But thats raising some concern among activists. Power is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left large parts of the country without electricity for fascism now managed to put out the blaze on the arab gas pipeline just northeast of the capital damascus this was the scene a few hours ago there are no details yet on what may have caused the explosion but the oil minister is suggesting it could be an act of terror was an 100 joins us now via skype from beirut just bring us up to speed on the latest. The information that we have has been provided by the Syrian State News Agency as well as Syrian Government officials. What they have reported is that a large explosion on a pipeline in the early hours of the morning was the total blackout in many areas in and around the capital damascus there was a large fire we saw that on videos that were uploaded on social media but since then firefighters and Civil Defense teams have managed to put out the flames the syrian oil minister at 1st suggested that this could be a terrorist attack hours later he said after assessing the situation on the ground that this was a terrorist attack he did not provide more details there has been no claim of responsibility the area where this explosion occurred between. In the countryside of damascus an area under the control of the Syrian Regime in fact there is no opposition presence around that area if we look further south there are where theres a low level insurgency thats approximately 100 kilometers away to the further east you do have pockets of i still territory in the desert but that too is quite far so its still not clear on what basis the minister is saying that this is a terrorist attack could it be if it if indeed it is then it is an indication that areas under the governments control are still not safe so that is the information we have for the time being what we understand is that electricity has since been restored to some areas but how often how common rather. Is power blackouts like this in the country. Well throughout the years of conflict we have seen attacks on Gas Pipelines so that is not rare but were talking about in the early days in the early years 2013 for example where the rebels the opposition they controlled pockets of territory in close proximity with regime held territory so it was very easy for them to carry out such operations we remember just the 2 years ago who thought this this pocket of territory under the control of opposition they were able to frequently target damascus with rockets sowing instability in the seat of power but since 2018 really the government has cleared the areas around the capital the opposition has controls territory in the north of the country in the south it is under the control of the regime even though there is a low level insurgency there because there are many different security agencies who are 4 of which are vying for influence and then you have for example live rebels socalled reconciled rebels who are who are believed to carry out some attacks but in the overall picture areas under the government control we havent been seeing attacks like this they have remained relatively stable in the past 2 years. Ok i think if theres a lot of there across the situation in syria from beirut. At least 5 people have died and several injured in 2 explosions in the southern philippines that happened in the town of holo in soon to province and initial military of port said one of the blasts was caused by a homemade bomb on a motorcycle theres been no claim of responsibility so far. The russian doctors who 1st treated Opposition Leader alexina vellum these say bay are the ones responsible for saving his life is now being treated at a german hospital after being flown to berlin and joost coma from a siberian facility on saturday the head doctor says he believes they gave novelli the correct diagnosis and that no poison was found in his system of only is the latest in the long line of credit and critics to become seriously ill or die in apparent poisonings. And one of the biggest protests crowds yes has packed the center of the capital despite warnings not to gather and the military being put on standby around 200000 people are believed to have turned out on sunday night calling for president aleksander local shanker to step down across one step vasant isnt minsk. After a week of threats coming from look at shankar this is a reply from the people of ballarat. Tens of thousands took to the streets of minsk in defiance their fear replaced by anger well armed soldiers and police were standing by families with small children shouted the president should step down mrs lowder can use some abrasion yes we have passed police several times and were not afraid anymore and our children are not afraid to using look at shanghai now will get the message i dont think shes if hes able to get the masses but i i hope people around here will still be getting this messages more and more and believe in his team and stealing our team why are you not scared. I dont know i just are scared because you know the good people we all always it could be earlier could villager but they will always. Put look at shankar in a detention vehicle these people are chanting meanwhile also viewed music is coming from the governments loudspeakers along with orders to stop the unofficial gathering fodder of thousands killed ordering them to leave the square these people are not going anywhere with the military on standby this is the biggest acts of violence from fleas and salaries so far since the disputed president ial vote on august 9th protesters have been in frying the authorities by gathering every day calling for an end to president lucas shankars 26 year rule ahead of sundays rally the ballerinas army rolled into the central city streets away. Morning