Or so is one thats dominated the public debate a here in south africa there are a lot of questions being raised around what question still remark was a has to on so with regard to Campaign Donations which all parties and political leaders we receive but also the agenda behind the Public Protector there are media reports in observers who who say that the Public Protector has a political agenda and that some of these reports that shes issued are unfounded and this has a great a deal has more to do with the issues within the African National congress in that its a split party and there are perhaps people behind the scenes who potentially want the president out but essentially hes been able to get that interdict and now those remedial action is on hold until that report is reviewed by the court. The brother sri lankas former president has launched his own bed for the presidency got a buyer rajapaksa has promised to restore security and stamp out what he calls extremism but now finance as has more now from colombia. A new chapter for the rajapaksa. Rajapaksa brother of a former president and himself the next defense secretary now the candidate for the sri lanka better when a party expected later this year. I love my country im proud of my country and i have a vision for the future of this country. To support unity to give leadership to all kinds and bring peace happiness and prosperity to the model and. Good rajapaksa led the military to victory over the tamil tigers and in 26 years of civil war he was given a free hand by his brother then president by him the rajapaksa to do so. But accusations of human rights abuses and walk rheims league his tenure. 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 cherie and savior who has worked with these communities says his candidacy for president is causing concern he seems terminated of dissent yes so in that context like an old people are a bit worried about i mean in 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 in sri lanka is its strength. Its taken one term for sri lankans who voted and 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 is not fulfill peoples expectations their fear of the pick of perry mun has piers. And. You know that you know politicos. Are in the. President ial elections must be hailed by december 8th. Those campaigning to go to a bare rajapaksa say hes a terminator and will stamp out corruption and fraud but wont be an authoritarian leader thats something voters will have to decide whether to believe or not when they choose then express didnt mean. Just 0 colomba. Storms and severe flooding have calls widespread destruction across parts of asia 44. 00 people were killed in china after typhoon lekima hit while monsoon rains in pakistan and india have killed at least 160. 00 and displaced hundreds of thousands for a challenge reports. China has already seen 9 typhoon so far in 29. 00 teams but according to News Agencies typhoon lekima is the strongest in years in Hangzhou City j. J. And province rivers became raging destructive torrents rescuers engine young county made high risk efforts to save people from being swept away one was nearly swept away to. A 1000000 people have been moved from their homes. The storm is weakening after making landfall but its now headed to shanghai chinas biggest city devastating weather has lashed other parts of asia to this is karate and pakistan some people directing their anger at the government but. I dont have trout to because of the rainwater that collected outside its even homes the authorities on ball that at election time they come to our doorstep asking for a vote but now theyre nowhere to be found but all of them. We havent had any electricity in the last 48 hours rain water has collected and in some areas its too much we cant cook the government doesnt care if people suffer or die. Among the dead in the monsoon rains for 7 who were electrocuted and 3 killed by a roof collapse. There were dozens of deaths in the Indian States of carola in karnataka as well just so the sample could only watch as houses were destroyed by the water along with the many people pulled alive from the floods were those it was too late to save the 10s of thousands moved to relief camps can only whites before its safe to return and find out whats left of their homes or chalons aljazeera. Sports is coming up next here on the news hour including a find out which formula one driver has been demoted ill play for the season ahead. Thank. You. Simon this fills us now with mounting thank you will we start with a big drive a change in formula one red bull have demoted pierre ghastly midway through the season ghastly on the right he has been struggling for form alongside the stop and hes won 2 races this season and now dropped down to red bull sister toro rosso for the rest of the season starting the belgian grand prix in september guess he will be replaced by this man the rookie tight driver alex on the album he moves in the opposite direction from taurasi. To tennis in montreal now where rafael nadal has won the roaches cup for a 5th time he took just 70 minutes to beat russias Danny Medvedev in the final david stokes reports. Rafa nadal was top seed and clear favorite to win the rogers cup final against a player hed never faced before Donald Medvedev 10 years his junior having dropped a set all week in montreal and he came out fighting the russian have a down on the ropes in the opening game but crucially he failed to convert a breakpoint and the doubt didnt get a look in after that. It was trademark stuff for the spaniard giving blow after blow showing why hes won 18 grand slams and ranked number 2 in the world. After getting the break he didnt look back eventually taking the 1st set 6 games to 3. And it was even more one sided in the 2nd set whatever medvedev choice the dow had an answer for. The 1st. Gray she was pleased to see if the doll broke in 4 times and rattled off 6 games in a row to claim the rogers cup for a 5th time. I remarkably this is the 1st time in his career that the dow has defended a clay court title its his 3rd tolbert victory of the year after rome and the french open and its also a record extending 35th masters 1000 victory and today i blame my best myself i without a doubt so ill be happy about my level today thats confidence and just happy about winning the title here a game on the elements of the way the dolls pulled out of this weeks cincinnati masters with patil no doubt saving his energy for the u. S. Open which starts 26 david stokes which is