A hit squad to canada to kill him and planes that government corruption has marred south africas coronavirus responds. To. Thank you very much for joining us the governing party of sri lankas president go to by our rajapaksa has won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and along with your high security 2 thirds majority giving the president the power to enact sweeping changes to the constitution the sri lanka people strident is led by the rajapaksa brothers go to by and my hand will serve as president and Prime Minister the result now looks certain to strengthen their dynastic rule but the brothers have been polarizing figures in sri lanka in politics my india was previously president from 2005 to 2015 go to buy a rajapaksa had worked under his brother as defense secretary during serang because civil war their government is accused of war crimes for their battles with tamil tiger rebels the leaders are popular among ethnic majority sinhalese and many praise them for helping to end the war in 2009 theyve gained more support since last years easter attacks that killed 269 people and also for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic but sure lankas opposition accuse the government of corruption censorship and intimidation and now fernandez is our correspondent in colombo with the latest on the election results. Despite having sort of criticisms of authoritarianism and dominance obviously for the people of this country its the p. P. And thereby the rajapaksa us that are going to work for them in the most recent past weve had obviously this huge crisis and challenge of the coronavirus pandemic and their handling of it the president got of it rajapakse is handling of it has evoked a lot of confidence in the people who contrasted with the shambles the last government made of the whole easter bombings a year ago so thats why such a strong showing thats what analysts say that the confidence placed in the writing process takes a lot of forward through difficult times thats the sort of voice of the people that youre hearing so almost 2 thirds majority but definitely a simple majority is in the bag they do have control of parliament which paves the way for them to push you 5 their work and in terms of taking forward their vision. In other news anger has boiled over on the streets of beirut as residents direct blame for tuesdays deadly port explosion lebanons leaders protesters took to the streets chanting revolution and resign as french president in money and mccall visited the capital and called for an International Investigation into the blast that killed 149. 00 people 16 employees of beirut sports have been detained but protesters want a complete overhaul of lebanons political elite tensions had been running high before the disaster with political leaders accuse of corruption and mismanagement and the country pushed to the brink of economic collapse a french president toward neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion is backing calls for a new political order to disagree visibility beneath 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. While emergency aid has started to arrive in lebanon with european arab and Asian Countries sending Doctors Medical supplies field hospitals and rescue teams then a hard to report from be able to. 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. Zaineb fears she will never see her husband allie again. About a son is 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. Helping each other with army to find corpses theres still a lot of destruction we need to move the stock to building to find theres somebody else. The blasts were felt kilometers away killing dozens and wounding thousands buildings homes shops destroyed 300000. 00 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 destroyed 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 going used to this 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 its a time for change its weve been asking for change for quite some time and i think this last catastrophe is going to make change for the country much better the priority now is to help the victims many are still in hospital in Critical Condition for accountability and justice are growing louder for now people are focused to rely on themselves i need money to rule. Myself. I need everything. To be. So this is why im here i want to. Leave and. 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. Beirut. More than 2000000 corona virus cases have now been confirmed in india daily infections continue to rise across the country with Health Officials so far unable to contain the spread more than 41000 people have died and the philippines now has the most corona virus infections in east asia following a surge in cases another knock down in and around the capital manila affecting millions of people and threatening to overwhelm hospitals the philippines still has less than half the number of deaths in indonesia but that number is expected to rise now. Africa has spots 1000000 kovac 1000 cases the continents most developed country south africa accounts for more than half of all cases critics say government corruption has marred the countrys response from a military force from johannesburg. South africas Public Health sector has for years been overwhelmed and now with a Global Pandemic infecting more than 500000 people here Public Hospitals are under more pressure. More than 24000. 00 Health Workers have contracted kovac 1181. 00 have died since march unions and workers say corruption is contributing to push Service Delivery and is putting lives at risk while the governments given contracts to Service Providers for personal protective equipment or p. P. E the prices have been inflated in other instances people has not been delivered at all or contracts have been given to companies and people connected to the government and the Ruling African National congress party. President s a little more plus i know we can use that as promised to deal with the croft corruption during a National Disaster is a particularly heinous type of crime those found to have broken the law to enrich themselves through this crisis will not get to enjoy the spoils regardless of who they are with whom they may be connected but drum up was us chief spokeswoman is embroiled in a scandal involving her husband tendencies a way hes companys been accused of winning a 7000000. 