Protesters in bellows heckled president Alexander Lukashenko now the main Opposition Leader is calling on the military to switch sides. And south africa lifts most of its lockdown restrictions to try to pump life back into the economy. The u. S. Democratic party has begun its National Convention the event usually packs a stadium with huge crowds but because of covert 19 its all being done online from a 1st Lady Michelle obama and vermont senator Bernie Sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans who made speeches backing joe biden for president alan fischer reports. A moment of american political history the 1st but chill president ial convention the democrats gaveling to order online large gatherings cast aside because of covert but a party torn by infighting 4 years ago this was about presenting a united front but its not easy to unite the Democratic Party were rebuffed just group joe bidens pulled it off on the 1st night the man many thought would secure the nomination this time around Bernie Sanders to his supporters to backbiting in response to the unprecedented crises we face we need and unprecedented response a Movement Like never before of people who are prepared to stand up and fight for democracy and decency and against greed oligarchy and bigotry a huge Technical Team spread around the country dialed in reactions trying to make it feel more familiar and there were moments that will go viral every single. Grain. Dispassionately news from me there are still celebrity appearances musical breaks and in this brought to it moment cross Party Endorsement america is at the junkie sick the former Ohio Governor who ran for the republican nomination 4 years ago giving his support to the party he spent a lifetime campaigning against no one person or party has all the answers but what we do know is that we can do better than what weve been seeing today for sure and i know that joe biden with his experience and his wisdom and his decency can bring us together to help us find that better way the job is hard then the keynote speaker for the evening former 1st Lady Michelle obama a woman who says she hates politics delivering a scathing assessment of 4 years of trump donald trump is the wrong president for our country he has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head he cannot meet this moment he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us it is what it is. Donald trump will hit the campaign trail again during the Democratic Convention and hes already said he is going to pardon someone he describes as very very important at some point on tuesday determined to grab the headlines as the democrats try to highlight what they see as his failings of his time in office alan fischer aljazeera washington in the next hour u. N. Back court is convening to decide a verdict in a case relating to the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hariri in 2005 the 4 defendants are members of the armed group has bolo which has repeatedly denied involvement in the attack but theyre not appearing in court from lebanon is in the heart of reports. Its been 15 years since former Prime Minister rafiq had it he was assassinated in a suicide car bombing in beirut 21. 00 others were also killed in an act that changed the face of lebanon the special International Tribunal investigating the case is due to deliver its verdict the accused are known members of hezbollah a Lebanese Armed group backed by iran prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored haddadi months before his death that went dark following his murder they say the former Prime Minister was working to free lebanon from syrias domination and the killing was politically motivated the prosecutors say the suspects are linked to some assassinations mainly of opponents of syrian president bashar assad that include the failed attempt on the life of former minister marwan what was a serial murder of the political class. Targeted the people who gathered on the 14th of march or those who expressed. One position to bashar the regime to they knew that the party feel studio was to pave the way for your a new breath being influence in lebanon the balance of power is now in favor of hezbollah whose armed wing is considered a terrorist organization by the west and the arab league has secretary general has denied any role in the killing and questioned the legitimacy of the tribunals before indictments were issued. Called it an israeli us tool and vowed to never hand over the suspects the lebanese government i dont think it will refrain it will say that its not within its capacity to arrest those people that means the tribunals should refer the case to the Un Security Council but that divided and lacks the means to deliver a guilty verdict and hezbollah and its allies control political and military power in the country in 2011 they did topple the cabinet of how do you do stand side because you refuse to stop cooperating with the tribunal. How do you do skilling tore Lebanon Society apart he was considered the leader of the muslim sunday community who suspected assassins belong to a shia group a conviction is unlikely to heal divisions but given hezbollahs perceived control of the government it could affect lebanons international relations. Beirut. Several rockets have struck afghanistans capital kabul injuring 19 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district theres that coincided with its Independence Day its not yet know who was behind the attack. And the Afghan Government has halted the release of more taliban prisoners the government says fighters must