Good rajapaksa led the military to victory over the tamil tigers ending 26 years of civil war. He was given a free hand by his brother then president Mahinda Rajapaksa to do so. But accusations of human rights abuses and walk rhymes. Many tamils in the north and east are still looking for answers about their missing relatives or those abducted under rajapakse as watch some complain of intimidation and harassment when they tried to speak up sherry in savior who has worked with these communities says his candidacy for president is causing concern hes seen terminator of dissent yes so in that context like you know people are a bit worried about i mean any kind of dissent will not be tolerated rajapaksa seems to be aware of such concerns telling the Party Convention on sunday that the diversity of communities. Is its strength its taken one term for sri lankans who voted rajapaksa president out of office to look at his brother as a potential leader the reason according to one political commentator lies with the current government which has not fulfilled peoples expectations the period of every month has for piers. And a call. For. You know that you know a political. Up in the. President ial elections must be hailed by december 8th. Those campaigning for go Tarbell Rajapaksa say hes a terminator and will stamp out corruption and fraud but wont be an authoritarian leader thats something sri lankan voters will have to decide whether to believe or not when they choose then expresident. Colombo. Prison guards working in the units that housed the American Finance and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein so they were working extreme overtime on the night he died because of staffing shortages the f. B. I. Is investigating his death which was described as an apparent suicide was supposed to been checked by guards every 30 minutes. The venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has rallied hundreds of supporters with an upbeat message of defiance against u. S. Sanctions but its critics say it will do little to help people with severe shortages of essential goods those living on an island once dubbed the paradise reportedly trying to survive on just a few cents a month to raise about reports from toss out. The island of toss in the lake of magic i was in northwest venezuela was once a tourist destination. Now its residents are struggling and so people like pina are trying to help out we went with him to. House her brother george is 33 hes autistic hes also undernourished this will be his only meal today. I need help he has no bed to sleep we have no diapers his situation is getting worse every day nobody helps us hes been losing weight and we can barely feed our family and what complicates the situation even more is that your god has a problem in his throat but there are no doctors to diagnose him his source says there are many cases like his around the island and even though hes trying to lend a hand its not been easy. I dont have much but i started to ask people to give me just one spoon of rice to feed them times are difficult for everyone nobody has much food to give away those who take care of their relatives with disabilities are suffering and cannot give much. His hooves is also helping out at least 8 others on this island of around 10000. 00 people many have already migrated somewhere else because of food and medicine shortages were told the water sanitation plant is broken and there is no gas or electricity. We went to the house of mike kelly just seen a mother of 5 she has no money to buy her children clothes or diapers even though her husband works as a fisherman she says they barely have enough to eat people here are desperate they dont have Running Water they dont have gas and this is the only food they have for the whole family the situation is so dire that they were forced to sell this window in order to be able to buy medicine for the children. Michael lee says all government help has been gone for months the venezuelan government says boxes of subsidize food but theyre not arriving fast enough. For the little food we have is because we were given one government box last week after 6 months the government is gone and if they have something they give it to people that vote for them we dont vote because we dont have an id. Economy say the crisis in venezuela is caused by a drop in oil prices corruption and mismanagement of government resources. Its the 1st crisis that last so long in an Oil Producing nation its the 1st oil nation with hyperinflation and its the biggest collapse of an economy in a country that did not go to war the impoverishment in the country is brutal now with an increase in u. S. Sanctions many fear the situation will deteriorate even more on saturday precedent or lead a protest against the United States the sanctions implemented by donald trump an Opposition Leader one way though. All of this making this all of this brutality has been requested an openly supported by this despicable outlaw traitor to the homeland named one dog but in the island of course most people say the crisis began before the u. S. Sanctions theyre desperately waiting for a solution that will help them survive there is a war i just see here boss island venezuela. On. Head. On. Thank you very much to Manchester United have got their English Premier LeagueCampaign Underway by thrashing chelsea walk us rush for the start for united the England International scored twice as there are 4 nil winners at old trafford united are looking for a better season this time around they finished outside the top 4 last season and havent won the league since 2013 to take the win because its about points for this game. Then again the performance 2nd half was very pleasing and i think that was the big course. In leicester played out a draw against wolves on arsenal kick started the campaign with the when care in. Scoring in their one nil away win over newcastle. The world. This week is will be a challenge for us we know we we know at least difficult each match. But i think we deserve it. Antennas there was a heartbreak for Serena Williams in toronto the american retired from the rogers cup final with a back injury handing the title to teenage bianca and to the School Williams was a breakdown in the opening set to training her comedian opponent 31 when she would drew from the match injury comes the us open just 2 weeks away this is andys close 2nd career title loss to winning act. 2 american ashleys faces sanctions after they made a political protest during their gold medal ceremonies at the Pan American Games in through. When perry raised her face at the end of the u. S. Anthem after her well she later said somebody has to stand for all the injustices going on in america and sense of race and burden that need during the medal ceremony for the team for oil events he wrote on twitter off to was that racism gun control mistreatment of immigrants and a president who spreads hate with shortcomings that cut short his pride in his country. All reporters she had a chance he has more from washington d. C. When barrys raising of a fist during the starspangled banner was reminiscent of john carlos and tommy smith the black power salute of the mexico city 900 68. 