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Opponents of trying to organize a massacre as voting begins in what could be his toughest election in years. On the hummus with all the sporting glue it is raining us open champion rafael nadal pulls out of this years tournament citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic. To begin with our breaking news from lebanon and the massive explosion that shaken the capital beirut 70 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 3700 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in a warehouse at the port which had been housing 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate the 6 years lebanons president has branded that unacceptable the cabinet is expected to declare a state of emergency in beirut when it holds an emergency meeting on wednesday into monohan report. A massive explosion in the heart of the lebanese capital the blast sent shock waves across beirut shattering windows destroying buildings. And injuring hundreds. The streets were filled with panic and confusion as people try to make sense of what happened. Much of this my call was down there it rolled over i think my injuries all because of the loss the last company up my call was like this on about from the front and i dont know what happened i was fishing i heard there was a fire so i began to hit home and then i heard something explode and then this happened i got injured this is all i know. Rescue work began and quickly emergency vehicles converged on the site of the blast from far and wide putting out fires and getting the injured to safety. Lebanons internal security chief confirms the blast originated in the Port District in a section housing highly explosive materials but he said any further speculation would preempt an investigation. Lebanons Prime Minister has addressed the nation promising that the victims will get justice for what happened. It would not pos without accountability those responsible for these catastrophes we pay the price this is a promise to the martyrs and the injured this is some National Commitment and money while the cause is still unknown some are already plaguing the government levanon is an accident waiting to happen and so many ways so many places whether its. Public Services Electricity all kinds of Government Industries are not regulated well we dont have like inspectors that so many buildings could collapse so you know again all the problems that lebanon face because we dont really have a strong government that is able to ensure the safety of its citizens and thats been why people have been protesting thats why the currency has been bawling so you know theres so many possible accidents and ive been on so its very hard to speculate many victims are still trapped in the rubble and rescue work looks set to continue long into the night. The destruction of central beirut appear to come out of nowhere and as the shock of what happened subsides the demands for answers continue to grow louder binns moment aljazeera. Thats going on today in a hunter whos outside a hospital in beirut and as you know within the last few minutes confirmation it seems from the presidency that this was 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate which had been stored. And as the president he said without Safety Measures and he said that thats unacceptable. Presumably that would explain some of the the scale of the explosion that we saw in those images. Yes a massive blast that shook the capital officials are calling it a Natural Disaster but what has become clear that this is a manmade Natural Disaster the presidency himself the president himself saying that it is just unacceptable that 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate has been stored in this warehouse and many lebanese are asking questions tonight who stored this amount of Ammonium Nitrate in beirut ports what was it doing there what Safety Measures were in place 70 people died thousands of people were injured some people died in their own in their homes because of the sheer force of the explosion everyone felt that in the lebanese capital and beyond the capital where outside one of the hospitals you can see family members continue to converge outside hospitals waiting for news of the well being of their loved ones ive seen people a break down in tears when they found out that their loved one died and others are telling us that their loved ones are in Critical Condition so the casualty toll could rise even further so a lot of anger but at the same time people are really concerned what about their health what does this this chemical Ammonium Nitrate do to peoples health. This country really has a multiple dealing with multiple multiple crises now the Higher Defense Council meeting was saying that theyre going to declare a state of emergency because the government this cash strapped the state is near bankruptcy theyre appealing for help from from other countries france has promised to send some support to lebanon but clearly the country is not going to be able to handle such a disaster like this especially the Health Care System which has been under a lot of strain in recent weeks and say no you mention the state of emergency what powers will that give the government and what will it mean in effect. Well the government has declared a state of mobilization a few months back when the coronavirus started to spread in the country and they did not hand over power to the army they did not do that at all its seems that the are the governments may impose some lockdown measures especially because theres a rise in corona virus cases and thats why hospitals are just so strained when you declare a state of emergency theyre going to appeal for assistance so many people lost their livelihoods shops that damaged the whole downtown beirut area this is a commercial district that already so many people have lost their jobs this couldnt have come at a worse time for a country experiencing its worst economic crisis in decades and theyre just