An armed group accused of need to maintain civilians the new threat its posing after briefly occupying the congolese town. Donald trump defending himself against claims he called americas war dead losers and suckers the president insists the allegations in the atlantic magazine are a hoax but as a growing backlash from veterans and his political rivals president jordan has more. On friday u. S. President donald trump called a press conference to talk about the economy and the pandemic but reporters wanted to know about the controversy that has been dogging trump all day and atlantic Magazine Article which says he has repeatedly disrespected the 2200000 members of the u. S. Military its a disgrace because you look at what ive done for the United States military i love those people ive gotten them pay raises when they didnt get anything near what ive been able to do and ive rebuilt 2. 00 trillion dollars every built the United States military now were including space force nobody has done more for them the atlantic says in 2018 prop was supposed to visit a French Cemetery where thousands of u. S. Troops are buried he didnt go saying the weather was too bad but sources told the magazine tromp was more worried about the rain messing up his hair. Reportedly also said why should i go to that cemetery its filled with losers the magazine then claims then called the marines buried their soccer. And that trump didnt want wounded troops taking part in military parades saying nobody wants to see that the magazine also says that trump questioned the troops motivation to serve during a trip to Arlington National cemetery koch was there with john kelly the retired general who served 1st as his Homeland Security secretary and then as his chief of staff kelly son was killed in iraq the president stood at robert kellys grave and said to john i dont get it what was in it for them during a press conference on friday accused john calley of being one of the sources of the story i see anonymous but it could have been a guy like a john kelly because he was because its good to say he was a very you know look at some of his News Conference is what happened to him he got eaten alive he was unable to handle the pressure of this crosswords are being met with skepticism because of his house comments such as this one about john mccain hes not a war hero or hero he is a war of fire appears hes a war hero because he was captured joe bidens campaign quickly made this an issue really seeing this ad and the former Vice President call the allegations disgusting if true my son volunteered to enjoy the United States military as the attorney general who went to a rack for year won the bronze star and other commendations he wasnt a sucker servicemen and women he served with particularly those did not come home. Were not lose this reaction on social media scathing this from a retired general when he met with the chairman of the joint chiefs general dunford his comment was thats a smart guy why is he in the military and from a Veterans Organization opposed to trial my message to donald trump is that this you have no right being the commander in chief donald trump has bragged about not serving in the vietnam war in the 2016 campaign not only did he insult the parents of a man who was killed serving in iraq but he also mocked prisoners of war now all of that did not affect a candidate trump with his military supporters back then but in 2020 his democratic opponent is betting that such talk from the commander in chief could actually backfire on him ruslan jordan aljazeera alexandria virginia. A protest against Police Brutality in the u. S. Continuing into the night in the city of rochester. Dozens of people are seeking justice for the death of a black man down you know prove he died from asphyxiation off being arrested by Police Officers but a mesh showed that uproots had been holding on the ground for 2 minutes 7 officers have been suspended over the incident. But take a break the unarmed black man shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. City of 10 osha has appeared in court via video link are you able to hear me clearly today sir yes sir blake faces charges of Sexual Assault on Domestic Abuse police say they were trying to arrest him when an officer shot him 7 times in the back leaving him paralyzed and shooting triggered days of protests in several cities john hendren has been following developments from chicago and says blake pleaded not guilty to all the charges. It was an extraordinary scene jacob blake was shown in this zoom call lying on his hospital bed in a blue shirt and yellow tie the 1st time any of us have seen him since he was shot nearly 2 weeks ago on that sunday and he was asked for his pleas to the charges of 3rd degree Sexual AssaultDisorderly Conduct and trespassing he pleaded not guilty to all of those now those charges werent directly linked to his shooting but apparently when police encountered him on this street in konoha they at some point discovered that he had the that he had a warrant out for him that his girlfriend had made these accusations against him and they tried to take him into custody according to police story they tried to tase him twice then chased him to his van in that video that weve all seen and shot him 7 times in the back so this case in directly led to that shooting that has jacob blake in the hospital room. Serbia and kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties as part of a u. S. Brokered deal thats been hailed by washington as a big step forward after decades of tension kosovo