free more captured soldiers before the release of the remaining 320 taliban prisoners and go ahead the president release was a precondition in a u. S. Brokered peace deal to open talks that were due to start on thursday between the Afghan Government and the taliban. But the loose is bracing for a tense day of protests demonstrators have been calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote on august the 9th on monday he told striking workers there wouldnt be new elections unless his opponents kill him steadfastly reports in the capital minsk. Strikes and now snowballing iran better loose one after the other factory workers joining in Truck Tractor metal factory smells of the country Strategic Industries and now experiencing large scale strikes i was. Like well we dont agree with injustice the people in power havent listened to him for 26 years they run away they dont want to listen to your voice they dont want to know anything about your problems. Workers chanting no more fear assigned it out to 26 years of living under look or shank this after repairing rule they are ready for change marcus has now added that the factory original was showing their strike and you can actually see people coming out from inside the factory also present the cash and cash was in his face right words has to resign in an unprecedented move workers started shouting at the president a man who has long been referred to as the father of the nation. He was it is also thank you i said everything you can shout go away. Even previously most loyal media like balanced television went on strike broadcasting an empty studio in the morning protesters gathered to pressure the station to stop airing government propaganda and start telling the truth including about a Violent Police crackdown last week during election protests if. The recent Television National television will start covering this information like what was actually done on the streets i think that the regime. Will fall soon or you have gave me palin resigned last week from his job as one of the main anchors on interest in our country started what can we receive many information about. People who were in prison we saw it and we didnt. Show this information on our t. V. Channel so theres a reason its impossible to work like these possible say the office of truth not even how but a small part of the truth look at shankar who initially refused new elections is now keeping options open but only he sat after the constitution has been changed a process which could take years protestors see this as a way for the president to buy time and trying to cling onto power they say they want him out now step class and aljazeera minsk a magnitude 6. 00 earthquake has struck the central philippines killing one person and injuring dozens more a family and must bazzi province were left trapped when their house collapsed theres no threat of a tsunami but authorities are warning people to prepare for aftershocks. Nearly 2000000. 00 people in gaza facing power shortages as the only power plant there is forced to shut down thats because israel has cut off fuel shipments to the territory israel says its in response to rocket attacks and fire bombs by the Palestinian Group hamas which controls gaza are a force that has more from west to islam and what impact the power cuts are likely to have. That would mean that the amount of electricity being supplied would be reduced to just 3 or 4 hours on and then up to 16 hours off so that is something that affects of course the whole industry and society will affect some 2000000 people are also talking about the impact on Sewage Treatment but that will have to end and it will mean a return to pumping last amounts to rule sewage straight out into the mediterranean of the time of course in high summer when people do use garzas beaches as a bit of a respite from the heat and the immunity this is all tied to the recent rising tensions which is included rocket attacks which is included those incendiary balloons and overnight a 7th straight night of israeli airstrikes on gaza israel saying it targeted underground targets infrastructure belonging to that has been attempts to mediate an egyptian delegation was inside gaza on monday they returned to israel with a series of demands from hamas including help with Infrastructure Projects allowing more material into the strip allowing workers once again to go out and work inside israel blows out of course been shut down by coronavirus addictions among other things and so much now depends on how that egyptian mediation goes still ahead and al jazeera angry and exhausted by months of lockdown argentinians take over the streets of what i said it was. Tear gas and stun grenades fired at demonstrators in sudan demanding faster change a year after a power sharing deal was signed. Hello there all that unsettled picture across central as of europe not just that as well the north westerly much of the u. K. Also cloud it has been bringing rain showers but also some pretty strong funnel soames that is they often all the water across areas of london the rainbow in the skies and it is what it did down on the ground this is actually north london in essex and you can just see how deep the water was in fact several roads were shut throughout essex and we head across to northern italy and again a similar scenario some very strong thunderstorms some very heavy amounts of rain of course in a very short space of time now theres more of that as we go through tuesday very widespread really the showers and thunderstorms all the way from france the u. K. But really spreading