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Sound man is accused of sending a hit squad to canada to try to kill a former top intelligence official and that all suit filed in the u. S. And americas powerful National Rifle Association Gun lobby group is being sued and threatened with disillusion for alleged financial mismanagement. Are new warnings that the sports news is the biggest all star to donald trump the president says he tones off what he sees social justice protest before but says he couldnt care less who hear from him. Now french president emmanuel background has called for a new political order and lebanon while announcing measures to help beirut recover from its massive port explosion has been meeting with lebanese political leaders after surveying damage from that blast on tuesday mccrone said health work as a. It meant an International Aid will all be sent to the country over the coming days now in addition to announcing a global Fund Raising Conference he also said urgent reforms and levanon on needed just. What i know is that the people of lebanon have electricity shut down every day and its not working the provision of imports and exports has collapsed because of the Financial System so there are its is for the short term that we need as we know the answer is to fight corruption reform the energy and electricity systems the customers we need transparency for imports and exports we need reforms for all the sick does and insist on these changes quickly well thats now speak to Bennett Smith our correspondent whos on the ground for us in beirut bernard weve been hearing from calling for a new political order thats quite explicit statement but there are still so many challenges ahead from a very long list of reforms that he he put out there has not been received. Well when emmanuel markram was out on the streets of beirut earlier today he was mobbed by people calling the return of the french mandate this was a french front for the colonial power here in lebanon before his independence and what micron has done in these very powerful speech today essentially stepping in to avoid elect by lebanons own political leaders macron was able to offer practical and moral support to the people of lebanon something their own government has not been able to do and there was real there is real frustration and anger here that the people who have run this country for the last 30 to 40 to 50 years run this country in the ground ended up in a situation where every one half of the city was able to be destroyed effectively by 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate a real anger and frustration and burn and i know its getting pretty dark where you are now but youve been on the ground with residents whove been trying to clean up all day can you talk us through what youve been saying over the. Well what weve been seeing all day is gangs of people groups of people carrying pickaxes brushes and shovels cleaning up the streets of beirut what weve not seen other governments will far is doing that we havent seen the military out we havent seen the police out we havent seen any other form of government ministration out cleaning up theyve left it they left it to the people of beirut themselves to do their very dangerous their buildings and very dangerous condition now because of the effects of the blast they could fall down there a further risks to the people out there clearing up but they had a little direction there are foreign teams in the country weve seen the french rescue workers at work and ive seen some dutch rescue workers here as well a big helping out about i mean this is lebanons red cross collecting a Meeting Point for the Red Cross Team before they go out and offer treatment but thats really the only sort of help that weve seen from lebanese organizations as well as sportsnet n. G. O. S trying to help out as best they can manage smith there reporting from the streets of beirut for us thank you very much ben and when at least 149 people have died still missing and more than 5000 have been injured and how has more on the days developments on barrows. Search and rescue teams are still digging through the rubble at beirut port the site of massive explosions that damaged or destroyed much of the lebanese capital families are desperate for news about their loved ones dozens are missing there is pain and grief zainab fears she will never see her husband allie again. Theres a still are still i dont know where he is i havent heard from him since 6 pm monday i want to know if hes alive or dead. Rescue experts from abroad have started to arrive to help a country that wasnt prepared to cope with a disaster like this all of us are. Hoping to each other with. The fund more corpses theres still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find. Somebody. The blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops all destroyed 300000 people displaced billions of dollars in damage investigations are focusing on possible negligence in storing tons of highly explosive material at the port officials have promised assistance and compensation to those affected by the explosions but driving around the city the state is noticeably absent in the story neighborhoods like this one it is the people who are helping each other they are cleaning the streets clearing the debris and distributing food and water to those in need public anger against the Political Class many believe is responsible for lebanons near economic collapse is not new decades of corruption in the glare triggered an antiestablishment Movement Last october weve been fortunate growing used to this day not being present for its citizens we dont have properly just city we dont have a proper garbage infrastructure we dont have proper water infrastructures and unfortunately the people have gotten used to it but its its a time for change its weve been