Postal service has questioned over maryland voting. And mexicos president to promise to wipe out corruption he finds himself defending his own brother in a financial scandal. Russian opposition need to elect me is being flown to germany for emergency treatment for suspected poisoning the plane carrying him to berlin left siberia just over 2 hours ago where he has. Loaded onto a stretcher and into an ambulance. A critically ill alexei novelle in the in a coma given the all clear by russian doctors to be flown to germany at the airport in the siberian city of a medical team and private plane pants pulled the russian dissident for further treatment in both. Doctors had initially said he was too. To be moved. A change of position. Relative. To the patient. About the diagnosis and condition of the patient ready to take the risks weve decided not to oppose transferring the patient to another clinic on friday the Opposition Leader spokeswoman and another aide struggle to speak to the doctors who just. Specks the delay in releasing him. And his system but the allegation that drank poison tea in the cafe airport before boarding a flight to moscow is being denied by the hospital medics. We have come to the conclusion. Of pressure. On arrival in germany they will undergo tests and treatment given to confirm whether doctors outside russia share his opinion but in Moscow St Petersburg and other cities supporters have been gathering and getting detained there convinced this was an attempt. And that. Is to blame. Well a russian spy Alexander Litvinenko dies in london after drinking tea laced with the radioactive substance plutonium to 10 then in 2018 former russian Double Agents again scrapple and his daughter you know a poisoned with the nerve agent another child in the inner city of souls pray they survived but a british woman exposed to the chemical died. Cohen is a senior fellow at the atlantic he says the 848 hour delay to transfer novelli could have been intended to conceal the poison the family and Political Associates of i think seen i mean they said that they wanted to move him right after he fell ill they are suspecting poisoning and the reason he was delayed for 48 hours they said was because the doctors and the authorities expected the poison to dissipate and make it much more difficult for the western doctors in germany in the sherry to hospital to analyze if you were spoilers and and if so by what. Meanwhile thousands of demonstrators are rallying for a 7th weekend in russias far east region protesting against the arrest of the governor who defeated a program in rival elections 2 years ago so fergal was detained last month and taken to jail in moscow is accused of ordering the murder of at least 2 business men 15 years ago which he denies but all supporters say the charges are politically motivated just as also showing solidarity with demonstrators in calories. Other news now in libyas un recognized government in tripoli has announced a cease fire as its rival parliament in the east aligned with will have to has also called for a halt to the fighting but the tripoli government says it will respond to any violence from have to us forces menu of one who can enter will have to respect this is where they will to guarantee he would respect to supply after the burning talks or previous agreements if you respects this is welcome that because we do not want to be in bloodshed we call for peace however if you violate the Peace Agreement we are ready to fight and we will force him to leave like we forced him to leave western libya. Well lets remind you how this country is devising the tripoli based government controls the area in grey wall of the haft all his allied with the east and paul meant and to Birth Control is the area in red both sides have been gearing up for a battle over the city of gateway to libyas prized oil fields that are on the repos list of jointly demilitarize the area along with the ill just for a base in the self. Is controlled by forces loyal to have to all who have imposed an oil blockade since january causing around 8000000000. 00 in losses as he calls for production to lose you and it wants elections to take place next year and watch as all the libyans agree on a constitutional basis it takes a look at the recent conflict in libya. Libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade. Nato back full season ever to reach longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 but the roots of whats often described as this all rich countries civil war started after the disputed elections in 2014 disagreement between the then house of representatives and the General National Congress made worse over a socalled roadmap for libyas future the country split into 2 rival administrations the house of representatives led by the warlords for the for have to move to the eastern city of too broke and what became the un backed government of National Accord that by Prime Minister fayyad has raj remained in the capital tripoli in the west. Thousands of people have been killed and many who forced to flee their homes are 6 and a half years of fighting. The un accuses regional powers of repeatedly breaking the 2011. On libya by supplying weapons to both sides. Egypt the u. A. E. And russia have supported hafta while turkey and qatar have backed the government of National Accord. In april last year half to ordinary fences to take control of tripoli aiming