind of bump in the polls were going to have to wait a week a couple of weeks now to watch and see how both of these conventions play out to get the answer to that question really interesting to get your thoughts Michael Isikoff from yahoo news we appreciate it thank you very much thank you. 30 more ahead in the user including lifting one of the longest lockdowns restrictions begin to ease in parts of some thiago after more than 150. 00 days a tough life lesson families into g q stands send their children back to school knowing they might return with coronavirus and in sports playoff time in north americas top Basketball League andys here with that story. U. S. Department of interior has approved an oil and gas leasing plan that opens up the Arctic National wildlife refuge for drilling the coastal plain in the state of alaska has remained untouched for over 30 years republicans have been lobbying to revive drilling for oil in the area the 1st auction of the lease would be held in 2022 environmental activists have promised to legally challenge the decision well honest offers joining us live on skype from davis california shes an environmental policy specialist and a reception at the university of california Davis Policy Institute for energy its good to have you with us thank you very much indeed tell us 1st of all why this particular area is so important environmentally. Well this particular region is very important environmentally its also important economically from an environmental standpoint it is often referred to this region of the alaskan wildlife of the alaska National Wildlife refuge its often referred to as our nations last great wilderness we dont have that many places left in the country or indeed the world that have been totally im touched bank human activity and so there are millions of migratory birds that pass through that plain every year plain also provides habitat to large populations of polar bears caribou boxes other iconic wildlife and let me just add to your its not just the animals there are also groups of Indigenous People who live there who rely on the environment rely on the Natural Resources that it provides for their good for their livelihood what do you think would be the impact of opening this up to drilling what would be the impact both as you say environmentally but also economically. Sure so on the environmental side if this is the part that all the headlines are talking about on the environmental side were already seeing massive Climate Change on a global scale there been examples actually just to see here about Climate Change in the Arctic Arctic some record breaking temperatures this year getting up into the ninetys and even triple digits were seeing massive heat waves across other parts of the world in the country as well im sitting here in davis california im in my house its 107 degrees outside were looking to 110 degrees in the area later today probably tomorrow and doing more drilling is just going to accelerate that when you do drilling it helps to stabilize soils and helps to stabilize coastlines that creates positive feedback loops in the drilling process itself that accelerates Climate Change not to mention the additional methane and the additional Greenhouse Gas emissions that you get from burning the fossil fuels that you access and then i mean you cannot excited things its really short sighted its shortsighted right now in todays world to be continuing to invest in oil and gas from you know that renewable electricity is something that can help sustain us for the long term and selfsustaining safely there are actually a whole number of major u. S. Banks that have said theyre not going to invest in drilling projects in the end you are because they know its not a good Long Term Debt this is just a short term play by the trying to ministration to prioritize short term profits over long Term Economic environmental sustainability environmental activists have promised to legally chance to challenge this do you think that theres any room for activists to take action over and above legal action. And there is certainly room to do so a lot of it will depend of course how much activism needs to happen is going to depend on what happens in november and certainly if its the Trump Administration in continuing then theres going to be quite a bit of need for activism at the Grassroots Level and also in the courts for years to come and if biden ministration ends up coming to office then i expect to see them do their best to reverse as much as they can. Push strength and w. R. There will be some initial steps towards the leasing process by the end of 2020 that will be somewhat difficult to really good to get your thoughts on this one a suffered we appreciate it thank you very much thank you the Trump Administration has announced further restrictions on holloway the Chinese Telecommunications giant when had a special license to access certain computer chips washington has been pushing for governments around the world to restrict claiming it hands over data to the Chinese Government denies those charges. Chile has begun a phased lifting or one of the worlds longest coronavirus locked arms restrictions have been eased in parts of the capital songs jago after more than 150. 