declared independence and 2008 something serbia does not recognize both nations have also agreed to normalize relations with israel. The 2 balkan rival stern formally recognize each other but after 2 days of u. S. Brokered talks so b. A and possible have taken the 1st step to establishing economic ties on the table are jobs investments and extending transport links but fridays agreement falls far short for political reconciliation to end years of tensions thinking about economy of course we can be sure resolved for years there are still a lot of differences between us but this is a huge step forward while serbia is happy to discuss economic ties possible so frantic remains a red line possible with its majority Muslim Population declared independence from belgrade more than 12 years ago but its still unable to join International Organizations such as the United Nations and thats largely because of serbia which considers the breakaway province as its own and is supported by russia and china i think we need a huge step forward for normalization of relations lead eventually to mutually good mission between the 2 countries we are committed to Work Together to improve peoples lives the new jobs in the region on friday the 2 agreed to put campaigns for and against normalizing political ties on hold for a year but donald trump with less than 2 months to go before president ial elections was eager to claim a Foreign Policy breakthrough this is a truly historic a very very important day especially in a beautiful part of the world im pleased to announce a. Truly historic commitment serbia and kosovo have each committed to economic normalization and trump did manage to secure a diplomatic way for ally israel serbia would become the 1st european country to open its embassy in jerusalem as well as a mutual recognition of muslim majority kosovo and israel the big story here today is really about israel and has far less to do with the actual troubled relations between serbian cause basically theres the arm of the grand aim of economic normalization all it really does is. What were already agreed projects this latest report last months u. S. Mediated deal normalizing ties between the u. A. E. And israel allowing 1st direct flights between the 2 trumps attempts to both to support for israel have been rejected by palestinians who say they become victims to select olympic since gupta is here but a russian Opposition Leader svetlana secant of sky is calling on the United Nations to condemn the governments violent crackdown on protesters shes accusing president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging last months election when its going to sky is urging the u. N. To send a Monitoring Mission to beller rooms Bennett Smith reports from vilnius in neighboring lithuania. So a lot of chicken off believes that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president of balance instead shes exiled the neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the Un Security Council to help. Dimmick country where the rose is in temporary peaceful protest has been illegally detained beaten and imprisoned. In the balance capital mens cooperation colleague Maria Kolesnikov and others a former Political Party chicken of sky havent been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and the other more united than ever watch on the swiss flannels court of the Nation Council we want Political Prisoners screech we want an investigation into the killings of Peaceful Protesters and we want new fair and transparent election as the all of the force of law not our choice will stall on and were not going to leave it like that speaking to aljazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordiNation Council chicken or acknowledge the challenges of not being in belarus is difficult for both of us because im here its safer for me to be here but its more difficult to. Not morally to be here because i understand that i should be there in my people and its difficult for her as well because she is under pressure all the time she is in danger all the time as any person and. Also on friday Police Arrested students at the minutes state Linguistics Institute who ignored calls from arab ministration to stop protests. There been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president Alexander Lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. Many belorussians and major western powers say the vote was leaked. Alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bella roofs borders u. S. Troops and tanks have started arriving here but the Lithuanian Government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door Bernard Smith aljazeera vilnius. To come here not just here including creating change at the ballot box or on the streets venezuelas opposition is divided on the best way to defeat Nicolas Maduro communication. Calling for a boycott while hong kong prodemocracy activists are urging disney fans to stay away from the latest blockbuster movie on the stairs. Hello the usual dry weather conditions throughout much of the middle east that is being that securely holds through the eastern end of the mediterranean no cloud as you can see and very light winds look at this temperature this is a record high enough in jerusalem so suddenly a record since 92041 point one was the temperature then 42. 