across germany all the way into western ukraine and also you can see that training down into western sections of the balkans some heavy downpours at times that will tend to work its way farther east was on wednesday a little bit of a break across areas really central areas but look at this mass here just beginning to push across into the u. K. Across and that rain slightly Late Wednesday into thursday will push the across the west so and actual fact which is not too bad despite this child and rain light rain wednesday and wednesday in london not sure about that the temperatures nice and sunny day paris again we will some rain more in the 4 calls on friday and also staying mostly dry and sunny. The 21st century began with extraordinary Economic Growth across much of latin america. But since this whole tour in 2008 has been a political shift to the right on a continent where socialism once thrived. And a chilean politician goes on a journey to meet a leading leftwing ficus to understand why that politics have lost ground so dramatically. In latin america a giant and turmoil on aljazeera. You want your jazeera reminder of our top stories this hour Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders one among the speakers on day one of the democratic National Convention which will formally name joe biden as president ial candidate. A un backed court is expected to deliver its verdict in the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hariri in 20054 men are being tried in absentia and theyre members of the armed groups hezbollah which denies involvement. Several rockets have struck afghanistans capital kabul injuring 9 people at least one rocket landed near the main diplomatic district its act coincided with the countrys Independence Day. Chinas Foreign Ministry says beijing has firmly opposed u. S. Efforts to suppress holway thats after the trumpet ministration announced further restrictions on the chinese tech giant how it will now need a special license to access 2nd 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. Tear gas and stun grenades were fired of protesters in sudans capital on monday on the 1st anniversary of a landmark power sharing deal demonstrators say the transition to democracy has been too slow following the overthrow of longtime leader Omar Al Bashir about more reports were called to. Granting their frustration on the 1st anniversary of the signing of sudans power sharing agreement but a planned 3 and a half hour rally in her tone was cut short when police fired stun grenades and tear gas many people had hoped the deal which followed months of political turmoil and protest or killings would be a new start for the country but they see they have not seen enough change what more could you sort of on when we started the revolution it was because of the economy and when the 1st massive fell the goal became justice for those who had lost their lives in this revolution we promise to hold those who kill civilians to account their main demand is not yet means they can be no moving forward if the main demand of those who took to the street is not achieved his friend says the power sharing agreement between military and civilian leaders is flawed. And of either the Political Parties did not have a long term vision they were in a rush to reach a deal they lacked a National Spirit and went into negotiations based on the interests of their own respective parties and leaders now its difficult for them to lead in the interest of the people at heart the deal known as the constitutional declaration came after months of negotiations following the overthrow of president obama and the forces of freedom and change which led antigovernment protests demanded as the government and ended up with a plan for the military to lead for the 1st 21 months and a civilian for the remaining 18 months until elections also included were more freedoms and ending conflicts such as in dar for was made a priority the Transitional Government admits that changes the low but says it takes time and there are challenges. Theres still 27 months to go in the transitional period before elections are due but many of the provisions of the power sharing agreements are yet to be implemented a peace deal is it to be signed and there were still no Legislative Assembly that is supposed to oversee the Transitional Government. The military has ruled sudan for more than 50 of the 64 years of independence some analysts say its up to the International Community to ensure the transition to democracy is completed but the story of the constitution declaration was a settlement to reach a political stability in this country its been a year since it was signed in the people who protested are still guarding their revolution and the International Community is one of the important factors that can make sure that no one hindrance this transition the u. S. Has sanctioned people it deems him during the transition the International Community should now act as a safeguard to the deal that was signed last year. He wants to stay theyll continue campaigning until they achieve their democratic goals for sudan people morgan aljazeera. So i thought because easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive its economy and impose one of the worlds strictest lockdowns in march morning essential workers were allowed to leave their homes the governments not go along chavo between provinces its also lifted a ban on the sale of alcohol from the millers a lot for us in magnus book just give us an idea 1st of all how people are reacting to this given the fact theyve been in lockdown for suc