00 days some latin american countries have begun reopening their economies since may despite the World Health Organization declare in the region the new epicenter of the pandemic well lets cross over to a lot in america editor and soon human whos in santiago how are people reacting to being allowed out of to subsume long time. Hello there from us and to have a county this is in the heart of the sun tabloid downtown which for the 1st time as you said in more than 150 days has finally opened up and people are is that its a static theres absolutely thrilled many of the people weve spoken to at least finally be as they called it released from prison theyve been going out with their children Walking Around but at the same time theyve been enormous crowds of people weve seen people not respecting social distancing at all right now is lunchtime so there are a few less people out here on this pedestrian walkway than what weve been seeing earlier in the day but there are norm is crowds and very long lines in front of mobile phone shops other stores that we spoke to the mayor will told us that he could not understand why 300 people were crowding to get into a sex shop that finally opened up or that is selling wolf so people can it that sort of thing and so theyve actually been forced to shut down some of the businesses that opened up because they just where the people were not respecting the rule of the protocols for this 1st step of the confinement process here in downtown san the hour in america editor of the c. N. N. Human thank you very much indeed. Still ahead on aljazeera dreams turned to rubble we look at the old homes museums and villages are its damaged in lebanon by the explosion. And in sports tennis world number 2 joins the growing list of players to pull out of the u. S. Open. Hello that will hot dry weather across much of the middle east will cloud to the south as well and could continue to see what it does in the far west and south of yemen as you can see that the winds still fairly brisk but quite as much sand and dust as we go through tuesday winds as you can say are a little bit lighter so it does extend that fall south of that we could just see some beginning to gather across into the u. A. E. Meanwhile the temperatures of course mid to high fortys celsius no real change there by wednesday but the winds do begin to kick up the sand and the dust again through much of iraq and that again with calls will spread further towards the south now down across into africa Central Regions plenty of activity showers and thunderstorms becoming a little bit more widespread as well through the d. L. C. As we go through cheese day and all the while plenty of coastal towns and a quite heavy at times spreading up towards the areas of kenya on towards somalia but again weve got this the vigorous system just sitting off the south of south africa some very strong winds along the coast at times and all the heavy amounts of rain but it does begin to ease and pull away but those winds will really follow that east coast of south africa so for the next few days in cape town its actually largely dry will such system play is the way how much is a little bit below par improving by friday the winds alights the nice sunshine me one important is about stays a little bit cooler with scattered showers. It starts in coral communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. But countless young indian women find themselves jews commodifying soul and sold again. To toil by day. Only to be violated by night. Slavery a 21st century evil continues with bridal slaves on aljazeera. When the news breaks and the story its happy about says consider a riot at the state or a explosion when people who need to be heard. We will watch and the story needs to be told aljazeera has teams on the ground a major challenge our giving it away for a controller to bring you more rewarding documentaries and live news. On ag and online. Oh. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour about the russian president says a new president ial election would be held after the country adopts a new constitution but Alexander Lukashenko warned earlier there would be no new elections unless hes killed thousands of state workers are on strike and said the president must go. Democratic party in the u. S. Is gathering to formally nominate joe biden as his official candidate for novembers election because of the coronavirus pandemic its being held remotely this comes as President Trump travel to swing states today to campaign for his reelection. The u. S. Department of interior has improved on oil and gas leasing plan that opens up the Arctic National wildlife refuge for drilling the 1st auction will be held in 2022 environmental activists a promise to legally challenge the decision. A set of emergency in beirut has been extended until september 18th at least 60 Historic Structures that are at risk of collapse in lebanons capital after the explosion that tore through the city nearly 2 weeks ago old homes museums and religious sites are among the buildings Stephanie Decker reports from beirut. So now we really entering the areas that were really the most damage. Jim aser is best known for its restaurants and bars and its beautiful historic architecture its actually one of the relatively rare cases of heritage buildings which completely collapsed. The catastrophic blast has caused an imaginable damage