A terrific Vice President he knows what it takes to rescue an economy beat back a pandemic and lead our country and he doing this since he will tell the truth and trust science he will make smart plans and manage a good team and he will govern as someone whos lived a life that the rest of us can recognize with more from the white house says alan fischer it will be interesting this time around because theres going to be 15 keynote speakers all giving my course speeches all changing the way this is done because most of it will be viewed online but the networks are still giving the coverage something donald trump has talked about hes concerned that the democrats have had a lot of air time over the last few days well they better sit down and get comfortable theres 4 more days of it before joe biden gives his big speech and accepts the nomination of the Democratic Party. In other news the belorussian president has told striking state factory workers there wont be any new elections and they supposed to kill him thousands of people walked off the job a 9th straight day of demonstrations calling for Alexander Lukashenko to step down the main Opposition Leader. Says she is ready to lead a transition and is calling on Security Forces to switch sides the youth leaders will also hold an emergency meeting on the issue. Here state fasten in minsk extraordinary scenes here all day already at t. V. National state broadcaster who has been accused of being a propaganda mouth before look people here have been calling for the truth to be told to stop airing lies they have still shouted here behind me they were joined by also workers from other factories that are on strike here in. One of these factories this morning and he wasnt really received as planned because the workers are actually in front of him and his face which is absolutely extraordinary shouted also there for him to leave. Have been fired at protesters in sudans capital on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal demonstrators in khartoum so the transition to democracy is too slow following the overthrow of long time leader Omar Al Bashir the defense ministers of turkey and qatar were in tripoli on monday to discuss corporation with libyas internationally recognized governments efforts continue to secure a cease fire in the divided country turkey and qatar support the tripoli based government and they defeated a 14 Month Campaign to seize the capital by world order and the fafsa. Government troops are surrounding a port in mozambique after it was captured by eisel linked fighters last week it is the 3rd time the moken border prayer a key town in a gas rich province has been attacks this year regional leaders have agreed to support mozambique in combating the threat lebanons Health Minister says the countrys overwhelmed by new Coronavirus Infections following the deadly port explosion in beirut earlier this month a record 456 new infections were diagnosed on monday edging the nationwide total closer 210000 the Health Minister says a new 2 week lockdown is needed after the blast but some hospitals are out of action had been a lockdown plan but it was then postponed when thousands of people were less homeless by the explosion. Finally parts of argentinas capital of been brought to a standstill by protesters calling for an end to months of coronavirus restrictions the latin american nation has been under lockdown for more than 150. 00 days but it still has one of the highest rates of corona virus infection in the us today with the headlines here on aljazeera beginning next world war one through arab. World war one. At the book 4 years of bitter conflict. Known as the great war. All the war to end all those books. Books its grim new trains war for. The took with europe the main fear took long. But this was a war fought on many fronts. So theres another story rarely told. Of huge importance during the war. Kind of lasting significance. The story of troops who fault and died but who are often forgotten. And driven outcomes that shape the middle east of today. This is gold more one through our oh i see the cuckoo. Malick to rekey the 2 new zealand writer and broadcaster is taking is on a personal journey across a dozen countries. His grandfathers generation fort and the war. So far hes explored how thousands of arabs were conscripted by the british and French Colonial powers in north africa. And how arabs were forced to fight on both sides for the european allies and the central powers setting muslim against muslim. And the vital role played by arab troops in the ottoman army again literally. In this episode he looks at the roots of why the ultimate is joined the war at home. How the european powers viewed the ultimate empire as right for division and exploitation. And the suffering when the also Man Government of young turks cracked down on the arab provinces. And the little known story of a future zionist leader in the ultimate world. The bullish jewish students who walked along here 1911 his name david been guardian all would become the 1st Prime Minister of israel. Cannot live there how to go after half a year let their kids. The machete had the most money him but the good it dont have a funny. Horrible irony of the way i want to follow do it or. Ill be there as he ought to be another one of the as silent. Without her judgement and. Bitterness with their edges. In so cal. Is it cuz. I let the kind of that even when i do. Have the ability one at the about how the hell beat out in a courage when he derek spotted be nabbed as mike to study how dare. You have that whether you don. How they have how to land at the land they have here how are german name than a poor new mayor the color and it to how do you. A very good question and one with roots deep in autumn in history. Before eating 30 the Ottoman Empire