there isnt enough dollars in the country in order to imports much needed medical supplies and medicines already theres a shortage of medical supplies and medicines before this this blast because the hospitals are finding it hard to get to acquire hard currency this country imports more than 80 percent of its needs and now with beirut port beirut port was aware that food was coming in with the destruction of beirut court it is highly unlikely theyre going to be able to bring in much needed Food Supplies so. Many this country the authorities are dealing with many many crises and people if you talk to them theyre just fed up theyre saying whats next weve been dealing with those in power who have run the economy into the ground and now the negligence on the part of the authorities that they believe this has something to do with corruption at the reports and we do you know political some Political Parties do have a say over over control that they will court so this is just going to cause more and more anger we have to remember a few months ago there was this National Uprising people taking to the streets demanding a new leadership that. Never happened because they were up against a militarized state now will this push people back to the streets its hard to say because people really are struggling just to survive and with this blast now adding even more pressure and more misery to a population that that really has desperation they know how to thank you very much indeed for that live update there from beirut. Rania spoke to mom whos a professor of communications at the American Unit university of beirut and a former candidate for the Lebanese Parliament he has more details on what led to the explosion. The material is stored it was in the hangar a number 12 which is one of the biggest and they store all flammable in that order material that is highly sensitive to explosions and otherwise and those who are stuck there by quote touring because theyre not allowed to enter lebanon and they were basically trying to get them into lebanon using excuses off using them for fertilizers so that the ports so far saying and it seems that something terribly when drunk there and they were not stored properly there was a lot of flammables and and then there was a massive fire followed by intense 6 trillion which basically destroyed 2 to 30 kilometer radius of homes and houses around i was one of those who is missing or the glass and an entire entrance to a house because of the blast basically its negligence you have got the Customs Department better sponsible for it and then youve got the ministry of defense because they have that i thought to supervise anything off an explosive nature such as dynamite and others and include including the ammonium by traits that exploded this evening. As theres 4 reports of beirut by the way is 80 percent of all imports into lebanon so it is the main vein its the main ought to be for this economy for food for medicine for everything right next to it is the massive the biggest storage and if you see the footage youll notice the big dominant White Building thats the strategic game reserve for lebanon which got completely destroyed and that means wheat it means 3 months off wheat and i dont deport there are a can use 2 or 3 of the biggest minutes and 11 on that or so produce the flour for the bread so the damage is massive on every scale. Mohammed ali for former Lebanese Health minister hes been helping treat the injured and spoke to us a little earlier i want to think of my home i told my family shouted to kids theres an earthquake and immediately in my covered everything collapsed. Naturally i skipped i left family and jumped to the hospital to save lives we are in a very bad situation because on the cli medical supplies sort of everything we manage to cope but the suspicion is beyond any description people to want to think of homes there are homes homes they have but i have enjoyed it there were a couple of cars their heads maybe. Well see what they hit somewhere else people come a to us is it is because you can see their faces are swollen as a direct answer to 2 lessons it is fragments people you dont bail today but you cannot get 50 if you are passing on this street and immediately want to offer glasses collapses one. From 20 said peter hart there are different sort of. Injuries. We need to know the loss of 3 but i said injuries acceleration injuries still it is an injury is what the club is good medical care homes and buildings quite some distance away from the explosion have been badly damaged and child or as a journalist living in beirut these are pictures from the house showing how powerful that blast was the impact of the explosion blew out her windows and damaged furniture inside she suffered minor injuries for more joining me via skype from beirut is niamh salim is a professor of International Affairs and diplomacy at Notre Dame University in lebanon thanks for being with us so the government itself is this not describing this is a catastrophe historically lebanon has seen some terrible things over the years how would you characterize this event. When is this explosion today is absolutely is almost totally findings almost devastating concept come to be probably for for a center that is i want to start at 11 am mighty 75 but we have never seen any sink like it so it is a radius from support of more design a city economic that is i think. Destroyed no building as. It was since a city does what is up when im out badly. Just annoyed or badly damaged i live 22 kilometers from a place off explosion. I was on the suburbs of beirut and somebody going to which i live shocked as i dont it was like ground and explosion was heard it doesnt dissolve in almost that way and we saw at 1st that it was an osa quake because of stuff magnitude of shaking but then it was in a fuel menace when we knew it was a bad nose. In which the explosion took place is highly dense and yes high rise buildings dont want me in downtown beirut dont go on big what is that has been modernized and has been a high development. That construction over to best do or city to caves i pass on a daily basis in a problem so splitting is high and ive been doing 20 to suit the stories high all of these buildings out now. Destroyed or damaged so i dont im going to ask you about the president has said that its unacceptable that 2750. