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Security council will also be meeting to discuss the crisis child strength that begins our coverage. Soldiers guard the residents of malis president. In the capital bamako. Prime minister bruce a say detained here on tuesday as rumors of a coup spread president cater appeared on state television announcing his resignation this with. No blood to be spilled to keep me in power and thats why i would like to thank the 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you know that im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. Was the african bloc ecowas responded forcefully to the coup isolating mali through border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against organizers and their supporters. Speaking on state television coup leaders say they are acting in the countrys best interest money and money and people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. Many millions welcomed the coup crowds frustrated with the president and his government spurred the soldiers on some ransacked and burned government offices. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come up to help our soldiers get rid of the president order for we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government at all. The soldiers began living to me at a base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sword 2012 uprising would open the way to create his presidency heavily armed troops willing to seen a school sing a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Were very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali all of these people were waiting for this day all of malis people waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. Ok to his face weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure of the disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year much of the country is already outside the control of the government struggled to contain an armed insurgency thats claimed thousands of lives. Lets speak now to. Idris whos following the story from nigerias capital ahmed just bring us up to speed with the latest. Well basically right now at course the regional bloc is trying to send a delegation to bomb a coat to meet the new leaders of the military that overthrew president booker kaita now the delegation is expected to be led by the president chairman or president of the organization in egypt president Mohammad Yousuf along with president s like mikey salgado as a call for and i call for i do however the what how theyre received in bamako would be a different case altogether not mainly by the military but the people of mali especially those whove been protesting against the government of president. That what were hearing now is that a number of young people use have gathered or are mobilizing to go to the airport to prevent the craft bearing these leaders from lending we are not yet confirming this but the report were getting out of michael most parts about mark off to the events of last night and early this morning calm and a lot of people are expecting now the delegation by of course to mollie will be there to discuss terms with the new military leaders however with the resignation of president bush. Their position is sort of we can probably what they will be doing now is to. Demand a quick return to democratic rule which the military leaders say they will but not specifying what amount of time is needed to do that because be there for a very long period of time and apart from the political. Chaos in mali currently we people are watching closely to see how the insurgents the armed groups the coming of. Has that been eating or tearing molly apart for the last 3 years will respond to the situation they recognize that there is that vacuum at the could probably explode bees and for the pledge the country into deep so she can overcome security crisis in the country amid what is the likelihood that this delegation will have any success given they have tried to mediate before this point. Their position is a bit weak. Already they have announced some sanctions against bali and like. Their blockade of the country mali is a land locked country and if all Member States of the Economic Community of West African States agreed and respected the sanctions imposed by accords to force the new government in mali to return power to civilians is enforced absolutely need the support of mauritania which at one time was a member country and of course algeria because these are the only 2. Countries that have borders with mommy if the whole of the region blocks or blockaded mali by. Then it will have little or no option but to succumb to the pressures of the regional bloc. Thanks for that bit your stare live from the cheeriest capital. Well mali is considered strategically important to ensure stability for the entire us the hell region of the country has been in turmoil partly stemming from another coup back in 2012 following bassa took control of large parts of the country and forcing a strict religious codes the driven out by French Forces that have continued to attack civilians in rural areas in mali and in neighboring became a fast so and the sheer well that 10000. 00 people have died in the violence more than a 1000000 have fled their homes and forces from france and west africa have suffered heavy losses. And we can speak now to fatima saad who is a political analyst who joins us now from bomb a call so we heard there from our correspondent that protest is are potentially trying to stop the echo us delegation from getting into the capital whats the latest youre hearing there on the ground. Can you hear us. Ok our apologies we seem to have some problems with the line there to fats and i will try and get her back a little later on the program. More ahead on the news are including. Manned mars armed groups and government leaders resume formal peace talks after several failed attempts. And love in the time of a Global Pandemic pakistans fairytale weddings are being downsized because of the outbreak. And barcelona call upon a club legend to get their house in order more details coming up in sports. The European Union is about to hold an emergency Virtual Meeting to discuss the political crisis and bell reuss bloc has already rejected the outcome of this months disputed elections which handed president Alexander Lukashenko a 6th term in Office Something these are hinting at expanding sanctions against after violent crackdowns on protesters said learn or take heed of sky the opposition candidate whos now living in lithuania its called on the European Union not to recognize the result of the vote people who went out to defend the ward in this rich or they say it is all across belarus where brutally beaten imprisoned and tortured by their regime they spread liquid on to power mr has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the war on our boat off here all i call in here to support that awakening. And the embattled president has threatened strong action against opposition that this set up a council to coordinate a peaceful transition of power because she is also accusing nato of ill intent and of increasing its military presence along his countrys border claim nato denies. The move at the moment we consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the attendant consequences western countries including some leaders are not given where where the bit loose is located however they make some treatments to prove that the president was right disgusted with the Defense Ministry tiny god we have reacted deployed and got to come back to the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from both inside and outside see that these actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. From the capital minks riot police are out in large numbers and there are reports of detentions sebastien joins us via skype from there with the latest update step whats happening we hear reports of a russian government plane making a trip to the