stretched from mesopotamia in the east to the red sea and most of the north african coast. But over the next 80 or so heres the ottomans lost algeria tunisia egypt and in 1912 libya. Then the last territories much closer to home and the balkan wars of 912913. So britain france and russia began plotting how to exploit the potential collapse of salt on our docket needs empire for their own individual benefit. Not to have made the 2nd will rule the empire from 87629000 or 8 or 9000 or 9 felt that western european powers were playing dirty games. In his mind and the minds of advisers around him and many ottoman observer near appealed powers were supporting. A nationalist Independence Movement within the Ottoman Empire he thought that the great powers were using religion especially christianity to mobilize those nationalist movement in an effort to undermine the Ottoman Empire. The sultans view was not wrong the european powers so on rest in the arab world after nearly 400 years of autumn and rule as an opportunity. But there was a stumbling block provincial arab leaders and intellectuals were thinking about gaining independence from the ultimate. But for ordinary arabs the sultan in istanbul was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. Whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. An incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. The british captured 700 iraqi soldiers in 1970 and sent them to egypt. The british offer to free the prisoners if they would support an arab revolt against the ultimate ends led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. Books such as the 1938 work by George Antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of Sharif Husseins 1916 revolt against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of 400 years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonialism. They also manami was also diverse in november 914 up 2300000 of their troops were arabs from greater syria. Of the armys 9 most senior commanders 2 were all bamian 2 from the caucasus and 2 arabs. And in politics Saeed Halim Pasha the grand vizier all Prime Minister was from egypt. The british had to find a way to challenge this holy bond between the kaleb in istanbul and his loyal arab muslim citizens. They approached hussein bin ali the sheriff of mecca he was a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad leader of the hush my people and ruler of islams most holy place. The british thought he alone could challenge the kayleigh from istanbul. But he would not be straightforward. On the eve of world war one most arabs were largely supportive of the Ottoman Empire. They regarded it as a protector of the an islamic identity in an era of expanding european colonialism even many arab christians and jews especially after 1008. 00 welcomed the liberal reforms and wrote glowingly hand the of these reforms and have these iraq and rarely ever call for independence for the arab people. To 19 away it was a significant here in this unfolding story that was when the new leaders of the committee of union and progress the young turks staged a coup removing sultan our bill from me the 2nd from power. They started ours in 1000 feet with a project of trying to hold that in good there on the basis of question. But at the same time they found themselves in the position of trying to defend it maintain them. Against all reporting to actions and it is new nationalist the president s former even. When the young turks reconvened parliament they created optimism in the arab world but this soon turned to disillusionment. Over all the may not have intended it that they found themselves fighting to me in n. P. P. Treat. From 9. 11 points from italys in the nation own words then came the balkan wars and then there came to create. This change this transformed issue actually. Promising and bringing freedom to not peoples into one of meeting in. Defeat in the balkans hard in the young turks and they tighten their grip on their arab possessions the market of 191213 catastrophic defeat and finally the action from what had become of all kinds brought about and enormous fun to jump in the development and education of turkish nationalists and also they became more and more dictatorial. The young turks had hoped to stay out of the war and ally themselves with britain and france but neither of these 2 countries would go against russia so they were not an option. Besides the ultimate ins and germany had a history of friendship. Geyserville him the 2nd 1st visited istanbul in 889 to befriend sultan. 9 years later he landed at haifa on a state visit to the ottoman east. They made a ceremonial entry into jerusalem. And visited the tomb in damascus of salahuddin the famous mediaval muslim oriya who defeated the crusaders. There was mass celebration when he announced the germany would pay for the renovation of his grave. The kaiser also declared his friendship of the worlds 300000000 muslims and gained the nickname. Vilhelm so germany was a natural ally. But the young turks were also gambling that the european war might be over quickly. At the time there were series and. Prospect of voice in europe that in fact the civilized european powers would not fight each other for very long that this was a crisis but a cry for that might. Come to an end funeral rather than later ultimately there is hope that there would be able to favor the alliance with germany which they had signed for 7 years not necessarily a protection but an alliance with germany that would help the ottoman state to consolidate its. Its borders its institutions and to restrain finn and that period under which there would have germany as an ally. However germany needed this deal as much as the ultimate. They were outnumbered on the ground in europe and could open a new Eastern Front against