at what he described as cleansing the western zone of terrorist groups. His forces have shut down or taken control of major Oil Facilities in Eastern Libya depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue tripolis only International Airport has been repeatedly bombed using heavy artillery many civilians have been killed and wounded large areas of southern and western tripoli have been almost completely destroyed in the fighting repeated attempts at un bank cease fire talks of failed. A ceasefire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision despite the fact that its the jna and who announced his decision this time the decision is not libya the decision is uniquely turkish russia with some input from some of the International Powers and as long as it stays that way its unlikely the cease fire will break. Fridays cease fire announcement comes amid fears of an escalation by both sides mobilizing for a battle over the town suit the gateway to the major all terminals which are under the control of pro have 2 forces for now at least theres hope that agreement between powerful countries many say have contributed to libyas suffering a backing a ceasefire that could and its civil war chance transferred. The head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time ahead of the november election as most of general lowest enjoy has faced criticism for making changes to the service that of course mail delays democrats accuse him of being president Donald Trumps accomplice in trying to suppress the vote on a jackass fair reports. Calling the accusations against him outrageous lewiston joyce says the cuts hes made to the u. S. Postal service were long planned and aimed at making the agency financially solvent not to complicate mail in voting in november as we head into the election season i want to assure this committee and the American Public that the Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nations election mail securely and on time thats a reversal from what the Postal Service said last month in a warning to 46. 00 states the agency had cautioned that millions of ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted and with the public fallout it joy announced further cuts to the Postal Service will be postponed until after the election the service will deliberately ballot process every ballot in. And in that it sees President Trump claims without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive Election Fraud thats despite voting by mail himself were not prepared for this 51000000 ballots. It will be a tremendous embarrassment to our country it will go on forever and youll never know who won so i say that for you i say it for the cameras because i assume that goes but i will tell you that this is a very serious problem for a great democracy democrats accused of trying to sow doubt in an election that polls show him currently losing without a budget and doesnt want our vote by mail without a president who like him best of all without a president who well i can post those ulcers not do well to joy was a trump mega donor before becoming postmaster general in june a Postal Service board member resigned in protest accusing the trumpet ministration of interfering with the independent agency now an internal watchdog is investigating and 6 states are suing the Postal Service for harming their ability to hold free and Fair Elections the house of representatives will hold a rare saturday session to take up legislation against the Postal Service changes and the joy will face and nother day of grilling before a house panel on monday. Castro aljazeera washington. An economy on the verge of collapse we meet the people in peru struggling to put food on the table. And round up underway in thailand. Government brought to an abrupt and. How the weather is pretty quiet across the middle east at the moment we have got a little bit of cloud down towards southern most parts of the usual drizzly rain there just around southern areas of a monsoon possibility further north around the caucasus we have got some big and foundry downpours around our main. And through georgia when its a light temperatures here in doha to around 42 Celsius Police temperatures will fall back as we go on into sunday and you know a lot means it means its going to feel little more humid you can just pick out the window areas here theyre tending to come in for more easterly direction was a more humid direction so i think it will feel a little more uncomfortable a speaker one into the new week one of the sort of the red sable here we do have the usual showers rumbling away out of ethiopia pushing across sudan south sudan northern parts of the democratic republic of congo all the way across into cameroon some heavy showers set just moving across nigeria it became a fast so for the showers as we go on through sunday notice the showers i should do just started to sink a little further south was across a good part of the regions showers will also continue so you want to coastal showers just drifting into northern parts of tansen the chance of some showers to the candia. And this addition to aljazeera will take you on a journey with the top. Diverse wildlife choice by reading by mentioning it all 300 patients just will be discussing the impact the potential Uncontrolled Development could have on these diverse wildlife species living here if im protected. Be the hero the world