asking for. For quite some time and i think this last task debris is going to be a change for the country much with the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in Critical Condition calls for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. Myself nobodys baby. Can i leave everything or i get. To be yeah i mean. This is why im here i want to halls at least leave. The streets. Some may call it resilience but for many this is about survival nearly half the population of 5000000 lebanese were below the poverty line before this disaster the situation has since got worse so mr beirut now the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of dispatching a group of hit men to kill a former top saudi intelligence official sadal job ari who is an exile and canada now the allegation has been revealed in a lawsuit filed in washington d. C. The hit men were allegedly sent by muhammad and son just days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul and october 28th now they failed to get past the borders torontos airport but also alleges that algebra is life remains in di apparel. Seeking damages from the crown prince for allegedly orchestrating an attempted judicial killing and for violating International Law well for more lets now speak to our correspondent mike hanna whos in washington d. C. Mike just what do we know about whats in the store cers. Well along with what you said in the introduction there the case has been issued here in the District Court in d. C. Sought out job 3 was believed to have had strong connections to u. S. Intelligence he served as a senior official in saudi arabia for a long period of time and then left that country back in may 2800 and went to turkey 1st and then canada where he took up residence in october as you mentioned he received warnings it is said that a saudi hit squad was after him this is at the same time as Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in istanbul once again he immediately took steps to try and protect himself and his family but the hit squad known as the tiger squad according to the court papers was denied entry at the Pearson Airport they were turned back but what has subsequently happened is that 2 of his children were detained in saudi arabia and they are still being held theyre quoting to the court papers which in what is described as human bait to lure him out so that the saudi government can deal with him like this was all filed in the u. S. Rather than in canada can you talk us through why and where this goes from here. Well its been fired in the u. S. Predominantly because of his ties to the u. S. Intelligence also in his court papers there is a lot about the saudi u. S. Relations which does have an immediate. Context in terms of being filed here in washington d. C. But what he is doing is seeking unspecified damages from the crown prince and certainly this is going to be a long case obviously the crown prince is going to to my these allegations as will his legal representatives but the court will be looking at all the details at this very very long and very Detailed Court proceeding that has been brought before them abare as i said seeking some form of unspecified damages from the crown prince for potential injury to himself and of course injury that has already happened to members of his family according to the Court Filings remembering as i said that 2 of his children are still being detained in saudi Arabia Mike Hanna there in washington d. C. With all the state house was thank you very much mike we can now also speak to him and how hes the director of research and analysis at the Arab Center Washington d. C. And he joins us now on skype from there in mind let me start by asking are we seeing a pattern in the. Unfortunately this is. The you know these base our. Has. Resorted to before we know all of this. Were also and know that a lot of people inside so do read know someone in jail or disappeared as oh its it is very very plausible but impossible that it would it would do something about this you know at what price though this is the problem the price is that at the station of the kingdom of saudi arabia you know if you cannot stand some criticism or things of that nature its very very tough to to keep them with this kind of record image as you say we do know what happened with Jamal Khashoggi just how many other dissidents are in the same position potentially being targeted employed. I 5 personally do not have this essentially a. Actual number but i know that there are women and all over the world in germany and france and the United States in canada who have really basically run away from sort of area because theyre not afraid to put questions from the government then which is. Totally in the hands of muhammad but some are so we mean its its unfortunate its a city thats the only thing i can say i dont think so so that a bit deserves to be have this this kind of a base and you mentioned some reputational damage there for riyadh i mean this is a lawsuit found in the u. S. Whats a significant reduction we potentially see some pascall fall out here and the relationship between riyadh and washington d. C. You know this is this is this is really serious you know you report the from washington just mentioned that maybe a job or you know things but the but since he has connections who are American Intelligence Services he probably has a better chance here in the United States but honestly i mean you know what he has a better chance no matter what the United States because they might have States Government and specific person b. And they congress repeat demanding a lot of change and so diplomacy at the words that people the words that yemen and the words dissidents so he does this is as far as im concerned this is a very smart move started to do this and one shouldnt because specific it is a political. Support so to speak to a