A chinese province where its feared mandarins been promoted ahead of speaking mongolian. 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 roslyn jordan has more. On friday u. S. President donald trump called a press conference to talk about the economy and the kobe 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 build the United States military and 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 trump was more worried about the rain messing up his hair trump reportedly also said why should i go to that cemetery its filled with losers the magazine then claims then called the marines buried their suckers and that trouble didnt want wounded troops taking part in military parades saying nobody wants to see that the magazine also says that troubling question the troops motivation to serve during a trip to Arlington National cemetery cop 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 going to say he was a very you 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 trough words are being met with skepticism because of his house comments such as this one about john mccain is that 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 went to iraq 3 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 losers reaction on social media scathing this from overtire 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 tromp 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 roslyn jordan aljazeera alexandria virginia. Protests against Police Brutality in the u. S. Have continued into the night in the city of rochester dozens of people are seeking justice after the death of daniel cruz he died from asphyxiation after being arrested by Police Officers put a hood over prudes head and held him on the ground for 2 minutes 7 officers have been suspended over the incident. May not take a break the unarmed black man shot by police in the u. S. City of can osha has appeared in court by video link are you able to hear me clearly today sir yes sir make faces charges of Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse police say they were trying to arrest blake when an officer shot him 7 times in the bath last month leaving him paralyzed the shooting triggered days of protests in several cities. So they on kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties as part of a u. S. Brokered deal its been hailed by washington as a big step forward after decades of tension kosovo declared independence in 2008 something serbia does not recognize both nations have also agreed to normalize relations with israel reports. The 2 balkan rivals dont formally recognize each other but after 2 days of u. S. Brokered talks and course of all have taken the 1st step to establishing economic ties still falling short of a political reconciliation thinking. We can be sure resolved for us there are still a lot of differences between us but this is a huge step forward what serbia is happy to discuss economic ties possible so franti remains a red line kosovo 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 its own i think we need to step forward for normalization of relations lead eventually to mutually goodness and between the 2. 00 trump as a president ial elections it is sights and was eager to claim our 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. Trump did manage to secure a diplomatic win for ally israel so be able become the 1st european country to open its embassy in jerusalem cos when israel are not committing to recognize one another the big story here today is really about israel and has far less to do with the actual troubled relations between serbian possible basically this is the arm of the grand aim of economic normalization all it really does is. What were already agreed projects this lead to say 10 by trying to bolster support for israel has been rejected by palestinians one leaders say they have become victims of a select 2 listens. The World Health Organization is urging countries to join forces to tackle corona virus saying vaccine nationalism would only slow the response to the pandemic what has ation is leading a global Vaccine Allocation plan known as kovacs aimed at helping buy and distribute vaccinations fairly but some countries have already secured their own supplies through bilateral deals and have said they Wont Take Part in the global unification effort india says confirm corona virus infections have now crossed the 4000000. 00 mark that brings it closer to brazils total which has a 2nd highest in the world india has a population of 1400000000. 00 compared to a brazilian around 210000000. 00 cases have been rising sharply in india in the past few weeks. 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 to be integrated into the army arent met theyve been accused of killing civilians as a story. For weeks fighters from the kotecha armed groups 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 hasnt happened so on friday they marched into the town and occupied it for several hours they outnumber the government soldiers their residents were scared and angry. Randi 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 caught people to pieces in the villages high going to provide amnesty normal to talk with honesty in such 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 we need to reprogram in the last 3 years violence between them groups is on the rise. Congos army has been trying to defeat could echo this year but its failed expected not the way this economy is government is not going to bad why the demand of these guys because the army is there but its doing nothing more no score your one force nearby but but also doing not. By friday afternoon a fragile temporary agreement was reached the army took the fighters back out of town in trucks the militia said theyd be back in 2 days if their demands are met. There among several armed groups responsible for massacring and mutilating civilians in this area the people of tunisia face some 10 days ahead malcolm webb aljazeera. Time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back. Taking up the fight against an unpopular president and new Opposition Forces formed in bellerive. Nobody can take away their use. And holding out hope little messy fans in argentina still dream the football legend will one day come out or not stay. Hello there the usual dry weather conditions throughout much of the middle east but its been that security holes 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 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 but again it got very light winds quite a bit of cloud developing across central western society and then at 3 sunday its a similar sort of scenario temperatures in doha down to 37. 00 degrees the again very light winds and feeling very humid with the 37. 