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate be in a warehouse for 6 years without Safety Measures and 10 is a bit more about why that and. Material was then you know that Ammonium Nitrate can be used to to to make bombs and was it brought in originally went for it by known as ation it was using it to make it to make explosives so it can do you know anything more about why and then it was place no not exists it is not for explosives but it persists as we know is that has in a high fire or has hundreds of tons of Ammonium Nitrate and it has been known and this size of a government has declared it and its has repeatedly said it wants to put Safety Measures on sam and i dont think they have already been they want to do is a necessity a safety measure so as this is. Reality of Industrial Areas and in most countries they are. Manya are found so our problem is so warehouse which is a close to this depo with it so i want you know it was a stored it was a problem started as up fire stopped thats it and it quickly spread. Whereas im on you know is just kind of you dont see i think theyre going to just try to give any suggestion that there might have been foul play involved or do you think something that was accidental and i am i a sink i am suspecting that its some kind of power play is better doing which is adjacent to where it is that i want you know. Less from an examiner is known to many know that ammonia has been stored in sat building sense to sounds out for thieves and that is there are disputes about the ownership of so so ammonia and what should be done and sure as a court. The problem is that the fire which is spread trumps that next door to is a step or so it is a. Great deal of suspicion about it and as it is a likely voter and this is to be shown in order of our. Investigation if our plate i am afraid because even who might have done this have done it with skate great deal of preparation to destroy almost half of going into it is amazing. Devastation which has taken place already if your message goes and im better off dead as shit about 75 dead and more and nearly 4 or so i was out injured my files i dont know why as in. The house that that accorded to send you a send Jordan Hospital out in the eat facings. Seaport i was sent to buy a 2 kilometer or only. He was a sort on from his own. On total coated or. It happens that he was not hurt but that i was on one of many people in. Hospital who were hurt and who had direct. Before distance sanjoy house but that one also most modern hospital in beirut has totally been devastated that not a single room is functioning you know and doesnt have my eyes or so to. Tell german french that go to the hospital which is really the door owner by that had been his American University yet no one who you would never imagine extent of the damage would. National and sent that on. Beirut the region this massive devastation i have something to thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to appreciate it thank you. Coming up on this news hour from london australia deploys the army to victoria state and announces fines as high as 14000. 00 to stop people breaking coronavirus isolation orders. And the Manchester United boss makes some bold comments as his side aims for european glory details in sport. Now into colombia and the former president of a viral rebase says the Supremes Court has ordered his detention as part of an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud is a mentor of the current president even duca whose right wing party is known for its loyalty the to the former leader of libya has repeatedly declared his innocence and questioned the court in the pendants. As an attempt at it joins us live from the capital bogota search to tell us that the details the background to this case. Well lauren we still dont have a lot of details as you said so far there hasnt been an official confirmation from the Supreme Court of their decision it was former president alberto who would he be who tweeted the news saying that the privation of my liberty causes me profound sadness for my wife he said for my family and for colombe and to still believe that ive done something good for the country yet even if were still waiting on those details and the formal confirmation the news is already sending shock waves throughout the political system here in colombia and society as a whole because this is the 1st time in history that a former president has been ordered to be detained and were not talking of any president were talking about it would you be who remains the most powerful politician in colombia and also the most divisive part of the country here look at him as a savior for the success is doing this through administrations against the marxist good of the rest of the country instead consider him responsible for some of the worst crimes committed during the internal conflict in colombia believe he has they wrecked ties with right wing paramilitary groups and he was responsible for thousands of extra judicial killings so there was a lot of pressure waiting for this decision by the court in this case were looking at the its possible interference in another case and bribing with and this is in his the fanes tell me what does he what happens next for him when he appeal or does he get detain whats whats the plan. Well again we need to know the details about what we understand at this point is that the judges unanimously decided based on the evidence that theyve studied now for 9 months. 