case of the sort well let me ask you about how this might be being viewed in saudi arabia how is n. B. S. Being viewed especially in the wake of casualties matta. Are you kidding i mean. He should read he had what so whats whats happening in the United States to go to saudi arabia. You know we dont necessarily 100 percent know whats going to happen that are a bumper a 3rd of the president ial election but its likely that joe biden is going to come to the white house and its like be that the democrats let it go at that they brought up both Congress Chambers of congress the how the representatives and the senate so. He better to really try to amend sort of speak his his record better he didnt know that that what is what might be coming may not be necessarily dislike and not have there from the arab sent to washington d. C. Always great to get your insights here on out of there and i thank you for being with us. Now at least 9 people have been killed and by the saudi u. A. E. Coalition in northeast yemen it happened in the al jawf region on thursday civilians including women and children understood to be among the victims the saudi u. A. E. Coalition has been fighting yemens for theor rebels since 2015 well theres plenty more ahead on this news hour including another 1200000 americans file for Unemployment Benefits but politicians are yet to reach a deal on extending an expired aid package. And this formula one driver gets the green light to compete again after catching the coronavirus thats coming up with lee and for. Now new york states attorney general has sued to dissolve the powerful u. S. Gun rights lobby group the National Rifle association and james accuses the n. R. A. Its leaders of directing millions of dollars from the organization for personal gain the n. R. A. Is subject to new york law because its registered as a Nonprofit Organization in that state and also conducts most of its Financial Transactions that President Trump passed suggested that the n. R. A. Should register in the state of texas simultaneously the washington d. C. Attorney general sued the n. R. A. Foundation a charitable arm of the organization alleging questionable spending for years the n. R. A. Diverted millions. And millions of dollars away from its Charitable Mission for personal use by Senior Leadership to award contracts to the financial gain of Close Associates and family and appear to dole out lucrative no show contracts to former employees in order to buy their silence. And continued loyalty well they can also pay to stand she is the director at the center for ethics and the rule of law at the investor pennsylvania carrie school of law and she joins us now from philadelphia thank you being with us i do want to start by asking you to state attorneys general have the power to get the n. R. A. Dissolved potentially to do if the judge agrees so its important to understand that this is a civil suit not a criminal action and suits both the organization and the 4 individuals who were right at the top of that organization by a leading the terms they are trust and their duties to the organization so they are accused of having gauged in actions which are also probably criminal but this is not itself a criminal action and so one should understand that it is a civil suit and it will be up to the judge to decide whether or not they think that organization thats finally to the terms of its nonprofits that was a mirror or to dissolve it is not profit and what that would mean is that any donations that would go to the organization who are no longer be tax deductible but also possible that the judge would just let the organization cannot exist at all in which case it might be able to reformulate not state but it would not be able to exist in the state of new york sure ok weve now also said in this lawsuit rapidly followed by 2 others the n. R. A. Fascinating back and then also the attorney general of washington d. C. Filing a state that alleges these similar issues but what the n. R. A. Is foundation whats the process here just how damaging could this be. It could be very damaging to the organization 1st of all as they say if they loose their charitable status they really would in all likelihood cease to exist as an organization because they depend on tax deductible donations and they cannot run themselves as what is a fact for profit business with the leaders of the organization taking those profits for personal gain and continue to exist as a charity that benefits from the. Top from the charitable status and Tax Deductions from the United States government as well as from state government. Second of all its really damaging to the organizations reputation of ross who are the people who should be angriest about this or the members of the n. R. A. Whose hard earned dollars are being given to a charity that is not functioning like a charity so this ought not to be perceived as against guns on the contrary the members of the you or the sation should really be disgusted that a charity that theyve been donating to and sustaining is the run in this group of way and so it may have little reverberations because the members of the n. R. A. May choose to donate their charitable make their charitable donations to other organizations that are actually acting in the interests of the cause that they say theyre representing so i want to ask you about those press corps of aberrations because i mean we also confident were in an election in given that this whole state could if i understand it potentially drag on for quite a long time might that have any impact on whats already a very polarized conversation heading towards november. Well i think thats absolutely true but what it would be immediate future do d is to have major donors to the n. R. A. We draw the r. s for instance the n. R. A. Has been very active. Courting political candidates could make something