00 plenty 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 it some roll 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 most on big. The 2000 mile trip across europe seems impossible. As the Balkans Route begins to close for refugee miss it has become a race against time for one syrian famine. Its a perilous journey from greece to germany but theres no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. Sky and ground i witnessed documentary on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here this hour the u. S. President has denied claims he called war veterans and Fallen Soldiers suckers and losers the allegations were published in the atlantic magazine and donald trump denounced the report as a hoax and a disgrace to serbia and kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties after decades of conflict the serbian president alexander and kosovos by minister of health talks in washington for several days. An armed group has left the city of bunia in democratic republic of congo after a standoff there but hundreds of fighters are threatening to return if their demands which include receiving food rations are not met. The russian Opposition Leader sky is calling on the United Nations to condemn the governments violent crackdown on protesters shes accusing president lukashenko rigging last months election when she kind of sky is urging the u. N. To send a Monitoring Mission to belarus but as smith reports from vilnius in neighboring lithuania so a lot of chicken also believes that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president of balance instead shes exiled in neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the Un Security Council to help. Today in the country where the rose is in turn were a peaceful protest and been illegally detained beaten and risen. In the balance capital mens cooperation colleague maria kalashnikov and others have formed a new Political Party chicken of sky hadnt been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and they are more united than they were under the threat 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 less all of that force atlanta our choice will stall on and were not going to leave it like that speaking to al jazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordiNation Council chicken oscar acknowledged 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 of 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 be demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president Alexander Lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. Many belorussians and the major western powers say the vote was bleeped. Alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u. S. Troops and tanks have started arriving. With the Lithuanian Government says that exercise is planned long before the elections next door. Aljazeera vilnius. The un satanic watchdog has confirmed iran is stockpiling enriched uranium well beyond limits set by world powers in the 2050 nuclear deal the i. A. E. A. Says its reach more than 10 times the limit decided on the agreement that promised iran economic incentives in return for curbs on its Nuclear Program terrans trying to pressure the remaining nations to help offset crippling u. S. Sanctions. Fallen silent to mark the moment exactly one month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut 191 people died while around 300000 lost their homes some remain in structures deemed unsafe because they have nowhere else to go samaha reports. The 101001 victims of the devastating explosion that tore through the lebanese capital were remembered one months on a vigil was held outside the port where nearly 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate and safely stored in a warehouse ignited one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history one minute of silence was observed at the exact time of the explosion 6 o 8 pm it was a moment many still vividly remember. When i was. Going to. Port and customs employees have been arrested but many lebanese believe senior officials as high up as the president should be the ones to be held accountable they were aware of the highly explosive material and did nothing about it today is about just this airlines or that 20 years old she went through and so you literally work every single day in order to sustain a very vibrant financially. Its a bit like. Basically like to live a kilometer away a desperate search for life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed from the impact of the blast sniffer dog alerted a team from chile that were surveying the damage in the neighborhood specialist sensors then detected breathing 18 breaths a minute which gave hope 24 hours later. The breathing slowed significantly rescuers refused to say when they last had had proof of life but they did promise not to call off the search until they have answers its unlikely someone could have survived for a month under the debris but it is not unheard of and while many remained hopeful it was yet another example of the state feeling its people a month later were still being our bodies why did it take so long this is another you know commemorative moment where we have to Pay Attention to how the situation was dealt what it was dealt and of in a very haphazard manner nonprofessional manner and honestly i hate to say this with absolutely no conscious and no feelings and no humanity there was already much outrage over how the authorities handled the crisis since the port explosion they have been absent in the rescue relief recovery and rebuilding efforts theres volunteers local and international n. G. O. S who have taken the lead and yet again it is them on the front lines of lebanons latest calamity many wonder if it was false hope or whether there was a real chance to find life amid all the darkness. Beirut protests have been held on the yemeni island of contre against their strongest months of military bases bob 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 deploying hundreds of soldiers to psychiatrists in 2018. Libyans in the us a fall a civil lawsuit against war not only for half top 2 families accuse happed are of war crimes human rights abuses and torture relating to his 2016 military offensive on benghazi calling on the u. S. Attorney general to begin a criminal investigation after fighting libyas un recognized government for control of the countrys. 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 billed as our supporters if they wanted fewer or more moroccans in the netherlands and the crowd chanted fewer cypruss said it would strip 7 people of socalled golden passports bought under a citizenship by Investment Scheme that follows an aljazeera investigation into a cache of leaked documents they reveal the e. U. Passports had been sold to convicted criminals fugitives and political figures considered to be a high risk for money laundering. Patients taking part in a Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine in russia of all developed and the bodies according to a report in the Lancet Medical Journal but the journal says the trial is too small to prove the vaccine safety and effectiveness 40000 volunteers are due to take part in further trials france has recorded its biggest single day rise in new corona virus infections since the beginning of the pandemic nearly 9000 cases were reported on friday the search has forced at least a dozen schools across the country to close just days into the new Academic Year Authorities Say the rise is partially due to increased testing dozens of people have been left badly burned after a gas pipeline explosion in bangladesh the blast happened near a mosque as worshippers were finishing prayers just outside the capital most of the 37 people admitted to hospital or a Critical Condition firefighters are investigating the cause of the explosion. Now students and teachers in the northern chinese province of in among taking part in a rare protests against a new policy requiring certain classes to be taught in mandarin the main language used now is representing a 5th of the provinces population. Beijing. Videos of students shouting. Mother language and storming School Grounds are circulating on social media protests have been held across the northern chinese province of Inner Mongolia after a new education measures were introduced to reduce the use of the mongolian language in favor of mandarin that spoken nationally. Many parents have withdrawn their children from schools some have clashed with the local police. My fellow mongolians may not know one another but if they arrest one of us lets all go to the Police Station authorities are offering 150. 