6 that he will be sent to home detention while the trial continues and we can expect this trial to take a long time because of the political importance of them because of the political pressure that we already have seen in the past months and in particularly in the past week as we were expecting this asian this will also have effects on a president who is insisting that he will forever believe the innocence of former president. And also were going to have to see if this will have any effects in this party because many see him as the real power behind the Current Administration so this will definitely take a while theres also another ongoing trial against one of his lawyers who is allegedly directly responsible for paying these witness is in another trial that a position senator was pushing forward in congress about these alleged ties between you and these paramilitary groups so a very complicated situation here but we can expect a rippling effect in colombia in politics for the coming months anderson thank you very much indeed. Argentina has reached an agreement with its creditors to restructure around 65000000000. 00 of debt the deal breaks a deadlock in talks which have lasted for 7 months coinciding with the Economic Impact of the pandemic the government is still in talks with the International Monetary fund a refer the 44000000000. 00 of debt but tuesdays deal has increased hopes this can also be resolved. More than 5000000 corona virus infections and more than 200000 deaths have now been reported across latin america despite this some of the worst affected countries are rolling back restrictions brazils biggest cities are paolo and Rio De Janeiro are reopening businesses even though doctors say this could lead to even more deaths mexico is also easing restrictions but now having the worlds 3rd highest number of deaths after brazil and the United States. Despite soaring infection rates hospital admissions and deaths in the United States President Trump says the outbreak there is under control as it can get at least 155000 people have died after contracting who had 19 in the u. S. And more than 4700000 people are infected u. S. Politicians are still negotiating a new emergency aid package after the latest Unemployment Benefit Program lapsed at the end of last week and interview on monday trump claimed the United States has better numbers than many other nations in terms of coronavirus deaths you noted stage is lowest in numerous care to gores were lower than the world lower lower than words of europe in what was in one take a look. Right here in this case there. All youre doing death is a proportion of cases im talking about death as a proportion of population thats where the us is really bad are much worse than south Korea Germany etc and you can do though you have are going to have to go by you have to go by were look here is the United States you have to go by the case is the case why not as a proportion of later so what it what it says is when you have somebody that has with theres a case of the people that live off from all those cases its surely a relevant statistic to save the u. S. Has x. Population and x. Percentage of death of that population or hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to the australian state of victoria to help enforce coronavirus isolation orders a nighttime curfew is in place and anyone outside without a permitted reason will face large fines as states premier says its the only way to stop a surge in new cases gauge has more. In astronomy a 2nd largest city public transport normally filled with workers is now near empty tough measures including an overnight curfew are in place to slow the spread of coded 19 as the number of new delhi cases remains in the triple digits and the government is doing everything in its power to make sure people stay in their homes unless its absolutely necessary tough fines have been introduced for anyone breaching isolation apart from a Major Medical care there is literally no reason for you to leave your home and if you were to leave your home and not be found you will have a very difficult time convincing Victoria Place that you have a reason the government says nearly a 3rd of people with coded 19 who were visited by authorities werent who told him which has been leading to Community Transmission now rules have been tightened people cant step out of their homes the only exemption Health Reasons hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to help tory and police in force the isolation orders some of the toughest restrictions on the movement of people the stroller has ever saying weve had to smash the window eyes of people in cars and pull them out of there so i could provide the data because they went telling us where they were going it hearing to the chief Health Officer guidelines with more businesses closing in construction retail and other industries the states economy has stalled and thousands of people are expected to lose their jobs will be stood down victoria makes up nearly a quarter of the National Economy and with her strict to remain in place for at least 6 weeks some experts are warning that israeli is recession could not last. Leaving little chance of an economic recovery any time. Theres much more still to come. A record loss b. P. Feels the pinch as the pandemic knocks billions off its balance sheet. Fighting dogs forces and bad apples Zimbabwes President vows a tough crackdown on dissent. And one of footballs all time great signs off on term legendary career. Hello the kinds of warm sunshine throughout much of Southern Europe although we have also been seeing want to even some thunderstorms and want to those working the way very well scattered across southern areas of italy but in central. It is fine and dry some very nice sunshine people are doing what they can to cool off but theres always a downside of course and typically for this time of year it is that hey this is not far from madrid in spain and he is just battling yet another blaze itll stay hot and dry across much of southwest europe the rain will continue to work its way down in small southern areas of if they havea down falls across into the balkans and down into greece and then