no difference to various races that were not around the country you possibly. Youve been or the president ial race terms of the right of bill of the of the n. R. A. In its ability to support you know. Finkelstein that the director at the center of ethics at the pennsylvania kerry school of no great to get your insights here on out is there. Guineas governing posse has asked president alpha conde to seek a 3rd term in office at elections june of this year thats despite months of protests against extending the 82 year olds time in office and they can handle president s can only serve 2 terms but conde pushed through a new constitution earlier this year which then reset the temp counter to 0 allow him to run for office again. Mauritanias Prime Minister a smile old shakes a day and his Anti Government has stepped down president mohamed old replace the leader with a veteran Public Administration shakes it it did not give a reason for his resignation but he is under parliamentary investigation for corruption. Now Zimbabwes High Court has dismissed an appeal by a journalist hope oceanographer bell turner was arrested last month and charged with incitement ahead of antigovernment protests a magistrate denied bail for him and opposition politician check up and prompting the subpoena president emerson agogo has been accused of cracking down on dissent as calls grow for his resignation or has this update from zimbabwes capital. After more than 2 weeks in detention feline schillers hope what should go no was denied bail easy keys of using social media to encourage people to protest over the economy and corruption in government Opposition Leader jacob got his room is still behind bars hes accused of organizing last weeks antigovernment protests his bail ruling is on friday human rights lawyers say as the bodies government is trying to silence voices of dissent what happens in zimbabwe how those receive their fighting corruption. I walking the streets the beach in their pulpits and those saying you should be seen to be fighting corruption and getting more and more basic you to i think Everybody Knows that the guilty ones are walking the streets and the innocent ones are being exposed for victim to reason human Rights Groups say they want the regional body set and the African Union to publicly speak out against what they say is an increase in the race and abuses in zimbabwe the president of the drug will say is the is no crisis in the country he says dark forces inside and outside of the barber trying to undermine his government and he says hes going to flush those elements out he blames the reason why is failing to turn around the economy on sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States on hears of drought and other coronavirus pandemic and government officials deny allegations of human rights abuses. Early results from sri lankas parliamentary election suggests. Big lead for the governing posse the sri lanka peoples front led by the rajapaksa brothers who serve as president and Prime Minister is set to consolidate its power this was south asias 1st major vote during this pandemic which had forced a delay of over 4 months our correspondent an elephant as has this update from the capital colombo. And thats another set of results leaving the official counting center here in the Colombo District one of 4 every single result thats tabulated is being sent obviously to the election authorities the hardcopy under strict security escort now most of the work over the last 10 to 12 hours has been completed to tabulate all the awards here in the Colombo District and this exercise is being replicated in the 22. 00 districts throughout sri lanka so basically all the votes come in to centralize counting centers in the district they are tabulated and then officially communicated to the election authorities who basically check them the rubber stamp them they basically officially recognize those results before they are announced so far from the early indications in the results weve seen the essel p. P. The party of the raja coxs seems to have galloped ahead 70 percent almost in terms of every single area that the results have been announced so far seem to have gone strongly in support of the rajapaksa the s b j which is the breakaway faction of the United National party seems to have come 2nd but a very far 2nd polling Something Like one 4th of the s a p p parties total now obviously this situation will unfold over the coming hours as the true picture of the extent almost of the rajapaksa gains becomes evident its been a long day obviously the crowd you see behind me are basically Election Officials whove been manning these counting centers theyve had a long day a meticulous manual counting process of each and every ballot paper of votes counted for the party votes counted for candidates which is another set of counting so they had long days you can see a number of sort of transport. Buses on standby and all waiting to get home but having done the civic duty in helping the conduct of this august parliamentary election here in sri lanka will the president a better reus has want to the unauthorized protests that will not be tolerated after sundays election Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a 6th term in office Election Officials have bought his 2 main rivals from taking part but a wave of protests over the weakening economy and the governments handling of this pandemic threatens 260. Well still ahead here on aljazeera africa is 1000000 cases of the coronavirus almost hoffs of all the continents and factions are in one country. And the worlds top tennis player returns to her Indigenous Roots to boost the game in the community thats coming up whitney and sporting. Hello that draw across much of the middle east not much cloud as well as you can see apart from this far south west a soggy down across into yemen because its clear dry conditions are also mean the winds have been increasing and so weve got some fairly strong winds through friday coming through the interior of iraqs a pick up the sand in the dust and really funneling quite a long way south but the winds coming from the north generally means it feels a little bit drier humid summers a cool still very high 4846 celsius down in doha are watching this area of rain here its moving away gradually back to stand so if you suffered a then its heading into Northern Areas of oman it could be heavy at times it could just cool some localized flooding damage wise it doesnt do much thats how much a 35. 