00 in return for information on more than 100. 00 of them wanted by police for taking quarrels beijing says the protesters have a political agenda and the new measures only affect certain subjects mongolian language class hours remain unchanged the textbooks remained the same the language used for teaching remains the same and the existing bilingual Education System remains unchanged. But activists say the new education policy will see the regions main language of instruction changed to mandarin by 2022 the vast grassland province borders mongolia where one 5th of the population is ethnic mongolian. Culture. Erratic. Cultural life similar changes have taken place in tibet and she jungle where ethnic languages are now only 2 of its special classes the United Nations says minority cultures are being suppressed Chinese Communist party. Is anything. Coming. Through in the organization. Any sort of. Diversity chinas leaders say promoting the majority had culture and nationalizing chinese language provides ethnic minorities with better economic opportunities. But many people im convinced and say they fear for the survival of their traditional way of life katrina you. Prominent me and my poet and activist has been found guilty of violating a law that requires advance notice of a protest. That a jail sentence but was fined 22. 00 by young court was accused of staging demonstrations demanding an end to internet blackout on rakhine and neighboring chen states. Leno messes back down over a contract wrangle saying hell stay at Barcelona Football Club for another season but the decision hasnt ended a dream for his fans at home in argentina they hope one of the worlds greatest players will eventually return to his childhood club down in china reports. Hes staying but he wants to go what the world of football wants to know is where and while you know messi is destination beyond next season remains unclear the dream among fans around the world as it will be their club. Its been a difficult year i suffered a lot in training during the games and in the changing room it made it very difficult so i thought id leave the club in search of new objectives a new environment and a new experience for me. Ferns in missys home city rosario are hoping hell want to find those new experiences in his boyhood club rules old boys she wont be snacking on im not going to mess hes coming to us the biggest club in argentina weve had marriage on here and now we should have messi their numbers are going mayor koch is up or leo deserves love hes not had much space to play in his career newells could give that to him. But could the club be left when he was 14 years old before the player earning a reported half a 1000000 euros a week money may not be the only incentive the 33 year old has always said his heart was in. He returned in 2018 to marry his childhood sweetheart and the city certainly loves him although hes a foot reeling icon in this football mad country leo messi left argentina before he could play professional football there are no memories of him here no nostalgia distant dream that one day soon he returned home in the found to be able to see his magic with their own eyes born only when mrs eventual destination has been a hot topic in argentina a distraction from the pandemic its even drawing in the countrys president but is it a viable dream or a crazy fantasy nobody can take away their you and me we have there isnt. Im joe measure to tell you it will be there is a year or 2 too which means he will be playing with us and always have shirts so. In that sense they will keep they lucian and and till the end. These was not clearly the moment to come to i didnt you know play for us. This still hope that moment will come theres a tradition here a star players like to have his in but on returning to play for their boyhood clubs after making their fortunes in europe you know messi playing in argentina in the mules all boys shirt not yet but maybe one day. There aljazeera one of silenced. Time for a quick check of the top stories here on aljazeera the us president has denied claims he called war veterans and foreign soldiers suckers and losers the allegations were published in the atlantic magazine donald trump denounced the report as a hoax and a disgrace was in jordan a small. Well the storing isnt going away because now a number of news outlets here in washington have confirmed the same go and the same quotes that were in that story including fox news which had been the president s go to Television News network a channel that had really supported his presidency it seems up until this year it is worth noting that during the Late Afternoon press conference the president again did not like those allegations that he has been at any time disrespectful of those who are in the u. S. Military protests against Police Brutality in the u. S. Have continued into the night in the city of rochester dozens of people are seeking justice after the death of a black man daniel proved he died from asphyxiation after being arrested by police 7 officers have been suspended over the incident so bear the costs of those who have agreed to normalize economic ties up to decades of conflict serbian president alexander the cost of those prime minister. Held talks in washington for several days an armed group has left the city of bunia and democratic republic of congo after a standoff there but hundreds of fighters are threatening to return if their demands which include receiving food russians are not met india says confirm corona virus infections of now across the 4000000. 00 mark not brings it closer to brazils total which is the 2nd highest in the world india has a population of 1400000000 compared to brazils around 210000000 cases have been rising sharply in india in the past few weeks. The russian Opposition Leaders. Calling on the United Nations to condemn a violent crackdown by the government on protesters shes accusing president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging his election victory last month and she wants the u. N. To send a Monitoring Mission to belarus. Those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after a woman makes. 5. Counting the cost while prices slumping economy strength and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle east so well russia south africas unemployment to hit a record high before the pandemic plus this fight to save the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Pays for us is one of the most amazing places in the world
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