another system work its way across into the u. K. It will work its way fairly swiftly east was pushing few showers into southern as a scholar all the while though that rain will just sit across areas of the balkan so we could end up with some localized flooding but the temperatures are on the rise again slightly across areas of the northwest so london while we dip down just below the average for august look at these temperatures that mean by friday 33 celsius which is 10 degrees above the average normally for guess maybe some showers on saturday and even warmer than last across into paris again the average about 25 so were looking at 11 degrees both on friday with those hot sunny skies a high of 36 on a warm day on saturday with a little bit of clouds. I care about how the u. S. Engages with the rest of the world i cover Foreign Policy National Security this is very much a political impasse heres the conflict how do we illustrate it are we telling a good story will people get what theyre trying to take care of their living outside in makeshift tents this is not the way any family wants to raise their children were willing a kid in taking you into a place that you might visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there. We met with terrorists in 2017 people in power investigated why Trinidad And Tobago became a ripe recruiting grounds for ice. Cream for free or so theres no hope almost in 2020 we return to uncover the fate of those who left their homes to join conflicts in iraq and syria. Caribbean to caliphate. Were going to run of the top stories here now to syria 70 people have been confirmed dead after a massive explosion rocked the lebanese capital beirut the Health Ministry says more than 3700. 00 people have been injured the explosion happened at a warehouse in the citys port where 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate were being stored. Columbias former president of iraq greivis says the Supremes Court has ordered his detention amid an investigation into alleged witness tampering and fraud. And hundreds of military personnel are being deployed to the australian state of victoria to help enforce coronavirus isolation orders the states seen a large surge in a number of cases. The un Inspector General is warning of a generational catastrophe as Education Systems across the world experienced the worst disruption in their history in mid july schools were closed in more than 160 countries because of the pandemic affecting more than 1000000000. 00 students at least 40000000. 00 children have missed their crucial preschool year because of restrictions the un is warning nearly 24000000. 00 children could drop out or lose access to education adding to a total of more than 250000000 children out of school before it hit the u. N. Says before reopening schools its important to control local transmission supply Adequate Funding and reach worse off students attorney good tears says the pandemic could undermine decades of progress. Got to face the looming crisis before the pandemic more than 250000000 School Age Children were out of school and only a quarter of secondary School Children in developing countries were leaving school with basic skills now we face a generational no get the stuffy that would waste untold Human Potential and then mind that kids of progress and exacerbate entrenched inequalities thats more about this i would have a simpson whos the chief Program Officer at room to read a Nonprofit Organization helping childrens literacy in asia and africa shes in maryland thank you very much for being with us so i understand you done some research to establish how serious it would be if people did drop out tell us a bit about what you found thats absolutely right thank you so much room 3 knows that the longer children dont have access to learning the higher risk they are dropping out we have been providing individual remote mentoring to all the adolescent girls in our programming thats over 28000 girls that weve been tracking to see how theyre doing during this time back and were worried for about half of those children that weve been able to reach out to are indicating that a higher risk of dropping out there either saying that some of their household have lost income during this time or theyre struggling to continue their studies at home or they are worried themselves about not returning to school what schools do reopen and so what then are the risks to them if they if they dont carry on with education. Right so we know that children right now who are already literate have a better opportunity to continue their of learning journey for the rest of their lives for those students who havent developed that basic literacy skills and they drop out of school or i am very worried that they will not be able to reach their full potential they wont be able to be lifelong partners and so we really need to focus on making sure that all children have the opportunity to continue learning even if classrooms are not open right now that those Young Children are still developing their literacy skills and that those adolescent circuit delap being the life skills that they need to succeed academically as well as in the outside world and them you will see within the in the west people talk about kids being on and that kind of thing that assumes a a degree of equipment in places like asia or africa theyve been dealing with what sort of access is there to to Distance Learning at all thats right so the u. N. Reports that at least half of the students in asia and africa do not have access to computers at home are the internet we do know however that about 75 percent of the worlds population does have access to things like radio and television so room to read is working with ministries of education local Radio Broadcasts local television stations to broadcast literacy lessons to broadcast life skills lessons so that were finding those appropriate technologies to reach out to children where they are we also know that hard copy books are an Incredible Technology for children to continue learning so were trying to find those opportunities to get books out to children in their homes to get work she sent workbooks out to those children as well. Thank you very much indeed for talking to us. Thank you so much. And they were giant British Petroleum is reporting a record 16800000000 dollars 2nd quarter net loss as the as a result of the pandemic the company has cut its dividends by half and describe the outlook for oil prices and demand as challenging and uncertain b. P. Had already announced its cutting 10000. 