across the city especially for these fragile old homes the soul of historic beirut and 20 is part of a group called save beiruts heritage for years its tried to save these Old Buildings from being demolished to make way for high rises many owners cant afford to maintain them prefer to destroy them and sell the land which is highly lucrative we spent. Years trying to save this line of buildings from highway projects. And we managed to stop this highway. To freeze it at least and in a matter of a few seconds. More endangered than they were then they ever were artist henry luce has spent the last few years salvaging history from houses that the owners have demolished buying their beautiful discarded interiors to recreate the old within the new i wanted to have house like this. And possible to have it because the land is very expensive and i collect all the parts. Which i saw. Columns. When those. This. Roof. Was his home escaped the blast mostly intact a few scratches here and there for example this one is can be fixed it cant be fixed again because look its like candy than as a puzzle his message is of preserving barretts heritage of retaining its beauty if its not the old one can be replaced with a new one similar. Nobody will notice. Then or they will know this one of the explosion very always. Going to be born again for now its just the start of an uphill struggle to patch up the city to heal these deep wounds the enormity of what has happened is taking time to sink in for everyone small signs of hope unscathed she remains as she was despite the walls having crumbled the challenge now to rebuild beirut as it once was and to keep its character that is so loved by so many Stephanie Decker aljazeera beirut the defense ministers of turkey and qatar were in tripoli on monday to discuss cooperation with libyas internationally recognized government that is efforts to continue to secure a ceasefire in the divided country to support the tripoli based government which recently defeated a 14 Month Campaign to seize the capital by warlord holly for huffed on. At the same time germanys foreign minister paid an unannounced visit to the capital. Pressed for an end to the conflict he warned the situation is deceptively calm now more leaders must keep up their efforts to negotiate a peace deal. A reliable ceasefire is the basis for Sustainable Development in all other areas surely the most pressing issue is how the blockade can be lifted to libyas future it is essential that its finally determined how all revenues are feely and transparently distributed the rule book read which has been in force since january has already cost libya more than 8000000000. 00 us dollars tear gas and stun grenades have been fired at protesters in sudans capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal they say the transition to democracy has been slow following the overthrow of longtime leader omar bashir the Transitional Government is made up of civilian and military leaders who are slated to govern until democratic elections are held in 2 news a south korean pastor who took part in a massive antigovernment rally at the weekend has tested positive for corona virus more than 300 other infections are being linked to his church the government is warning it could be the worst outbreak there for months and these 2 reports. The salang Cherry Church is the epicenter of the countrys 2nd largest cluster of corona virus infections since depend demick began government workers sealed off the house of worship in the capital seoul on the same day its leading pastor tested positive for in june 1 pool is one of more than 300 infections linked to his church he helped to lead an antigovernment rally on saturday where thousands of protesters expressed anger at president is decision to reimpose tough social distancing rules congregation members say Health Workers try to stop that rally with fake test results. When you have to demean your double we had 4 people who tested positive then the number became 30 but just before the august 15th protest the number suddenly rose to 300 this shows the government is trying to stop us from protesting. The government denied the allegation june is an outspoken critic of moons policies the 63 year old pastor is now being charged with this rocketing Disease Control after allegedly discouraging worshipers from getting tested and underreporting Church Membership to avoid corn teen Health Workers say half of the churchs 4000 members have been tested but more than 600 who should be isolated could not be reached but until i do you know it was as if the child long child church was the only organization subject to creep in 1000 tests in the whole country the government exaggerated to the number of newly infected cases to spark nationwide fair i have strong suspicions that this is a gimmick to rest reverend John Kwang Hoon the church also accuses the government of planning to provide false test results for all of its members so long. We are very concerned because there were rumors among the child and child Church Members that they would taste positive regardless which is impossible because we cannot fabricate to strew the ship earlier this year the secretive church of jesus was identified as south koreas biggest virus cluster more than 5000 cases are linked to the group based in the southeastern