era Serena Williams has praised be encountering ask you for trying to comfort her after an emotional exit from the womens final in toronto williams was a breakdown in the opening set trailing her canadian opponent 31 when a back spasm forced her to pull out of the much the 23 time grand slam champion was very upset when she made the decision and risk his 1st response was to hug her opponent and give her a pep talk serena hopes to have recovered by the u. S. Open in a couple of weeks time meanwhile andy murray says that playing doubles with the likes of Serena Williams has helped him recover from injury he thought hed have to retire off to hip surgery 6 months ago but hell make his singles comeback in cincinnati later when youre coming back from an injury if you look at football or basketball is that you you dont play 90 minutes straight away you know you might come into bomb action and play 1520 minutes and then 30 minutes and 60 minutes whereas in tennis once you step back on the court you you know you have to be ready to compete and place 3 says. Just a couple of days now until the ashes receives with the 2nd test at lords australia have been warming up as they look to build on their one nil series lead they hammered england by 251 runs in the opening match at edge baston thanks largely to steve smith who hit centuries in both innings and little hope the return of bowler just for archer will help their chances of squaring things are to go for new jersey where patrick reid has won for the 1st time since putting on the masters green jacket in 2018 hed been on a 16 month windless streak heading into the Northern Trust but he closed with a 2 under par round of 69. 00 to win by one stroke this was the 1st event in the fed ex cup playoffs and it moves him to 2nd in the Overall Standings it also secures him a place in the season ending tour championship for a shot of the 50000000. 00 1st prize. Defending olympic volleyball champions brazil have secured their place at the tokyo 2020 games they survived a match point in their qualification game against hosts bug area fighting from 0. 02 down to win also through the 3 time champions usa after victory over the netherlands they join italy russia poland argentina and the olympic host nation japan 5 more spots remain up for grabs someone is also qualified for the olympics is 13 year old diving sensation alexey said the ukrainian one gold in the 10 meter platform diving at the european championships in kiev making him the events youngest winner at 13 years and 7 months hes 3 months younger than the previous record holder briton tom daley. The british 4 by 400 Meter Relay Team were disqualified from the european championships because i got their paperwork wrong amazingly they accidently registered their reserve shot put a use of satta in the lineup instead of sprinter rob i use if you can says its gutting the shot put himself tweeted that he would definitely have run the race all right that is a useful for now but its martine to thank you very much indeed and thank you for your company for this are just there in news dont go away because ill be back right after the break. I was raised in france. These are my grandparents. These are my parents and this is me. By them both spices and i saw. The 1st of a 2 part epic tale of a remarkable time and. The father the son and the jihad caught one on aljazeera the latest news as it breaks. Down. 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The threat is coming from the United States and its western allies who are pouring graftons into this region making it the tinderbox ready to blow up at a moment of rising tension in the gulf region irans foreign minister tells all just the u. S. Is inflaming the situation. Under lockdown but people in indian administered kashmir continue to protest against new delhi his decision to annex parts of the disputed territory. When in court for south africas president as he blocks an Anti Corruption inquiry. There were flights leaving Hong Kong International airport have been cancelled after thousands of antigovernment protest has flooded into the. Arrivals hall more than a 100 flights have been affected by the Authorities Say flights which have already checked in and those which are currently on route are not affected members of the public are being told to stay away bride is our correspondent with the latest. Incredible scenes at hong kongs International Airport we just had to walk the last kilometer to get here joining a steady stream of protesters literally thousands of people getting off buses getting out of a vehicles walking through jammed roads to make it here to the terminal bringing this terminal to a complete standstill people here are outraged at what they see as the Police Brutality in the way that they cleared protests on sunday evening that geo hi yeah we here to support the 5 demands and now because the police have used excessive violence and have caused a lot of anxiety within Hong Kong Society we hope the government and police will address these issues directly and to solve the social problems and hope things who keep it to normal as soon as possible. A female 1st aid blinded by police because of close range shooting thats why were here today calling for an eye for an eye and also fresh shame on police circulating have been various clips of video of Police Firing tear gas inside stations of wielding battens against protesters going down escalators and so on especially significant is the wounding of a go at one of the protests who may well have lost an eye as a result people here are carrying various banners and posters calling Police Brutality calling the Police Murderers and so on it is true that police did seem to adopt far tougher tactics in clearing away sundays demonstrations possibly it was a way of trying to maybe scare people into not coming out not taking part in illegal activities if that was the case then maybe they have to think again. Irans foreign minister has accused the u. S. Of leading a military buildup in the gulf that threatens to destabilize the region in an exclusive interview with our jazeera jeffords a reset more International Vessels in the area well only lead to more insecurity. This is a tiny body of water and the more Foreign Naval vessels you have in this body of water the less secure it is for everybody. Based on experience president s of the United States important neighbor fleet in the persian gulf has never produced security if talking about threats coming from countries in the region the threat