00 jobs 2000 of them in the u. K. Its also planning to increase investment in low Carbon Energy including wind and solar power over the next decade or 2 there is economics editor of delhi says the worst of the global economies contraction is yet to come were not driving and were not making much these days and thats been reflected in the prescribed routes last season certainly yes not been profitably reported across Many Industries companies are reporting goings that have been beating expectations and thats the reason why are we seeing what the stock markets rise but thats still down by a 3rd from where the should be and thats been reflected in job losses at b. P. s cutting 10000 jobs in the United States the shale in or gas industry he says the major that more 1000000 jobs have been lost there and thats been effective in the economic numbers that weve been seeing over the last few last few weeks from the United States and europe where the economy has shrunk by about 10 Percentage Points now that was used to come because the banks are setting aside billions of dollars because they expect to raise leases and consumers to default on loans in the coming few months and if we look at the Global Economy its been predicted that that will contract by 4 percent or 3. 00 trillion dollars thats equivalent of the combined economies of the Straight Year and canada put together. Zimbabwes president. Has vowed to continue a clampdown to quote flush out his critics a local Human Rights Group says more than 60 opposition members and government critics have been arrested for its last week the government enforced a coronavirus lockdown days before planned protests last friday the opposition says it was aimed at stopping its rally calling for the ruling party to resign but i got has described his critics as dark forces that must be defeated we will overcome attempts it is doable as a society but if you were wrong. Acting in league with foreign doctors the blood up but who have attempted to divide our people and with our systems will be flushed out Malaysian Police have raided aljazeera as Kuala Lumpur Office and seized 2 computers follows the questioning of a group of journalists in july over a documentary on illegal Migrant Workers and asian or thora to say they want to one east documentary which focused on people being locked up during the pandemic may have broken sedition laws. Rejects the allegations. A curfew has been imposed in indian administered kashmir ahead of protests on wednesday the day marks one year since the Indian Government stripped the region of its special status a curfew is aimed at preventing any possible violence soldiers have put up barricades along main routes and warned residents to stay indoors. The president of better reuss is accused to what he called foreign puppet masters attempting a revolution and its on the lookout shanker has claimed comes as early voting opened in what could be the countrys tightest election of his quarter century in charge in the televised address he accused the opposition and russia of planning on rest after russian mysteries were arrested in minsk last week when question goes running for his 5th 6th term is held office for 26 years having changed the constitution to allow him to keep running and hes the favorite to win again as his 3 main opponents have all been barred from running earlier its a callow was forced to flee the country over security concerns big tobacco rico was arrested over bribery claims and the blogger sergei taken off a ski was charged with preparing a grave breach of public order instead the opposition is united around can ask is wife svetlana is running his place despite having no political experience shes drawn massive crowds to rallies saying she wants to return justice to the country and on this we can talk to regards to penny whos an expert in irish and politics at the think tank Chatham House he joins us via skype from sally horse city south of minsk thanks very much indeed for being with us so tell us a little bit about the claims that the question has been making about russia in particular thank you very much well i should say from the point that actual looks like a speech today was very weak 1st of all he looked physically ill he was out in all the time and such an appearance just 5 days before the election makes many people around him during their research for them to think whether they should fall hes a liberal or just to force 5 elections and surprise the protests he actually made a few statements to a commission at least shouldnt be worried about public protests but what if he is seriously ill we dont know how they answer definitely that the speech. After this speech below is the rule elites will think more about their or not a little question procedures and the 2nd problem with that speech is a lack of the substance i was comparing belarus with the belarus that is yes ago and showed no vision for the future of the country she was attacked endorsing the credit a position in russia in the west but by the end of the day there was not a new even his own at its were trying to speak in slippage or in this speech and all their positions against russia based only on his own boards so sealed louison government didnt provide any evidence that its russia into cheating to blur selection to debate about the relationship between russia and and to many it is it is been a complicated over the years isnt it. Yeah its well probably it makes sense to start from then 2014 when russia attacked ukraine and belarus didnt support russia and that after that russia tried to have to build its own air base and belarus but look shanker rejected it and down the after that russia decrees its Financial Support to belarus and government 8. 