needs. Washing. Her again youre watching aljazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is on his way to germany for Urgent Medical treatment hes been in a coma in a hospital in siberia since birthday his spokeswoman says he drank poisoned tea. Libyas un bias government has announced a cease fire and the leader of the rival parliament in the east has appealed for a halt in fighting forces from both sides have been mobilizing around sirte the gateway to libyas oil fields. And the head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for novembers election and postmaster general lewis to joy has faced criticism for changes that have caused delays. Turbot. Have given their 1st joint Television Interview since being formally confirmed as the Democratic Party nominees for novembers election they revealed how they would approach the coronavirus pandemic in the us and what they think of President Trump insults the reports. On a day on which the us passed 175000 dead from the coronavirus democratic president ial candidate joe biden vowed to take a different approach to the pandemic if elected. I would be prepared to do it every takes to say why because we cannot get the country moving until we control the virus that is the fundamental flaw of this list ration is thinking to begin with in order to keep the country running and moving and the economy growing and people employed you have to fix the virus you have to deal with the virus so if the Scientists Say shut it down i would shut it down i would listen to the scientists budget speech at the Democratic National convention has been widely praised however the parade of republicans who spoke in support of his candidacy with only 2 could appearances from the Democratic Partys progressive wing how is that the criticism from the left that despite his rhetoric about social justice and inequality biden remains where hes always been a center right politician and this interview will deepen that sense at a time of the largest nationwide demonstrations in u. S. History spurred by a black lives matter weve been calling for a redirection of the billions of dollars that go into funding an increasingly militarized police force into Community Investment joe biden reasserted that he was Standing Firm and on one of the fun Police Departments i think they need more help they need more assistance we have to make it clear that this is about protecting neighborhoods protecting People DemocraticVice President ial candidate carla harris shrugged off president drugs characterization of a as nasty and a sort of mad woman i think that there is so much about what comes out of Donald Trumps amount that is designed to distract the American People from what he is doing every day that is about neglect and negligence and harm to the American People and incompetence absolutely. Donald trump dismiss this weeks Democratic National convention and the outlined his line of attack against biden and hers but over the last week the democrats held the darkest and angriest and gloomiest convention in American History they spent 4 Straight Days attacking america as racist and horrible country that must be redeemed joe biden grimly declared a season of american darkness im the only thing standing between the American Dream and total anarchy madness and chaos and thats what it is the republican National Convention begins on monday she returns the aljazeera washington mexicos president Andres ManuelLopez Obrador swept to power in 2018 after promising to wipe out corruption but now his own brother has been implicated in a scandal after footage appeared to show him accepting kess president insists his brother is innocent and has called for an investigation on all the reports from mexico. The perfect lips this is the brother of mexicos president receiving an envelope stuffed with cash in a restaurant money put simply donated 20 his money where Lopez ObradorPolitical Movement before he was elected people of good 26 1000. 00 here. Its cause controversy president will. Run the promise to wipe out corruption. Just to be clear this video doesnt prove anything illegal happened but it does raise serious questions for example was this money declared d to mexicos electorate of dorothys and most importantly where did it come from if this was public money from any area of government this is illegal. Silat ima latinos the Media Outlets that published the videos claims that ivied lay on the man handing over the envelope mentions the government of chapel although that audio is not included the idea is to support thats the goal with. President Lopez Obrador said he didnt know about the money but that it could have been lots of small donations that lay on had collected though. I can tell you that the people supported me i had a bank account where they deposit money to keep the party going and thats where i got my salary that happened 4 years in the. Context is important here the videos come out just as Lopez Obrador as attorney general is investigating a Corruption Case that could implicate 3 of the president s pretty decisive. Videos been leaked of alleged bribes there too and the president s critics say hes using the case for political gain not just this in turn he claims this new video is there retaliate. In propose again is this could damage the government it does seem like a war of corruption videos a marker for nand this part of a government watchdog says is only going to