00 is the high it will scott meanwhile high 50 celsius in kuwait city then down into Southern Africa the usual showers and thunder will central. Areas where theres a daycare close much of madagascar not quite as clear down into coastal areas of south africa wanted to more shots they werent quite cool and was there just 15 celsius and in those days the shows through central areas of mozambique through south a day they will spread a bit further towards the north quite strong meanwhile it is warming up in force that is a bet on it should be mostly dry the winds changing direction but a very warm day on saturday with the winds through the interior. In russia because. If you bring the fame. And power of this one when he investigates on aljazeera. d stories of life. And inspiration. And series of documentaries from around the wilds were that celebrate the human spirit. Against the arts. 1 1 aljazeera selects hunted. I am. I dont and im the stasi attainder hunt lets remind you the top stories here this hour rescue and Recovery Missions are continuing in lebanons capital for people still missing off to choose days huge explosion of course at least 149 people have been killed more than 5000 injured in beirut visiting french president a manual has announced a global Fund Raising Conference but warns that urgent political reforms are needed. The Saudi Crown Prince is accused of dispatching a group of hit men to kill a top form a saudi intelligence official in canada a little certain making allegations has been filed in washington d. C. The hit men were allegedly sent by muhammad been silent just days after john mr she was murdered inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. And the attorney general of new york is suing to dissolve a powerful u. S. Gun rights lobby group she accuses the National Rifle association as leaders of diverting millions of dollars from the organization for personal gain. Now the number of americans filing for Unemployment Benefits dropped to 1200000 last week hiring picked up in may and june as states began lifting coronavirus restrictions after a wreck or loss of 21000000 jobs in april more than 16000000 americans right now collecting Unemployment Benefits from this state. Its a federal aid package of 600. 00 a week in addition to that state benefit expired at the end of july now nearly a week later politicians have failed to reach a deal to extend it all political disputes have also meant that rental moratoriums which were backed by the u. S. Government have also expired millions of americans who lost their jobs during this pandemic are now worried about becoming homeless and many of them facing eviction and we got a report from miami. Even as unemployment rates remain at historic highs the current virus pandemic shows no signs of slowing with so many out of work in the midst of a Health Crisis the specter of massive victims is now real temporary moratorium is meant to prevent renters losing their homes have been lifted in 30 states and millions of facing a harsh reality the landlord here has started an addiction process take on staff when my mom lost her job her father. 19 pandemic and completely scared and frightened because i dont want to become homeless i doubt why my family be split in half left at home by shelter over the last few months is job losses of grown so too have the lines that food banks that massive loss of income and increasing desperation not only affects renters but landlords to somebody who own one property in their service. To pay their bills and they have duplex and they make. The other without parental. Care not pay their bills this is absolutely to be drawn and provide additional federal leave to people whod been a lot of in washington negotiations between the Democratic Party and the republicans continue over a new Relief Program some Unemployment Benefits officially ended last month with no new plans in place that combined with an end to protection from addiction could have a devastating effect housing experts say without action the u. S. Could witness a tsunami of addictions that may affect tens of millions of people without homes many are forced to live with relatives or in shelters increasing their risk of contracting covert 19 the court system is overwhelmed hearing addiction cases as a safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable seems to be straining according to the Data Companies to distance 40. And of americans now at risk of a vixen for some its already happened its heartbreaking. You know i lost my job of data lost Everything Else no money no not a king i dont sleep well last year worried about stuff that by some estimates 14000000 people could lose their homes impacting poverty rates homelessness and the wider economy and gallagher is following all of this for us from Miami Florida andy so many people as weve seen have been depending on the 600. 00 a week federal benefit has there been any movement on this seeming impasse. I mean it seems like the impasse is continuing the politicians on both sides say they are drawing close to an agreement but meanwhile the only thing we can compare all these to is back in 2006 when we saw the subprime mortgage crisis and people being evicted on mass in places specifically like las vegas and here in miami where lots of people work in the Service Industry now if you look at the statistics and the projections of what is happening now and what will happen in the next few months were looking at tens of millions of people losing their homes potentially up to 40000000. 