russia and the british. The german general eric wrote that ultimate entry into the war enabled the central powers to soldier on for another 2 years otherwise the war might well have been over by 916. This is the house in istanbul of anwar pasha he led the secret negotiations with germany on behalf of the young turk or unionist government. Here on the night of the 1st of august 1914 he secured his treaty of alliance. Unwarped pasha was a fan of everything german he spoke the language trained in Military College there and admire the way chancellor autobahn bismarck had modernized the state. They had enormous admiration for passion is for be spark in is and for the germans on that rick germany had to follow its own special path and it was envisioned as and it became a path in which the German Military the german army played god to the nation and the state it was perceived and it really was true to a large extent that the german nation and the german state called prof in a very strong sense by prussia and the pression army and this is what the spark in his was all about the units perceive themselves as pursuing a kind of oppression path in the context of thought to manpower. And it wasnt just the young turks who admired germany some arabs were impressed by its achievements National Unity military expansion Scientific Research and economic development. The lebanese white a slave and that he wrote a poem called the 20th century was. Well in my knee feels more as he said to. Me and to me and to say. Them feedback and if you gave me. 11 feet believe me i did it in the. Festival. Hall who would love to see. The booming food move north dad. In august 114 and one persons treaty was still a secret. But in the 2nd week of november came the formal ultimate entry into the war. And the grand mufti has called for muslims to join a jihad against the own powers of fatah mosque in istanbul. It was a call for a holy war to old listenings including arabs who supported the canaan. The germans believed that this cold could undermine their enemies war efforts. There were millions of muslims in the british and french colonies where the germans hoped for mass uprisings. They launched a campaign to influence muslims fighting for the allies. It was led by german lawyer diplomat and ancient historian max von. It was obviously very dear to his heart because of his german pictures and so on. And his interest in the middle east but in a very specific way by 899. Was it no one had a reputation as an experienced and really very well informed travel are. Open heim was an adventurer and archaeologist but was also involved in planning the route of the balland to Baghdad Railway. The gerMan Government wanted to build the line to compete with the british to give them access to oil and bring the region under stronger influence. Nothing unusual about the fact that siemens who was then the director of the dogshit bank which was largely in charge of the financing of the car into Baghdad Railway should contact him about the extension of the line from a low. To muzzle has fought that particular strange and he asked him if he would do some prospecting and advise them on what was the best route and he wrote about all the advantages that the best and most efficient relying to follow for the railroad and all the advantages that would accrue from following this route rather than that route and so. After troubleshooting for siemens at Deutsche Bank hed made a historic archaeological discovery in Northern Syria in 1909. It was in a certain sense by accident that he made the greatest discovery of his career that she discovered tell her laugh. Because really what he was trying to do was do this prospecting on his own. An officially for the village of baghdad really and she did write he did write a brief to report and devoted many more pages of that the report to route from aleppo to missouri than he did. To that he had discovered to tell how tough. Open heim returns to excavate tell how often 1011 and discovered a city built in 6000 b. C. The bell into baghdad will be took 37 years to complete by which time europe would be at war again. Still to come the devastating impact of the war on greater syria and its people. We think about world war one we think about the british and french and the germans but really the Ottoman Empire suffered far more than any of the continental powers. The terror. The facts of the ultimate repression of our of nationalists. And a modern greek city and 8 story of one of the funders of israel. And jordan centuries of autumn and all of this was made me the jewish city it was called the journal muslim of the balkans. Progress. Or a serious mistake. Intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. In a new documentary ill just 0 explores the impact of a are accessing vast amounts of our personal data data on aljazeera. These men are survivors of covert 1946 year old money or is a limousine driver is the only one here who needed to go to hospital when he became ill in early march with. 40 or. Balance board in november so deep is a 34 year old driver for guitar a family and he tested positive my body is good it was always more of what you want to give the Health Officials say the rate of new infections as low the goal here is to conduct a broad serving to better understand transmission and asymptomatic cases which in turn could help paul see this issues in the future so it would be easy for us to inform the Decision Making on what to do next the goal now is to increase testing and contact tracing. The government provides retesting a medical treatment for those who need it while campaigns to raise awareness continue. It starts in coral communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. But countless young indian women find themselves g. Commodify saul and sold again. To toil