city of daegu. Its leader lehman he was arrested 2 weeks ago accused of hiding crucial information from contact tracers south korea has been widely hailed as a Success Story in the global fight against corona virus but with nearly 200 new cases reported for the 4th consecutive day doctors warn that story may be changing and these 2 aljazeera. Groups linked to isolate have carried out a series of attacks in mozambiques oil rich couple gado region over the past 3 years and that time hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced un officials describe reports of kidnappings and torture mozambiques army has a large presence in the region and private military groups russia and south africa are also providing assistance south africa is reported to be considering deploying troops to the region and that might include contributions from zimbabwe and golda leaders of the Southern African Development Community have been holding a meeting focusing on the issue as this update from hadi the annual save a kids of state meeting ended with saying they going to collectively assist mozambique deal with the violence in the north but they didnt say whatever assistance is going to be. A Fact Finding Mission could be in the other option is a military intervention its happened before in a democratic republic of congo. And mozambique back when fighters from the group were raiding villages and towns in. This time round a military intervention was to happen which country has put away well the money come from some and something is being planned but for security reasons leaders can say what that plan is Major General as to morrow is in bobbys Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister and hes joining us on the phone from thank you very much indeed for being with us on. Can i tell you i ask you 1st of all what kind of assistance zimbabwe would be willing to offer. But she. Situation with these couldnt reach him. And that said the response while you can only be. On the road map provided for by muslim became couple. Why is the sack and zimbabwe interested in or feeling the need to become involved now given the situation has existed for as we mentioned for the past 3 years or so well this matter has been brought to saddam is no way as the bubble has been the care of the organ 6 6. Until today and therefore. The mark 9 was presented to the. Recently by the muslim beacon. And therefore one could only go on or discuss that matter. After it had been presented by the muslim beacon government is there a concern that if mozambiques neighbors like zimbabwe become involved in this situation it could spill over into those neighboring countries and the region itself could be affected. Well if any interest on 8. And all these the caribbean or countries expressed solidarity to assist the mozambique and government in that regard and therefore any role which mobile would play would be within the context of the. Major general civil cecil been loyal we appreciate you joining us on aljazeera so thank you very much indeed. The Afghan Government says its halted the release of taliban prisoners breaking a ruling passed by a traditional console last week the government says fighters must free more captured soldiers for the release of the remaining 320 taliban prisoners to go ahead the prisoner release was one of the terms listed in a u. S. Brokered peace deal to open talks between the Afghan Government and the taliban due on thursday we have received. Concerns from to make. Our lives. Friends and family in. The indian is working to confirm. That the next steps. In order to look into the region and since the beginning of the government they did make. Peace for. All of them including the they were not need to. Get a National Security and. National security are. Looking. Into power was cut off across sri lanka for 7 hours over an unspecified technical issue but a key electricity facility outside the capital colombo 21000000. 00 people were affected by the power outage the countrys worst and more than 4 years the government says the state run adding to city provider has 3 days to investigate and explain the massive disruption. Its the 1st day back to class for children in tajikistan the government closed schools in april as a way to stop the spread of covert 19 it says necessary measures are being taken to prevent a 2nd wave of the virus which all stratford reports for a. 30 year old yusif sufi eva gets ready for school. Hes one of millions of children in tajikistan returning to class for the 1st time since schools were closed in late april as a precaution against the spread of covidien t. Would use of smom is concern brought to suggest that as a mother i am against sending my child to school right now because here and all over the world the couldnt of writers pandemic goes on but my children have been home for 4 months they have already missed so much John Hopkins University says around 8000 people in tajikistan have tested positive for covert 19 and at least 63 have died thats less than a quarter of a number of infections reported in both neighboring uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. Also shares a border with china with the virus started but information is tightly controlled by the times you government and the accuracy of its data is question has come out of the report on the view that