to those marching that any under arrest me a monument and statues would not be tolerated but the feared violent crackdown did not happen. When tens of thousands marched towards local schank as Residents Police blocked the road in what looked like a scene from a war movie because shango was filmed flying over the city in a helicopter wearing an armed fast together with his 15 year old son in combat gear than the president emerged from the helicopter carrying a rifle. Running thank police who guarded him at the palace they told him they will stay with him until the bitter and foreseeable and end that might just have come a little closer step passon aljazeera minsk. Southern iraq is facing the prospect of more unrest after a deadline set by protesters for the resignation of the local governor expired on sunday the been demanding justice for the killing of prominent activists Prime Minister most of them a has visited basser in a bid to find a solution also jabari reports. A deadline has come and gone but these protesters still dont have what they want. They had demanded the resignation of governor over the killing of prominent activists for now they say theyll continue to protest. On saturday Prime Minister must suffer arrived in basra only hours after returning from his trip to washington d. C. He met local politicians with the hopes of calming the anger on the streets but he had a warning for those looking to cause trouble i decided to call in which would mean this is a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that is working to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security and prevent crime id like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the governments law they were. Askey punishment on the killers will be brought to justice very soon id like to tell the criminals who are. Seen and the young female doctor that your blog will be through for justice. 33 year old is the young female dr Prime Minister called to me refer to she was a prominent activist investor and let several womans marches she was killed on wednesday when gunmen with assault rifles riding a motorcycle opened fire on her car. Days earlier godman had shot dead activists seen osama their deaths sparked days of protests and on rest fueled by anger protesters set fire to local government buildings in the southern iraqi city demanding those responsible be brought to justice and calling for the resignation of the provincial governor. The recent rise in targeted killings poses a challenge for the new Prime Minister there have been nearly a dozen attempts on the lives of well known activists this month and 4 have been killed 3 of them in basra the Prime Minister dismissed the local police chief last week after osamas death in response a number of senior tribal leaders issued a statement saying the armed themselves if the government fails to protect the people this is the worst andress the city has seen since last years protests which led to the resignation of Prime Minister of the law. Is known as the wealthiest province in iraq its home to most of the countrys oil reserves yet it has some of the worst facilities of Public Services years of mismanagement and corruption have led to protests on a regular basis this mural of the scene osama the father of 4 who was killed in basra in august 14th quickly went up in taxpayer square in the capital shortly after his death and that death is a constant reminder of the risks that activists and protesters face in iraq on a regular basis as the new government tries to bring some stability to an increasingly volatile region dorsetshire Bari Al Jazeera baghdad. Still to come here on aljazeera. Im pleased to make a truly historic announcement in our battle against the giant of virus that will save countless lives u. S. President Donald Trump Tells a major advantage in the fight against covenanting the use of blood plasma from becoming patients. We take a look at whats behind the massive and loss of global onyx thats causing our planet to warm even faster. Hello thats a nice weather across southern areas of europe very unsettled process central and northern regions but we finally got a bit of a break across the northwest that is until the next system has them but look at this some beautiful sunshine in poland the southeast people are enjoying the weather on the water and also similarly across into albania on the coast that is warm very organized beach as you can see that now away from that we have a cools got the rain in the clouds very unsettled through Central Europe the winds are quite strong as well coming through the channel more than as a from the low countries and the rain spreading east was all the time but have a down day in berlin with a high of 22 degrees and also a bad day generally across the u. K. But you can see this mass of blue behind me that is on its way on choose a some very heavy amounts of rain and yes again some very strong winds that the u. K. Met office has got warnings in place to choose day and on into wednesday but to the south of there is fine and dry pretty good and warm and then that rain across most central areas that will push east was as we go through choose as a very heavy rain through much of central and Western Areas of ukraine heavy rain that in london on tuesday with those warnings mostly cloudy a was a the rain moves up to the north and then a few light showers as we head into the next attack which is also a little bit lower than we have seen lady meanwhile paris firing a little bit better if a little bit unsettled. The latest news as it breaks it from testing not only against a Police Crackdown but also against what they call our big election with details coverage more than 300000 people have lost their jobs because of the pandemic and phillis gendron some from around the world