capital. Exactly its a very different mood here and theyre meant to compare to the previous days i would say from euphoric its now gone back to fear the authorities that were sort of absent from the streets in the last couple of days are now back to sleep trying to get back in their control the fear to riot Police Called oman is also seen dispersing of protesters and strikers at factories also the national a television who was on strike is now blocked by police interesting leaders also an interview with one of the employees who joining to strike earlier saying she was not allowed to enter the building and instead of her and other colleagues who had joined the strikes now a russian professionals have been flown in she says we cant confirm any of that but what we do know is that theres a report about a plane thats normally used by the f. S. B. The state Security Service in moscow that has landed in mint last night and also departed again so its possible some assistance from moscow here to look at shankar in power at least for the moment and step whats the picture across the rest of the country. We hear reports of some people still on strike at Different Industries but it has been increasingly difficult for people to continue this National Strike because theyve been threats from the ministry that everyone was on strike will be fired and of course then people will lose their income which is already in their debt the Economic Situation is already a very dire also there is this Coalition Council been set up by the opposition which is supposed to meet today. Really lashed out against this council which is supposed to sort of organize a Transitional Government saying that these people are committing a coup detat and that he will take all measures possible to stop them so discounts all is as we heard still meeting today in an hour or so from now and we hope to hear from them in a few hours after death we will of course be staying across those developments thanks dan step vasant live for us in minsk. Was israel and the United Arab Emirates push forward with normalizing their relations there is growing confusion over one key element of the deal and bets whether the u. A. E. Will be able to gain access to u. S. Military hardware specifically if the 5 aircraft israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying he opposes the sale of the warplanes to the u. A. E. But reports in an israeli newspaper suggest the deal includes language that would allow advanced weapons sales to the gulf nation where a force it is live for us and western heritage to explain this 5 issue for us. Well yes israel maintains something what it calls a qualitative military edge and soames of the kind of material that it can buy from the United States and under a congressional understanding does not get sold to other powers in the region and the question was which was raised by this explosive report in me yet what are not newspaper on Tuesday Morning was whether in this deal that has been done brokered by the United States between the usa and israel it allowed for such a high level military. Weaponry to be sold to United Arab Emirates in the future the report said that it did that netanyahu was aware of that that there was such an understanding in a deal netanyahu came out with a carefully worded denial later in the day talking about having there being no clause in the deal and that he maintained his opposition would continue to maintain his opposition to any other countries in the region being given this kind of weaponry especially the f. 35 aircraft which israel has in quite some numbers in growing numbers in the last few months but he didnt specifically say that israel had maintained its veto didnt specifically say that this was something that was impossible and there was a quote from the same newspaper from an unnamed u. S. Official later on tuesday saying that netanyahu was aware despite his opposition to it that this was on the cards Going Forward and theres been some confusion and argument between the 2 arms of the coalition here as well with the foreign minister defense minister of the blue and white party saying that they remain opposed to it they werent sure exactly what was in the deal because of course netanyahu negotiated it entirely without their knowledge so are they renewed signs then that those internal tensions might take israel into perhaps 4th election. Well yes there were concerns about that which seemed to be allayed as late as last weekend with talk of the crown extensions of it the critical issue which could trigger a new election which is a disagreement between the 2 arms of the coalition over a budget netanyahu wants a one year budget benny gantz of the blue and white wants a 2 year budget in accordance with the Coalition Deal netanyahu says he wants one year because of the coronavirus pandemic and needing to leave some adaptability in his in the Financial System but hes accused of wanting that because only having a one year budget means that he could trigger elections in self in march next year when that one year would expire that the Financial Year would expire now either by midnight on monday there has to be an agreement on the budget or that has to be legislation passed to have a delay so that deadline work towards that delay seems to be going on there was a 1st reading of that bill on monday but today wednesday there has been. Attachments of conditions so that its from the likud party Benjamin Netanyahu so there are people reading that signs that he actually wants to scupper this and potentially take israel to a 4th round of elections in november high philosophize live in west jerusalem thank you for. Joe biden is now the official democratic nominees take on donald trump and novembers president ial election he was picked on the 2nd night of the Partys National convention which for the 1st time was mostly virtual because of coronavirus from washington has alan fischer. This was the moment joe biden officially became the democratic partys nominee for the president of the United States thank you very very much from the bottom my heart thank you all raise the world in me and my family and ill see you on thursday thank you thank you thank you rhode island the oceans stay in a traditional convention the roll call is an important set piece im doing it for chile this time they made it slick and polished its job. This was a night to show the past and the future there were contributions from former president jimmy carter former president ial nominee john kerry and congresswoman alexandra keshia cortez an influential figure on the progressive wing of the party and considered a rising star it was also an appearance from bill clinton the former president whose lit up conventions in the past given just 5 minutes this time but still getting his message across at a time like this the oval office should be a command center instead its a storm center is only chaos its 20 years since bill clinton was president on wednesday hell celebrate his 74th birthday and hell still be 3 years younger than the current democratic president ial nominee. Former secretary of state colin powell was just one of a number of republicans who also spoke giving his endorsement to joe biden the values i learned growing up in the south bronx and serving in uniform were the same values that joe bidens parents instilled in him in scranton pennsylvania i support joe biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him i have always loved the sound keynote on tuesday was the nominees wife jill biden who lined what she thought her husband would deliver for america leadership to re imagine what our nation will be thats joe he and kaamelott will work as hard as you do every day to make this nation better wednesday will see Vice President ial pick haris deliver her speech that role is normally to attack the opposition to hit them and hit them hard and this time will be no different alan fischer aljazeera washington. 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