00 Olympic Games race imprudence taking of a knee was the same method of protest thats been pioneered by n. F. L. Star Collin Kompany protesting against Police Brutality and racism and image and says he too is protesting against racism but also the treatment of immigrants and what he says is a president whos spreading hate berry says hes professing against injustice in a president whos making things worse but both athletes could face severe discipline both the games organizers and the u. S. Of them committee for the bid and the political. Protests they both could be disqualified potentially they could even have their participation with 2020 Olympic Games put in doubt and the u. S. Does have a history of penalizing athletes who make political protests both smith and call also marginalized for years after their return from mexico city and Color Company hasnt played professional football since 27 team cricket and only such into the stands in the word fair to call leon indias all time leading a run scores listed in one day internationals called the smash 120 in indias game against the west indies in the port of spain during his endings that he passed Saurav Ganguly on the list callie shouldnt be too excited though he still trails such in by about 7000 runs the pakistan cricket board say tainted International Batsman khan can Start Playing again but only if he admits to spot fixing and competes the anticorruption Rehab Program on saturday khan completed a 30 month ban for spot fixing dream to 2017 pakistan superleague hahn who played 25. 00 could return to domestic competition as early as september if he complies because his Andrea Dovizioso won moto g. P. Is offering home pay to close the gap between him and championship leader mark Marquez Honda has marquez was in poor position at the red bull ring and was leading most of the race but edged him out in the final lap to deny marquez a title that hes yet to win despite the victory of his heroes are still trails markets by 58 points in the overall standings. It was the last call i have to try i want to. Be too long. I can finish 2nd easy so. I have a good feeling too i mean i feel so strong in that moment its something. In the past i always think you know about. Something crazy and sometimes its mark and i says before we will have more later on when i thank you for that and that is the news all is about iran and its here in just a moment but small. Its very difficult as a chef or restaurant or to buy shrimp with the confidence that what youre serving is going to be good seafood by nature is a hybrid model and sometimes trump is raised using production drugs. That are not approved for use in the u. S. The f. D. A. Simply isnt testing and not on the imported market to really find all of these pilots present the take no at this time on else does either. I was raised in france. These are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is me. By them both isis and the us on. The 1st of a 2 part epic tale of the remarkable simony. The father the son and the. Top one on al jazeera. Victory at last to watch a modest center right candidate to add a 100 giamatti is elected president on his 4th attendant bought its a bad light for the president but the early results showing him trailing in the primaries. Hello and welcome to al jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with the product so i had to agree. You have. Pakistans foreign minister accuses india of a nazi like approach to kashmir. And putting away their weapons quiet in the yemeni city of 8 and separatists say they committed to a ceasefire. Election officials have declared the conservative candidate in the president ial election the when the early results had given the hounds are g. M. s a commanding lead of the center left contender and former 1st lady sander to what it is hes likely to face major challenges implementing an immigration deal with the u. S. Signed by outgoing president jimmy well lets get more on this now were joined by correspondent John Heilemann who is monitoring developments from mexico city so who would it be 4th time lucky john he has a massive lead to talk us through the results. Yeah exactly that theres more than 95 percent of the results counted now so this is pretty much a done deal he is already given his victory speech he said its 3 can in 12 years to get to this point is just very happy so now he has the challenges ahead and you mention one of them just at the point when he finally made it this is been sort of put in his lap the outgoing president jimmy moralise has signed a deal with the United States and that basically says that any migrants heading through guatemala or maybe theyll be from honduras and el salvador presumably trying to get the north to the United States they 1st have to ask for asylum in guatemala and that might mean if that deal is ratified it hasnt been yet theres tens of thousands of people who are going to be arriving in this country and its a country in which already more than half the people live in poverty more about almost a 1000000 children suffer from malnutrition so its not really prepared for that influx and its going to get in the way of some of these other plans probably john and hes saying that hes going to rebuild there are no shortage of challenges you mentioned some of them theres also theres insecurity theres unemployment theres high level costs despite the poverty there is corruption which to me what alice says a kings dollar. Exactly that and you actually you mentioned the 1st 2 concerns for voters according to polls in the right order security is their number one he says is going to be a bit of a hard hand hes going to bring about the Death Penalty hes going to restrict the general rights to some prisoners especially those in gangs and in order to create more Employment Unemployment still the big worry he says is going to create hes going to build an economic war hes basically going to bring enough tourism enough Foreign Investment so that what the marlins dont have to go north actually guatemala is the country that sends most people most migrants to the border with the United States right now so those are reasons to big games and you also mention another thing thats really important and thats corruption and thats because there was and still is an Anti Corruption commission backed by the United Nations in guatemala thats really hit an entrenched political and Business Class quite hard and its