fortunately the 2nd wave of the corona virus has not begun in tajikistan it would be good if the ministry of education would provide Distance Learning but neither the ministry has opened schools they must follow the rules. The 1st day back in school is often chaotic for parents and teachers alike but making sure these children maintain social distancing and keep their masks on presents an even bigger challenge at a school in the capital to shanghai to educate the World Teachers take their temperature before they enter the School Director is confident all necessary precautions are in place. School started preparation in advance over the summer. All the necessary anti septics were purchased at the school and in the corridors we placed arrows for the movement of students if students teachers and parents about the safety rules i think it will be safe but it depends on everyone everyone should be careful. Use of smother knows the risks she is taking by sending him back to school. She like millions of parents across. Says that if she doesnt have sons education and potentially his future is at stake. Dozens of indigenous protesters in brazil have blocked a major highway in a call for the government to help protect them from coronavirus they blame authorities for the deaths of 4 of their elders and dozens of infections on their land in southern part of state leaders say people from outside their territories spread the virus because there were no restrictions on entry to the land Brazils Health Ministry Says the virus has infected nearly 20000 Indigenous People and killed at least 338 indias Main Opposition Party is calling for a parliamentary investigation into facebook and whats for allegedly favoring the ruling b j p the Congress Party bases its allegation on a wall street journal report it said facebook ignored its own hate speech rules to benefit a legislator known for anti muslim comments Facebook Says it in forces its hate speech ban without favor to anyone the b. G. P. In turn is accusing facebook of censoring what they call nationalist voices its been confirmed that the former king of spain is in the United Arab Emirates the announcement by the Spanish Royal household ends 2 weeks of speculation about the whereabouts of hong kong loss the 82 year old suddenly left home during the growing scandal about his alleged links to bribes for a multibillion dollar spanish rail contract in saudi arabia. Any 2000000 people who live in gaza are facing a possible power shortage the only power plant they have could shut down and tuesday to 2 a lack of diesel has or close the main goods crossing with gaza making it impossible for fuel shipments to get in israel says its in response to rocket attacks and fire bombs on hamas avi faucets and west to receive them with more on their restrictions we are seeing egyptian mediation once again delegation has just been in ramallah talking to leaders of the Palestinian Authority they are traveling through israel to go into gaza today for talks with senior hamas officials but really in the short term whats been happening has been a pretty stark response from israel there have been a series of strikes the defense minister an alternate Prime Minister benny gantz who made a big show of saying during his repeated campaigns against Benjamin Netanyahu in the recent elections that he would take a much tougher line on gaza he has been overseeing the strikes also reducing the fishing zone to 0 no fishermen are allowed out into gaza waters and of course this closure of fuel going into the strip that will mean we are told that the plants the power plant will close on tuesday thats 80 megawatts of power that will suddenly be taken out of the system again as it gets about 160 megawatts from israel a much smaller amount from egypt but were talking about potentially a 3rd of the supply being cut off already the official hours are 8 hours on 8 hours off its been less than that because of the overload during the summer so were talking about a real impact on peoples daily lives and as a singer dancer is talking about being a rich being or its on a house address every balloon launched well these measures dont just affect us obviously they affect the entire population of the gaza strip. Portugals president helped rescue 2 young girls from the ocean on saturday a kayak overturned after it was caught in strong currents in the algarve president s marcella bello dsouza happened to be swimming at the beach and he and another man helped rescue the 2 girls whod swallowed a lot of water and they were struggling to swim. Still ahead and al jazeera and sports will find out whats next for boston on up as the spanish club aims to recover from a humiliating end to the season. The off. The. Top of the sport here zomby thank you so much trouble in the last hour barcelona have fired the head coach k. K. Sets in it sets in a brilliant job for just 7 months the decision follows bosses humiliating 82. 