00 contract to supply p. P. Eat through his political connections decodes taken special leave and she and her husband deny breaking any laws the province of halting stop Health Official bundle and his wife to. Have been implicated when the 1st infections were recorded back in march the government declared a state of disaster which meant that the normal tender procedure for government contracts was abandoned within days of the announcement a number of questionable contracts were awarded now the finance minister tetum but when he says the process has to be more transparent a Government Agency the special Investigative Unit says 102. 00 Companies Know how to get a loan under investigation while in other provinces officials have been suspended and investigations have begun but no ones yet been charged prosecuted corruption during this Health Crisis is estimated to have cost the country more than 116000000. 00 at a time when south africa is dealing with the 5th worst outbreak of culvert 19 in the world for me to malaya aljazeera johannesburg the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of sending a group of hit men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials the alleged targets has filed a lawsuit in the u. S. Media there reporting that interpol rejected a request from riyadh to extradite al job rain 2017 describing it as politically motivated mike hanna reports from washington. Crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon has been painted in the white house but now in papers before a washington d. C. Court hes alleged to have ordered death squads to torture and assassinate opponents the case has been brought by a former saudi Intelligence Officer saad our japery who alleges the crown prince sent a team called the tigers squad to canada to kill him the Court Papers Say the men were denied entry by suspicious Canadian Border guards. This detailed flow chart submitted to the court identifies key members of the assassination squad and others involved including what are described as forensic technicians skilled in criminal evidence removal and their image of the hit squad that is believed to have murdered and dismembered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul in 2018 i know that there are women. All over the world in germany and france and be noticing character. Really basic run away from sort of because there. Are questions from the government which is. One of them is omar up the legacy is also resident in canada mentioned in the court filing as another potential target of assassination and who posted this video in reaction to the news the case has been brought in terms of legislation that allows non us citizens to take action in federal courts against foreign individuals who have committed torture and or extra judicial killings in addition side algebra he argues that the hit squad assembled in the United States before attempting to enter canada saddle japanese children now aged 20. 21 are being held at an undisclosed location in saudi arabia as what he describes as human bait to draw him out of hiding last month 4 senators sent a letter to President Trump saying the u. S. Had a moral obligation to press saudi authorities for their release the president in the past has made clear that regardless of the allegations of Human Rights Violations against the Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed Bin Salman remains a valued ally and friend. Mike hanna aljazeera washington. Still ahead on the program chairing for an empty stage the Opposition Leader in bellicose is barred from attending her final rally ahead of sundays election and highlighting the link between a Coronavirus Crisis and obesity a state in mexico bans a saying of junk food to children. Hello once again weve got some very heavy rainfall either some out of the Arabian Peninsula as we go on through the next couple days the same storms rumbling away for the past couple of weeks just around the western side if you havent lost a little circulation just pushing into more the areas of the arabian sea skies is just spin its way across southern parts of pakistan dragging in the southwest the monsoon the heavy rains into that western side of india and as we go on through the next couple of days this little low that will make its way towards oman we could see some flash flooding here as the system just edges towards the eastern side of the country than elsewhere it really is a case of more hot and dusty weather temperatures getting up to 48 celsius in baghdad some the temperature there for kuwait here in doha temperatures around 46 to raise that kinship just picking up dust and sansa not too pleasant here we go on through the next couple of days well see some showers maybe modern the other side of the red sea continuing into ethiopia the usual the seasonal rains just a rolling in here so what weather coming in pushing down into kenya into uganda well see the showers gathering once again over towards the western side of the region further south eastern refined dry and sunny. From. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. When you see big groups of people walking through europe theyre all individuals with children the lowlights you have to be or all of them and to treat them with something that in respects. To. To to close again youre watching al jazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories this hour the rajapaksa brothers have won a landslide victory in sri lanka spawning entry elections along with their allies their ruling party. The ruling party of president got a biologic tonks and its rather a minister mahinda has secured the 2 thirds majority music carry out sweeping costs for us. 16 puerto officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon 70 explosion continues protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move bought by visiting french president emanuel. And the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of sending a group of hit men to canada in a fan to tempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials gave saad our job really is filing a lawsuit in washington d. C. Now the governing party in guinea has asked president alpha conde to seek a controversial 3rd term in office it follows months of protests against extending the 82 year old war and after weeks of speculation ivory coasts president Alassane Ouattara has announced that he too is seeking a term reports from a butcher. Candied that i am in effect a candidate in the president ial election of october 31st 2020 