is coming from the United States and its western allies who are pouring their pins into this reading making it a tinderbox ready to blow up well lets hear more now from has shown. Our correspondent who interviewed mrs aris. Definitely of the view that this is something that would further destabilize the region and he joins the statements made by president rouhani and Supreme Leader before the. Harmonies or the presence of the naval buildup is something that could destabilize. The region the Iranian Defense minister when he was asked about israel saying they would step in a Coalition Say that this could have disastrous consequences on the reach of these were the words of the iranian interior minister so for many perspective this is not something that there would. Bring about. Security in the region he lashed out of the same time 2 key u. S. Allies in the region saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates saying that he should not buy security this was his words from outside the should come talk and engage with iran for the sake of Regional Security the situation continues to further deteriorate i asked him about whether iran words one day consider pulling out from the deal if nothing happens and the if President Trump decides on maintaining the sanctions he said that hes very to serve about the potential for any blow military confrontation but for the time being iran will definitely stick to the deal because they consider it to be the best option available or on the table if you see his full interview with zarif on told you are just there on tuesday there is there are 30 greenwich mean time. F. Ounces of kashmir is of reality in srinagar the main 50 a week after india an expanse of the disputed territory they marched after prayers for the muslim holiday. The area remains under an unprecedented lockdown with hundreds of thousands of soldiers still on the streets for the local government says some measures have been me. Docking will behave nicely into space and our policy is greater relaxation and greater easing out so that people can come out and greet each other but at the same time we are keeping a watch on the situation if there are any mysterious elements who want to disturb peace well be tough with them more now from our correspondent in new delhi priyanka got to. Was the bush was across india celebrated either the most one of the most important festivals in the islamic calendar but worship was in st the largest city in the disputed kashmir region how to offer their prayers on to the tightest security restrictions in a week we understand that they are confirmed reports of the protests that followed after the eves prayers it was a peaceful demonstration against indias decision to to revoke the autonomy of the region the protests to soon dispersed after that the new government is saying there the press were offered in a largely peaceful environment even though the. Mosque intriguer was completely off balance for the worshippers curfew like situation is in place in the last. Thousands of troops are deployed worshippers were only allowed access to their neighborhood mosques but across the region in jumble and several other parts of the prayers were largely peaceful thats according to the Indian Government and they are also saying that no untoward incident was reported communication lines are still down and its making it really difficult for us to to know whats happening outside the region they cant even find out whats happening in a different part of the city so when it comes to funerals or deaths or in the family or boats in the family they have to resort to local kept people channels as a conduit to display their messages and thats how they communicating with each other the communication blackout also means that journalists are cannot really get verifiable or Accurate Information in time to report and pakistans foreign minister Mahmood Qureshi has strongly criticize indias decision to revoke his autonomy hes accusing the Indian Government of having what he calls a fascist mentality is some of what he had to say. Were concerned about the while issues that are taking place because today in india you have a regime which has the ashes mentality you know that nazi approach that they have is that our assessment elegy you know this is the political wing of the r. S. S. And that is of great concern about a son innocent people. Being attacked killed raped mean and to the pellet guns you know losing i cite. What is going to be what is your biggest fear is i ask you because the world is watching closely that 2 Nuclear Armed rivals are now in a battle for words where they dont cut off a dip almost kind of diplomatic relations or downgraded to the maximum level youve cut off trade relations with for that so if it is who is responsible for that my question is is there a fear that this could lead to an escalation where it would when go to a point of no return but ringback we are fearing that to divert. World attention from the across cities that are being committed. In an occupied kashmir the indians might undertake a false flag operation and then. Sort of push the winds and distort events is hard you know this was a cross border terrorism you know the pull rama to that stage drama that they did in february they would try and create some kind of a situation to die word of world attention right now from our correspondent hydrazine the pakistans capital islamabad. Foreign minister mehmood qureshi. Administered kashmir he decided to order. A bridge. There was going to head and stand at the millions of meetings who are few and community cardo with the outside who are going to be facing a very difficult time unprecedented dad or what great 1000000 people have been. Despite the fact that theyre supposed to be celebrating what is one of the most important holiday and face david and islamic calendar. Nor. The Pakistani Foreign minister warned that any dog offer and all the wall would be. Tantamount to suicide on both sides he warned that india was possibly planning a false flag operation to divert attention from the rally the big head and budget stand right now that there will be a very strong reaction one. Lifted by the Indian Security force a. Fly that flag alongside the pakistani flag when they celebrate Independence Day on the 14th and which of course had now been. With the people of kashmir and dozens of protesters were injured after Israeli Police moved in to the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem at the start oh the important age muslim home