8 degrees and its been staying very warm as well in the overnight hours now its not about to cool down either look at these temperatures still in the high to mid thirtys the average in september is 28 degrees but it should be gains a cool off hopefully by about the middle of the end of next week and Cool Temperatures elsewhere a high than that but more expected 43 in baghdad 44 celsius in kuwait began it got very light winds quite a bit of cloud developing across central west as a saudi and then at 3 sunday its a similar sort of scenario temperatures in doha down to 37 degrees the again very light winds and feeling very humid with the 37 kind of activity through central areas of africa and to the south quite a line of clouds this is the next one which is pushing into bring the rain showers across into cape town and then released by had some role of the heavy rain further to the south and the east so a very wet day sunday across into Port Elizabeth and all the while more showers across central and northern mozambique. After 2 years in office. The pakistani Prime Minister delivered on his promises of freedom of speech its now being curtailed under your watch with the Prime Minister and watch as the evidence can you just ill tell you. A stones Prime Minister imran khan talks to aljazeera. Be the hero of world news white. Washing. Welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here on out is there the us president has denied claims he called war veterans and Fallen Soldiers suckers and losers the allegations were published in the atlantic magazine donald trump denounced the reporter the hopes and the disgrace. After decades of conflict serbia and kosovo agreed to finally normalized economic ties serbian president alexander and cosmos Prime Minister. Have been in talks in washington for several days. But i wish an Opposition Leader svetlana she cannot sky is calling on the un to condemn the governments violent crackdown on protesters shes accusing president lukashenko of rigging his election victory last month. Tensions mounting around a town in eastern democratic republic of congo after it was briefly occupied by an armed Group Hundreds of fighters are threatening to return to bunia if their demands for food and to be integrated into the army are not met theyve been accused of massacring civilians welcome with as the story through. Our. 2 week fighters from the kotecha armed group have been gathering around the town of yeah. Theyve been expecting to be integrated into the democratic republic of congos army and given food rations by the government he hasnt happened so on friday they marched into the town and occupied it for several hours they outnumber the government soldiers there. Residents were scared and angry. We cannot understand how a militia can enter the town easily in the presence of un peacekeepers and congolese soldiers un peacekeepers need to go. The un doesnt have much sympathy for the militias demands and wants them to be held to account for atrocities against civilians. You know amnesty mean saying that the facts never existed did you see how they cut people to pieces in the villages high going to provide amnesty a start normal to talk with amnesty that serious situations and what about the victims do you tell them too bad. About a 1000 people have been killed and heart a 1000000 have fled their homes in italy province in the last 3 years violence between groups is on the rise. Congos army has been trying to defeat could echo this year but its failed expected not the wests. Is not going. To demand of these guys because. Its doing nothing. But also doing. By friday afternoon fragile temporary agreement was reached the army took the fighters back out of town in trucks the militia said theyd be back today if their demands are met. There among several armed groups responsible for massacring and mutilating civilians in this area the people of face some 10 days ahead malcolm web aljazeera protests have been held on the yemeni island of against the establishment of military bases by the United Arab Emirates and israel the 2 countries are reported to be planning to set up bases following their agreement to normalize relations the u. A. E. Began the prying hundreds of soldiers to psychiatrists in 2018. Libyans in the United States filed a civil lawsuit against warlord early for have top 2 families accused after hour of war crimes human rights abuses and torture relating to his 2016 military offensive on benghazi theyre calling on the u. S. Attorney general to begin a criminal investigation after fighting libyas u. N. Recognized government for control of the country a Dutch Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of a far right leader for insulting moroccan people but dismissed another charge of inciting discrimination the court also imposed no punishment for villas over the comments made in 2014 during a rally then villagers are supporters if they wanted fewer or more moroccans in the netherlands in the crowd chanted fewer. Nato is calling on russia to cooperate with an International Investigation into what happened to kremlin critic alexina valmy doctors treating the valley in germany say he was poisoned with a soviet era nerve agent but russias government says theres no evidence of any crime lawrence lee reports. The russian government insists it had nothing to do with the poisoning of the arch critic of president putin alexina valley the state hasnt opened a criminal investigation despite the valley apparently being poisoned inside russia by a weapons grade nerve agent novacek which is only produced in russia in the latest exercise in banging their heads against a wall in the valleys legal team went to court in moscow accusing russian investigators of not doing anything to the surprise of nobody their case was throw