00 according to some reports that ive been looking at and we already had a shortage in Affordable Housing before this pandemic hit but there is another issue here as well and that is that the state governments are running out of money theyre pleading with washington d. C. To get more funds and if they dont get the funds that means places like homeless shelters Mental Health facilities wont have the money they need to keep on running so however you look at this situation for renters in the United States and particularly hits hard with people in minorities it is not a rosy picture Going Forward this pandemic is not going away the numbers keep on rising they keep on talking about it getting even bigger come november as the fall in the autumn comes along so you potentially got all these people out on the streets losing their homes ending up in places where their health is at risk and meanwhile in washington d. C. The politicians continue to squabble and that with an update for us from miami thank you very much candy well speaking of job losses in the 2nd last affected country brazil more than 13 percent of people are now unemployed thats a highest level and 3 hearings 9000000 jobs were lost between april and june because of this pandemic and at least 13000000 people are now looking for a whack and south americas biggest economy. Well former colombian president alvaro uribe has now tested positive for cocaine 1000 a day after the Supreme Court ordered his house arrest hes been detained over allegations of witness tampering fraud which which he denies. Reports from the capital. Was the 2nd day of startling news for former president ill bet it will be just as he prepares to begin home detention i mean the witness tampering investigation he announced he tested positive for covert 19 but for many colombians hes undeserving of any sympathy. Like Jacqueline Christie youre who considers him responsible for the death of his brother jaime a decade ago or doris day who lost her son the same way there are 2 of thousands of men that were abducted and murdered by soldiers during his administration then declared rebel combatants to boost war statistics and justify usaid a scandal known as false positives the evidence is that not these the courts decision gave us great joy we know its not about the false positives yet but we think its a great step forward we thought it was out of reach i think it will open the way to the continuation of other investigations into all the other things we know hes implicated in the been a towering figure in colombian politics for the last 2 decades and has been investigated for ties to drug traffickers paramilitary groups and illegal spying. Dozens of his government appointed close allies and even family members have been found guilty of a number of crimes you can feel now he unself as always managed to avoid prosecution. Millions of colombian support him and believe he is the big to murder conspiracy of the left in response to the Supreme Court decision his party is calling for a Constitutional Assembly to change the countrys Justice System. As you see on day the courts decision is totally arbitrary and a slap in the face to the immense majority of colombians who believe is honest and demonstrates that colombias Justice System is politicized and not impartial. But political analyst arlene ticknor says the fact that the court went on to detain would even despite the incredible pressure against it is unusual do you do you a case is unprecedented in terms of the level of the politician involved and so i believe that if indeed convicted this will set a tremendous president in terms of future investigations of high level politicians in colombia. Jacqueline in dorrys say theyre not interested in retribution theyre just hope that after more than a decade the decision to put their house arrest could become a turning point in the search for justice and truth at least in the room and just you know what. Will the rising number of covered 1000 cases in parts of africa sparking concern from Public Health experts the continent is now approaching 1000000 cases and more than 21000 deaths now south africa learn accounts for the hoff of all of those infections and also has the 5th highest number of cases globally as of africa along with Egypt Nigeria ghana and algeria together account for nearly 75 percent of recorded infection of across the continent the Africa Centers for Disease Control says the low rate of testing in the region remains a concern well for me to miller is in johannesburg with more on the situation. In south africa also is that they are ongoing trials around a vaccine we understand that a vaccine could be ready by mid 2021 but given the economic status of many countries around africa there of course of questions around of portability as well as axes weve heard pharmaceutical companies talk about releasing the vaccine once its ready at a cost price so that its affordable thats especially when countries are at the height of the pandemic and perhaps later on introducing a low price to allow for accessibility but at the moment given that the numbers continue to rise weve seen an 11 percent increase in the last week alone there are of course questions been raised around the testing and if the numbers are accurate and of course those would then determine just how the pandemic is tackled in africa specifically. Twitter has temporarily restricted president Donald Trumps Campaign Team for twisting and i was in response to a video of a fox news interview with trump where he made misleading claims about the immunity