announcement that many believe will have serious repercussions but for some ivorians the declaration was not completely unexpected one former Prime Minister. And water chosen successor suddenly died on july 8th the ivory coast and the ruling party was thrown into Political Uncertainty in Office Assistant president ouattara said although he had planned to retire after 2 terms the death of ahmed ali has changed everything he says his party ostap to run again and he is accepted there is sars and then my tragic the recent tragic events with the death of Prime Minister coulibaly have lifted a void in the team that i had put in place to continue and consolidate economic and social programs which you interested me with but also the tight calendar on the 3 months before the elections the challenge of maintaining Peace National security as well as Regional Security and the necessity to could the Health Crisis the risk is that everything that was gained with so much 2nd phase and with the consent of the people would be compromised. Thursday supporters of the former president and or thomas archrival. Demonstrated outside the headquarters of the Election Commission in. They demanded that their leader be put on the ballot as well as the Voters Register babo is kind of glee in the netherlands after he was acquitted by the International Criminal court of crimes during the ivory coast civil war when he refused to relinquish power after losing the president ial election to mr ouattara because as people have let him know that they were not happy with him running for a 3rd term and he had gone ahead and said that yes he will not run and you have chosen somebody else he should in this moment. Gone ahead and showed some state statesmanship and told his people in the ivory coast even though my party wants me to run i am not going to. Cross the border in guinea its a degenerate leader of a country is also set to run in his countrys delayed president ial election for the 3rd time his party selected him on thursday to be like barrack is. Today you have all spoken allies parties and others i take note the point is attempt to change the constitution to keep yourself in power resulted in several violent demonstrations in which dozens of opposition supporters were killed by Security Forces there are concerns that thursdays event may throw both guinea and i request into father political tom or uppity priests aljazeera thousands of belorussians have taken part in a band opposition rally in the capital men square head of an election on sunday the electoral racist proving the strongest challenge yet to the 26 year old of president Alexander Lukashenko said boston reports from minsk. Ignoring a government ban they shouted leave look i shant go we will win thousands of supporters of Opposition Leaders to plan a 2 kind of sky well for hours in front of an empty stage after the candidate and her team was barred from entering we all work but we all do not see animals so all we have less fear as as before because its not possible to have so much fear in our country that deferred. For im here to support the next generation our children im 51 years old and to be honest i cant watch how my mother is forced to count every cent because of her small pension. Because shankar also lost support our family called a covert 19 crisis of psychosis despite thousands calling ill really has been the full force around the park people from all walks of life all ages are gathered here risking arrest they are beyond fear. The authorities had banned to schedule opposition rallies saying a celebration for troops was held in the same park said lana. Joined forces with 2 other women has attracted the largest crowd seen and bellows in decades describing herself as an ordinary housewife jailed blogger sent the panel ski has quickly become a symbol for change of many belorussians and change to happen for sure what we want change in a peaceful way. But not many are hopeful that the elections on sunday will be free and clear with foreign observers pants and the russian observers already detained the opposition has announced they will take to the streets again as soon as the polls close on sunday supplements and ill tear up. U. S. Frozen donald trump has issued an executive order banning business with the Parent Company of social media. The order brocks any transaction with the company by dance and the owner of the messenger we chat starting in 45 days says a chinese own dam so being used to gather data for beijing and pose a threat to u. S. National security researchers in the u. S. Say the coronavirus death toll there could double 2300005 the start of december as politicians are once again failed to come up with a deal over unemployment payments during the pandemic millions of americans have been struggling since the start of the month when a 600. 00 unemployment payment and dates House Speaker nancy pelosi says the 2. 00 parties are still very far apart. When they said a skinny proposal was anorexic and it was not to meet the needs of the American People what youre what what is a negotiation about its not about who gets more what in the halls of congress its about what it translates into the lives of the American People and thats why a cook kept asking why why wont you do this why wont you do this why wont you do nonetheless weve had some exchange further exchange of paper to be clarified to see if we can find some further Common Ground but were very fall apart is its most unfortunate all the coronavirus pandemic is crippling south americas biggest economy leaving millions out of work brazil is facing its highest Unemployment Rate in 3 years between april and june nearly 9000000 people lost their jobs when you. Have reports from Rio De Janeiro. Times are hard for priscilla hed be covert 1000 close the shop where she used to sell childrens clothes and the beauty salon where her mother was a hairdresser. We couldnt work but still had to pay our rent and bills i started selling masks on the street and applied for government to merchants eate. Every day millions of brazilians lined up in front of the banks to receive the 120. 00 monthly handout which now benefits half of the population. The government will probably maintain it until the end of the year but wants to significantly reduce the amount for 17 year old denise was gone yes that means hell have to beg for food. After my sister lost a job as a cleaning lady we had to move from the slum to the streets of. According to the Brazilian Institute of geography and statistics from april to june the Unemployment Rate rose to 13 come at 3 percent the highest in the last 3 years economists modest said about a seattle says that this is just the tip of the iceberg maintain it would mean besides the almost 30000000. 