00 defeats against byron munich in the quarter finals of the European Champions League sets also finished behind round dritte in the Spanish League well cover said in a statement that the new coach will be announced in the coming days touched National Manager role came in the favorites a takeover barcelona based football writes a ban haywood says fixing the clubs problems goes way beyond just replacing the manager. I think its being gradually going wrong the boss and i race not just a case of one bad night against by munich 8 to of course a humiliating result but i think we look back over the last you know 2 or 3 years last season was going to last for neil to liverpool i dont feel the previous season the last 3 no out room to rush out the champions they even got to lewis and reconsidering in the last season you know bossa learn at last one its our sense of monacos that came back to win it out but then they crashed out losing 3 now and you venza so they have problems big teams Champions League for a long time and i think were just saying now that the full extent of those issues plus i dont have much money this summer like many clubs juice of a situation because of the 19. 00 and you know what needs an overhaul its amazing what. Its like louis what its. Even messi 33 years old now but if you go through the team its a site that that meets the meat of you know young blood thats you can come in and press and run like we saw it from buying munich on friday night so i think its a lot of work to be done and you know change you coach in the middle of this season ultimately didnt so the issues change in coach now i think its it goes well beyond the coach i think it needs. d a whole and a look at many many things the recruitment policy the academy at nasiriyah and you know changes through the 12 as. Well as much as you the other night a party sun chairman manager Thomas Tickell says strike a killing or if its enough to stop his teams Champions League semifinal against all being leipsic the 21 year old striker is recovering from an ankle injury he cannot to something that seems quite a final when have us all on set out semi coming up on cheese day. And Manchester City legend Vincent Company has told the clubs fans to keep the faith city lost to leon in the last states of the Champions League theyve never worn at europes top Club Competition kompany has Just Announced his retirement from playing to become manager of belgian club and the lets look at 10 years ago how the club was perceived and the loads that the club is produce now and my 2nd most is rude. To have no doubts its just a matter of time before they win the temple and to have no doubts that everything this man do all those doing is far better than anybody else could offer and the washington n. F. L. Franchise of my jason wright the leagues 1st ever black Team President s the 38 year old former running back also becomes the youngest and i felt president rights is taking the job just after a month. After the franchise dropped the redskins name it follows years of pressure from native american groups who believe redskins is a racist term well them it seems so minor how appears join the growing list of players to pull out of the u. S. Open house up on the progress on sunday but has decided against taking part due to concerns over coronavirus the remaining is the 6 top 10 player to pull out of the grand slam which is due to start behind closed doors at the end of the month in a statement on switzerland said with the exceptional circumstances in which were living ive decided i will not travel to new york i always said i would put my health at the heart of my decision and i therefore prefer to stay and train in europe i wish everyone there a successful tournament all right affected 2nd test between england and pakistan is finished in a draw some play possible on the final day in southampton englands zach crawley that sort the opportunity to score a half century england are one up in the series the 3rd financer starts on friday england havent beaten pakistan in a test series since 2010. I n. B. A. Players got underway with the Denver Nuggets taking on the utah jazz in the opening game bron james is l. A. Lakers well they getting ready for their best of 7 series with the portland trail blazers the lakers running to win the championship for the 1st time since kobe bryant but thems the title in 20 percent reigning champion states around surrounds as they face the Brooklyn Nets in just over an hours time. I thought was great. But if you go through life and you have to you have to use it. For your benefit its positive or negative you know you get more positive than negative but i think you have to channel everything and make it out for the max. On the Chicago Blackhawks and beats in the vegas gold likes to stay in the n. H. L. Playoffs because keeper Corey Crawford making 48 saves to help his team avoid a series sweep chicago going on when 31 game 5 of that series is coming up on choose to. Ok plenty more sports throughout the day but that is it for me and i do thanks very much indeed Lauren Taylor is going to be here in a couple of minutes with the latest on all these stories and rob matheson place for being with me good luck. Jump into the stream and julian on Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on and will online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic our lives that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he keeps human way be it business if were going to adapt to climate breakout this street on out is there. Aljazeera. Wherever. Progress. Or a serious mistake. Artificial intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. 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