of children from curve 19 take a look at links to that tweet now arrive this page twitter says the post my leisure its rules on private 1000 misinformation and the owner must remove it before they can tweet again the campaign appears to have complied now as early as facebook when we have the very same video from President Trumps main page and that was the 1st time that facebook removed one of trumps videos rob pegoraro as a freelance tech writer and he believes the pandemic is playing a part in changing facebooks approach to this. We have 257000 americans dead from this disease thats part of it i think also this book this story glee over the last few years weve seen the do not want to upset to new people around the president to the extent where a very pro trumpet inaccurate news source like right art does not get banned does not get what gets a privilege spot in the face that missed out on their mobile app. And they have gotten a lot of criticism including from what a fiscal ploy. Is that has tried not to get sense to the president and his supporters it is a business ties or just dont want to be in a place that would assume that having a say with conspiracy theories would not make it. I dont think this is going to draw to draw too many way from facebook the complaints people have about it i was just reading both your video so special the number one complaint described as not is facebook mean to conservatives are not is definitely true that some of the same people in that House Committee hearing who cusack. And the other executives of being biased against republican voices will have another talking point even though actual evidence of that bias i havent seen it trump seems to have done very well using facebook as a megaphone he certainly has an immensely large audience and President Trump has once again claims that marilyn or postal votes and i meant as election as open to widespread fraud its a statement he has repeated over the last few months as his Approval Ratings drop over his handling of this Coronavirus Crisis now the same time trump has also offered contradictory signals when it comes to a state he badly needs to when she have a tendency has more. For months President Trump has alleged a mail in voting is open to fraud so it came as a surprise on tuesday when the president tweeted this in florida are encourage all to request a ballot and vote by mail the same day his administration filed suit against the state of nevada for its clients to send mail and ballots to voters due to the pandemic the white house insists theres no contradiction in florida voters must request a mail in ballot whereas in nevada all active registered voters will be certain automatically anyway the president says floridas Republican Leadership just runs things better florida is a very well run state low taxes low everything theyve done a great job really a great job and the 2 governors between the both of them theyve really got a great system of absentee ballots and even they even in the case of maryland ballots what is true is that florida is key to dont trump chances of reelection its also true that although a higher turnout often favors democrats there is more and more evidence that the president s attacks on the integrity of ballots are backfiring Florida Republicans usually dont win 8 mail in voting however as of july democrats have an almost 600000 advantage in mail in ballot applications across the Country Republican Party officials fear increasing suspicion among its base about absentee ballots may be disastrous particularly among elderly voters who may be reluctant to go to a polling station during a pandemic and those in rural areas many of whom have long voted by mail anyway multiple studies carried out by organizations across political ideologies have found barely any instances of fraud in voting by mail because of the multiple safeguards in place theres very little evidence to suggest that this strategy of mailing ballots to registered and active voters is going to. Any sort of voter fraud voter fraud that is associated with 1000000 elections is no fuel and it is about what you would expect in any kind of election. Does have its problems for example this week in new york partly as a result of 10 times the normal number of mail in ballots the outcome of 2 primary elections was only decided 6 weeks after polling day and looking ahead to the general election in november its widely expected that unprecedented mail in voting will mean the result may not be decided on the merits unless theres a landslide both parties could patiently wait for the final declaration of the winner once all the votes are counted but in a year is tumultuous as 20 twentieths there is a suspicion that any uncertainty could lead to the integrity of the entire election process being questioned well before President Trump has already indicated he will sue in court if he feels there are any irregularities some wonder if hes already laying the groundwork for potential litigation by making the case now that mail in voting is floored. Me because absentee. For whatever he said it. Does not young life and he. And tweets like this suggest the president is in no mood to concede share returned see aljazeera. China has threatened to take retaliatory measures against the u. S. Health secretary is planned visit to taiwan on sunday and access i will be the most senior u. S. Official to visit taiwan for decades his trip is expected to wests an already tense relations between beijing and washington i have a trade and this pandemic and china consider just how i want to breakaway province and strongly opposes u. S. Sales to the island. Indias Defense Ministry has warned that it standoff with china over the disputed border region will be a long one and an online statement which has now since been removed the ministry highlighted the fight between the 2 sides in june 20 of its