00 doesnt receive subsidises it was before and millers employees have some problems to access russian market so right now this url ations are very difficult and what is more interested in actually spoiling them more and no one really clearly understands why hes like trying to show that russia is them trying to destroy him but at the same time there is no evidence for that anything in perilous time do you think he is likely to win again. Well the way things look now the answer is still yes because. Illness or some like mismanagement or his relations with russia they count so quickly the sort of the system that he has built during the last 26 yes and. Has already done the few things that will help him to official in the election the Central Election Commission for example limited access off from the front of the service to the polling stations supposedly to come in their car on the wireless without independent election observers the public real snow no control or. Your they count another ballots the position of the centime have no understanding of how it might remain even bell actions will be falsified and if the store to decide to crush their Peaceful Demonstrations law enforcements in belarus has repeatedly proved its got best actually to disperse. Public protests but that doesnt mean that the sport this will be few and that that dont for many activists right now the campaign has become demonstration of their right to freedom and if they arent it still will depend on the number of the people who will come to the protests People Police can handle for example 25000 to protest us but at the same time if 200000 people will turn out on the streets there feltus will be just all go out as to pena thank you very much indeed for your analysis thank you thank you. Still ahead this news hour intense speculation over the whereabouts of spains former king says hes leaving the country. And his sport is get ready to return to International Action for the 1st time in 6 months. Youre. The. Spaniards are wondering where their former king has gone the palace in madrid announced on monday that one carlos who is mired in a financial scandal was going into exile rumors that he fled to the Dominican Republic have been denied or media reports suggest he wants to return to the country he led soon is there many people in spain questioning the role of the monarchy as much ahead errol reports from madrid from defender of the mock received to a humiliating fall from grace spains former King Juan Carlos abandoned a royal residence in madrid his home for 58 use for self imposed exile but the cloud of scandal continues as do the investigations into his involvement in a high speed rail contract in saudi arabia spains Supreme Court open the case in june after a swiss newspaper reported he received 100000000. 00 from the late saudi King Abdullah his close involvement with a dentist businesswoman good in the last and is also subject of examination shes alleged to have received system 5000000. 00 from the 4 Mccain Larsen is currently being investigated by swiss prosecutors for suspect Money Laundering on monday the Royal Household publish this letter in need of handlers informed his son King Philippe of his intention to leave saying it came against the backdrop of Public Record questions of certain episodes of his past private life. The spanish Prime Minister was quick to defend the morning i would pass on the decision that the Royal Household has taken has been to distance itself from questionable and inexcusable allegations of conduct from a member of the Royal Household the support that juan carlos once enjoyed no longer exists the countrys going through an unprecedented crisis and theres little tolerance for royals candles particularly when vast amount of money are involved King Juan Carlos is credited with helping spain peacefully restore democracy after the reign of the taper from this franco but hes popularity became tainted by scandals including the luxor its a ferry trip which involves shooting elephants during spains economic crisis in 20122 years later he abdicated in favor of his son felipe in the movement he lost immunity from prosecution a right given to spains head of state but scandals Research Phase this year as did allegations that one car was that secret offshore accounts King Philippe responded emaar to stripping his father of his 230000 dollar annual allowance and renouncing his own inheritance as the investigations continue juan carlos has said prosecutors can still contact him if needed wherever his home may now be but for a royal born in exile this was a fate he had always wanted to avoid that raid 0. 8. 0 his center with a sport. Thank you very much lauren while u. S. Champion rafael nadal will not be defending his ties all at this years sorry meant the spaniard has a pulled out of the event which begins at the end of august citing concerns over the corner virus pandemic this is competition will be staged without fans and will be the 1st grand slam since the main draw at flushing meadows in 1992 not feature either not dull or watch a father whos recovering from knee surgery the mens tour will resume on august 22nd in new york. Im just a united manager early going assault believes winning the or barely get can provide a 1st step back to the top for the red devils psalter is searching a for his 1st show fiasco to old trafford united take a 5 nil lead into the 2nd day of the 2nd leg of their last 16 tie with austrian side lost on wednesday the final stages of this seasons competition will be played in germany over a single legs because of the Global Pandemic for me personally when i won my 1st trophy as a player it made me more hungry because you you saw the highs of it so how much it meant for everyone and