following reports that officials were aware of the presence of highly explosive material there are plans for mass demonstrations. There are a reminder of our top stories this hour power is gradually being restored in syria after a major gas pipeline explosion left large parts of the country without electricity firefighters now managed to put out the blaze on the arab gas pipeline just northeast of the capital damascus. Because 5 people have died and several injured when 2 explosions went off in the southern philippines its taking place in the town of colo in soup province and michel military reports said one of the bass was caused by a homemade bomb on a motorcycle. The protesters in southern iraq are threatening more unrest unless a local governor resigns the killings of a number of prominent activist sparks threat exists and people are demanding those responsible be held to account Prime Minister there may has visited better to help resolve the crisis. An explosion at an Iranian Nuclear facility last month was an act of sabotage thats a conclusion of Irans Atomic Energy Organization but it did not reveal who was responsible a spokesman for the Government Agency says they will reveal the reason behind the blast at the nantz facility in due course the announcement comes a day before the head of the uns atomic Watchdog Agency arrives in tehran hoping to get access to sites believed to be storing under faired Nuclear Material or jamal abdi is the president of the National IranianAmerican Council he says there are several reasons why iran has chosen to release this information now. I think the timing is whats most notable as this comes with the i. A. E. A. Director headed to iran looking to result some of these outstanding issues with iran and you have the sequence of events. At the u. N. Security council last week the United States being shut down in its efforts to snap back sanctions on iran and some very tough statements from europe and others and you how do you ron actually say ok were ready to result some of these difficulties with the i. A. E. A. Result some of these questions and now as the eye hence to iran theyre saying our facilities are being sabotaged by to me it sounds like perhaps a form of leverage or a negotiating point as they try to work with the i. A. E. A. To sort out some of these lingering issues so i think the iranians are are trying to show that look they are paranoid there are legitimate concerns that they have about the security of these facilities and so as theyre granting access to that for other facilities there is this paranoia that his need to deal with the fact that there are actors out there who do want to sabotage these facilities this also does give the iranians further incentive to bury their or enrichment facilities underground which is one of the main can point of contention during the Nuclear Talks where iran agreed not to put its facilities in the in the underground the fordo facility and so for iran this is actually an sent an incentive to further hide and bury its facilities that theyre not exposed these acts of sabotage there are points that malis made the trick or allow alson president. To return home something 2 days of meetings between malis kuti this and west African Media may also want a transitional wall invading the country for 3 heads soldiers seized on tuesday and arrested after months of antigovernment protests will continue on monday. Living in a wall or holy for half that has rejected the un recognized governments calls for a cease fire his spokesman described it as a publicising stunt and accuse the tripoli administration of planning a turkish back defensive on the city of sirte of the us allies a group in egypt and the bravo polman in Eastern Libya had supported the ceasefire. Therefore we believe the ceasefire is false and meant only as propaganda it is simply to throw dust in the eyes this is the reality on the ground and this is what was confirmed our air and land recon all the intelligence we gathered proves the intent to attack our forces and search and. Israels army has launched more strikes into the gaza strip for the 11th day in a row its a retaliation for what israel says a makeshift firebombs being told to cross the border by hamas the Palestinian Group that governs gaza the Israeli Army Says it targeted hamas infrastructure in the southern town of daraa. Israels Prime Minister says he wont call new elections after accepting a compromise to extend budget negotiations by another 100. 00 days internet yahoo says now is the time for unity knowledges more elections netanyahu and his Coalition Partner benny gantz had until monday night to complete the deal or risk seeing the government collapses. Theres been protests in the u. S. State of wisconsin after a video emerged showing Police Officers shooting at a black man multiple times. Wisconsin governor tony evans signed and fired the man as jacob lake police say blake is in a serious condition crowds gathered the scene but tensions rose when Police Arrived it was tweeted saying he stands against the use of Excessive Force when handling people in the state. Key trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has announced shell be leaving the white house called way was the president s Campaign Manager and 2016 and stayed on as a senior counselor in the statement she praised trump and said the decision to quit was entirely her own. For months u. S. President donald trump has told to create delts about them just missing of novembers election and as his Republican Convention gets underway on monday there are questions about what he might do if hes defeated reports from the. President donald trump appears to be laying the groundwork for disputing the Election Results the only way were going to lose this election is if the election is r