00 unemployed there are an additional 5000000. 00 who have stopped looking for a job in 40000000. 00 and for more workers some businesses like this popular all you can eat restaurant have lower wages and prices but they still have many more waiters than customers here in Rio De Janeiro n. M. To be is usually a sight for sore eyes but these days its yet another sign that brazil is facing its worst economic crisis ever thanks to cobra 1000. Naive they figured he had to is one of hundreds of vendors peddling their goods on the beach. I walk back and forth 10 kilometers a day selling Grilled Cheese but theres nobody to buy it. And theres no indication that will change anytime soon even rios famous carnival that pumps millions of dollars into the economy is in danger of being postponed monica ill just sirrah Rio De Janeiro. A state in mexico has banned the sale of sugary drinks and junk food to children to try to reduce high levels of obesity have experts say they covered 1000 not break has highlighted the added risks of being overweight. Reports from mexico city. State legislators in one haka mexico or taking measures to reduce Childhood Obesity. The newly adopted initiative will ban the sale distribution and advertisement of junk foods to minors. Its a 1st of its kind law for mexico which is a world leader when it comes to Childhood Obesity and diabetes no problem also yes but median though a low when we cant continue to allow an increase in Childhood Obesity in one haka this is the moment to act Everyone Needs to know how damaging all of these junk foods really are. The new junk food ban in what was announced as corona virus deaths nationwide continue to soar mexico has the 3rd highest death toll from coburg 19 in the World InternationalHealth Experts warn that obesity and the many chronic ailments like diabetes hypertension and cancer that often come with it increase the risk of death when a person contracts covert 19 a frightening warning to a country where nearly 3 quarters of the population is either obese or overweight. Legislators and Health Policy experts in mexico see the pandemic has made it clear than ever that fighting obesity requires a higher priority from the federal government about it though not once have this been the perpetuation of this perception that obesity is an individuals problem and that in no way does the state share the responsibility but we know today and the evidence shows that obesity is a Public Health problem and. That while the ban on overprocessed junk food and sugary drinks applies only to the state of war how come it is being applauded by many Health Leaders across the country including mexicos Deputy Health minister. Has got this who also heads the countrys coronavirus containment strategy in. Mexico is one of the few countries that has reduced Life Expectancy at birth among other factors because of obesity and diabetes the evidence is very clear. The street sellers and shop owners in one haka have protested the new initiative the lawmakers who support the plan see been whose may continue to sell junk food just not to kids. Aljazeera mexico city. So again im fully back to go with the headlines on aljazeera the rajapaksa brothers have won a landslide victory in sri lanka is proud of parliamentary elections along with their ruling party has secured the 2 thirds majority needed to carry out a sweeping cost to tional reforms now for nonbusiness has more from colombo its a reflection of the sort of mindset of the shillong can people i mean in the sort of immediate times what has been at the top of peoples minds obviously is the coronavirus pandemic and what they see as the very successful handling of that pandemic which as large as shield it should lanka sort of limiting sri lankas coronavirus debts to 11 limiting the spread so thats very much at the top of peoples minds and the way of the efficiency which the current government led by present go to the rajapaksa has managed things. 16 ford officials have been detained as the investigation into lebanon as deadly explosion continues protests have been held in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite a move by visiting french president emanuel not home more than 2000000 coronavirus cases have now been confirmed in india dating factions continue to rise across the country with Health Officials so far unable to contain the spread more than 41000 people have died the philippines now has the most call in a virus infections in east asia following a surge in cases its prompted another lockdown in and around manila affecting millions of people and threatening to overwhelm hospitals the Saudi Crown Prince is accused of sending a group of hit men to canada in a failed attempt to kill one of his former top intelligence officials the alleged jobbery is filing a lawsuit in washington u. S. President donald trump has issued an executive order banning business with the chinese owners of social media take talk the order brocks any transaction with a company by dance and the owner of the messenger starting in 45 days trump says the chinese own jobs are being used for gathering uses data for. Up makes the bottom line. A story of financial scandal with billions lost in the United Arab Emirates ive never seen a story like this where 2 Companies Similar tiniest leak involving the same group of people have failed at the same time but when the money is the 1000000. 00 question aljazeera will investigates the dramatic story of the rise in full of an indian tycoon. And the missing 1000000 on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question about americas elections what would lincoln do lets get to the bottom line. U. S. President donald trump set off alarm bells in america last week when he talked about delaying the upcoming election after the coronavirus pandemic public Health Officials recommended that people avoid long lines at polling stations and mail their ballots and instead the trumpeters juggernaut media machine have been relentless in discounting the credibility of mail then ballots climaxing in a tweet last week where he floated the idea of actually delaying elections day which is set for november 3rd that