as a coach i wondered if i won the league 1st time with all the in that was the 1st time for the club in 100 year history and since then weve won it 4 times in about 8 or 9 years so it was a big change for our club for me for this team as well i think if we can get our hands on the trophy its a big big step forward. Spains world cup winning goalkeeper is a has a call time on his career at the age of 39 on top of winning footballs biggest prize in 2010 he has 2 European Championship winners medals hell also go down as a real madrid legend having won the league a 5 times and the Champions League on 3 occasions cassius that retires having not played for his most recent club porto since suffering a heart attack in training in april last year former real madrid code to Rafael Benitez is having frustrating time in china the spaniard watched his side at delhi in prague lose a 212 zhang suing the c. S. L. It means rafas men have lost 2 of their opening 3 games since the delayed season kicked off. Pakistans cricketers are getting ready to play their 1st test match in 6 months the teams 3 test series against england starts on wednesday most of the players have been in england since late june preparing for the series in a bio secure environment 10 of the squad tested positive for corona virus in pakistan ahead of the 2 or. Believe is still an obviously there are. Already part of. The tours in england in 20162080 there are some youngsters of new faces good think is. Coming confident or include going to the 1st as having just beaten the west indies in a 3 match series all games are being played behind closed doors but the series opener taken place in manchester we saw at the beginning of the west and this is the group probably a little bit on the platform. There is much in the next and. Thats when you get a. Shot. Well this will be just the 2nd test series to have taken place since the koran a virus or a lockdown tom wolfe of the federation of International Cricket his Association Says that creating a safe environment for players around the well there is a huge challenge and i think what weve seen recently with the resumption of play in england in so Many National cricket landscape is testament to a significant amount of work that was done by a survey for the west Indies Players Association government. Collaboratively sport back up and running in a safe way and we commend them for that you know as weve many other things in our game there arent local there are no minimum standards in the health and safety space necessarily protecting fires around the world across all those areas he said we would accept that because of our across the lakes landscape the domestic lakes across bilateral its National Cricket and sit downs will probably see Different Levels of amoco vision particularly for the top quotas around the world theres theres any final number of days in the year and its only a finite amount of cricket that players can play in a safe way so thats certainly thats why we think the players need to be from france and spirited discussions around return to play around shuttling structures etc because those are critical considerations and for them to be married without proper collaboration with the us. We think its unlikely that the best help will be racist. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers i have added more firepower to their ranks as they look to become a major force in the n. F. L. Having already acquired a multi time a super bowl winner tom brady and. The boxer who have not made the playoffs since 2007 the veteran running back to sean mccoy on a one year deal since theyre putting in 2009 the states 2 year old ranks 1st in the league l f l season is still set to start next month despite the pandemic with the day reportedly being the deadline for players to opt out and those a one very lucky player and south koreas top baseball yeak a car beyond the wall was on offer for anyone that could strike it and thats exactly what came he will soon have the l. G. Tested and his size 15 to 5 win over the tigers his home run a class thing could be a call to land himself a brand you said so real. And thats all as well for amanda back to Lauren Taylor in london so i thank you very much a quick reminder you can catch up anytime with a sport and all the news were covering with our website the address without his al jazeera dot com details there of course of the massive explosion that sort of rocked beirut present from if this news out of iraq remembered more days news thanks george. Where there is water there is life but finding it and australias arid desert is a skill few still possess they took us to a small wet spot in the state in the desert and this was this is a very important place theyve been telling us about for the last 5 days the cane and. And orders against all odds an aging population is passing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback on other. d stories of life. And spiration. A series of short documentaries from around the world. That celebrate the human spirit. Against the odds. 1 of the 1. Aljazeera selects hunted. The way disease outbreaks have impacted dense urban areas like during the flu pandemic in the early 1900 has played a role in how our cities look and run urban planners reacted to that flu and other outbreaks changing how cities were zoned and led to updated infrastructure like ventilation and improved sanitation but after whats been learned from pandemics and their influences on our skylines and way of life we also need to keep pace and adapt its easy to assume that cities are Fertile Ground for spreading viruses and diseases millions living working at commuting in such tight conditions but one expert says its about much more than just density its about how all this was put together and how its run. A massive explosion send shock waves across beirut killing 78 people and injuring almost 4000. From london also coming up colombias former president. Says the Supreme Court has ordered his detention alleged witness tampering and