charges hundreds of people and even a president and a Vice President in the past and theyre in jail because of the law of ordinary guatemalan supports it he hasnt supported renewing its mandate so there are questions really about how how committed the new president is to really fighting corruption john thank you very much for that and now that John Heilemann the nations to live and mexico city thank you. Were going to i want to other news now an argentine president marries her marker his hopes of reelection have been dealt a severe blow early results show hes on course to lose a primary vote to opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez his running mate as for president Cristina Kirchner it is the 1st concrete and occasion of wash a sentiment before us president ial election well daniel reports from when a site is. This was a vote on a crisp clear winters day to endorse candidates already chosen by their parties to compete in october his president ial election with voting obligatory it serves as an official opinion poll. This makes it possible to keep participating in our democracy we can elect trying to improve giving people the opportunity to reward those who do good things and throw out those who dont want a small part of the. Its an opportunity its a fresh approach to miti to choose change thats what im after im not reading agreement with the current government its time for change. All the Major Players the familiar faces in argentinas political scene the incumbent president maurice your mockery early in one of cyrus because we believe in continuing with our reforms and this work the profound change that argentina is going through there are other candidates who want other things thats what this election is all about. He took office in 2050 promising to tackle inflation and reduce poverty but both have increased under his watch and hes under pressure to present Fresh Solutions to longstanding problems. Was his main rival his outburst often on this cabinet chief between 20032008 in the left of Center Government of nestor kitchener ari i mean obviously after the primaries what we would do is call on all argentineans to unite to begin fixing the infinite problems were living through. His major challenge is to convince the electorate that its him and not his Vice President ial running mate the former president Cristina Fernandez the kitchener losing. Shes fighting off a number of corruption charges from her time in office all of which she denies 4 years ago lost the primary vote but won the election but things look close this time around with this vote a strong indication of which way the argentine electorate is likely to vote in october who they think best able to deal with rampant inflation crippling debt and the economy in recession. The results on monday morning could have a strong impact on Financial Markets whether argentina is to continue with market friendly austerity measures or return to the previous governments more socially inclusive but costly policy is its the opening round what is likely to be a long and hard fought battle. One of cyrus. Pakistans foreign minister has attacked and he is government for revoking the autonomy of indian and minister accusing it of having a fascist mentality in an exclusive interview with al jazeera the minister says he has just returned from talks with the Chinese Government and he says beijing fully supports pakistans position over the disputed region to d. In india you have a regime which has the fascist mentality you know that the nazi approach that they have is but out as has been guillotine you know this is the political wing of the r. S. S. And that is of great concern to pakistan innocent people being attacked killed raped me and to the pellet guns you know losing eyesight you have seen this curfew. Theres a communication blackout. Journalism not being allowed in. The news is not filtering out the absolute confusion uncertainty one is hearing from erica from 41. 00 is hearing of. Nonavailability of medicines i do not know to morrow eat which is a very important day for muslims whether they will lift the curfew i demand that the indian authorities lift a few and let the muslims. Perform their prayers and do the sector 5 that they are supposed to do india by being obstinate and not accepting pakistans off of it bilateral engagement to resolve the issue through these really goes he sions. Miscalculated and i think this decision of that revoking and bringing in the change around to change which has materially effected the status of. Kashmir well security remains tight and indian administered kashmir Communications Blackout a 7th day restrictions have been partially relaxed for the muslim festival of. On monday but celebrations have been muted as fez demand reports from and in an instant. This gold market is less busy than normal for the effects of all of this regions autonomy including the restrictions here in java one phone and Internet Services and the complete shut down in the neighboring push near belly a cell in the cell of a tory mood here cording to locals they fear that the region losing its special status will be a disadvantage for them. Here i have sold a few goats but most of the people have left for the. Because of this we are selling much less its really bad for business because of the shutdown everyone is suffering. That feeling isnt being shared across the Muslim Community to the east of here in the dark region shias are the largest muslim group and have been supporting the decision to split indeed administered kashmir into 2 betterly run territories the belief is that the doc smaller population led to less funding and resources being allocated to it believing that will now change is giving them another reason to celebrate this eve. Now as Priyanka Gupta reports from new delhi the Communications Blackout is making life difficult. For those has been walking for 3 hours from one pharmacy to the next he needs injections for his 70 year old mother she has cancer. The injections are not available in the market so the situation here is bad nothing is available. Pharmacies in srinagar are running out of medicine. And we dont have 50 percent of our stock if the curfew continues will run out of our medicines and 13 or 15 days families like these are stuck at home because of security restrictions imposed by the indian government. To reach its autonomy last week. Phone lines are down and internet is not working nobody knows what happened nobody tells us tvs are off everything is gone mobile phones are of this is not live this is not the modern world this is all gone i mean we are living in ancient times. This attitude of an english daily says she hasnt been able to reach a journalist in the valley since monday shes filed a petition in indias top court to ask the government to live for strictures