soldiers were killed it says talks are continuing on the dispute of the dock region but the standoff is likely to be quote prolonged both sides accused each other of crossing the disputed border and provoking soldiers on the backlash against Chinese Companies in india has now spilled into crickets richest tournament the Indian Premier League oh i. P. L. Chinese small trade make a vivo will no longer be the chief sponsor of evo is the 2nd largest smartphone brand in India New Delhi has already banned the popular to talk about phone app amongst dozens of other chinese products well now china has banned its vessels from fishing off ecuadors galapagos Marine Reserve for 3 months starting next month the move comes a week off to ecuador said a large fleet of chinese boats is threatening the ecologically sensitive archipelago Chinas Foreign Ministry insists its maintained friendly communication with ecuador they go after the the galactica says the unesco heritage site and its home to a large number of rare animal species 25. 00 prodemocracy activists in hong kong have been charged for taking part in a band vigil marking the 50 fast anniversary of the chinaman square massacre the list includes prominent opposition figures joshua wang as well as media tycoon Jimmy Lai Police banned the event for the france time in 3 decades citing coronavirus restrictions on their facebook has objected to illegal request by gambia to release posts and communications by members of myanmars military and police and again his request is related to its case accusing me of genocide against the muslim hinges at the International Court of justice but the social media giant says disclosing news is communication violates us. Still ahead here on aljazeera in sports with me tiger woods goes and his 16th major title. Yes. Well it is now time for sports in his late. Thank you the biggest star in n. B. A. Basketball lebron james has spoken out against President Donald Trump and his regular criticism of player protests trump says he turns off goings when he sees social justice protests before games and believes players show disrespect when they nail for the National Anthem but james who plays for the l. A. Lakers is one of those players who says he couldnt care less if the president watches or not. I dont think the best community. Or the. Viewership and i hope everyone you know no matter race in america or see what world leadership that we have in our at the top in our country and no member is right around the corner this is a big moment for us as americans if we continue to talk about we want no Better Change the game will go on without. Good news for the n. B. A. Is that the bubble at disney appears to be working well with no new coronavirus cases in the latest round of testing and so the action continues and this is the finding champions the Toronto Raptors getting the better of the Orlando Magic have now won their last 7 games dating back to before this is spent on to another team from toronto the blue jays after losing 11 the night before to the Atlanta Braves they turned things around so when 21. 00 on wednesday this is Major League Baseball tightens up its covert 9 same protocol as off of the outbreak at the monte knowledges euros including amanda true last wearing in dugout banning players from spanking male times when i was saying most sports up and running in the u. S. And now we have golf 1st major inferred saying moments the p. G. A. 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Well dr sharp has fabio yacob sin is serious but stable after 5 hours of facial surgery following a crush on the tour of poland the 23 year old went into the barriers that finish line on stage one after colliding with fellow dutchman dylan groene of reagan who was disqualified and could face further sanctions jakobsen was awarded the victories team say he has no brain or spinal injuries but the plan is for doctors to bring him out of an induced coma police are investigating the crash. In the u. K. A Mexican Formula one driver says your parents will be allowed to write at this weekends 70th anniversary grown prius overs than the racing point driver tested positive for corona virus ahead of last weeks british born prix but Health Authorities in england say he has now completed his quarantine period hes undergoing testing only to return a negative result before he can return to practice on friday and vowed to be bought us were going to the vice versa he points adrift of teammate Lewis Hamilton but has secured a new contract with miss ids the next season the finnish driver has signed on for the 2021 campaign it will be his pick be with the british by staying they mass participation rice at the London Marathon has been canceled because of the pandemic the race which normally attracts almost 40000. 00 runners was originally postponed from i pull until october but now organizers will only run the elite rites of a short lope with elliott going. Straight when many of those our fates are we trying to qualify for the delayed a little picks next year but the Olympic Rings in tokyo are being put away for now at least they have been in the cities by since early this year but if they hold a wire on a barge for maintenance return next year had it not been for the pandemic the games would have come to a close this sunday i. And finally womens tennis number one ash barty may have skipped this months u. S. Open because of coronavirus fears shes been keeping busy the 24 year old has been promoting tennis in indigenous communities in the far north of australia is the 1st woman of Aboriginal Heritage to top the World Rankings since evolved Goolagong Cawley she spent the last week working with Young Players in the community of the Tennis Australia announced this week an 80000 dollars fund for indigenous tennis are the next 3 years. 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