Offering Financial Relief as talks on the new covenant virus rescue package collapse. And brazil passes a grim coronavirus milestone as the number of covered 1000 deaths exceeds all 100000. Outrage over chooses explosion and lebanons capital has spilled onto the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured in a heart of reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material was stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died to be honest but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones who can leave and establish myself outside but all these people cannot so what can we do what they did was return to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours but this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable i know we are not leaving its either them or us in this country and you know what the people always prevails and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge is by putting all the Political Class either either on the huygens to see over there or in the dustbins but we want them out protesters also storm 3 ministries state institutions people say are run by corrupt politicians who they blame for draining the states treasury they say they want the state and a competent government currently levanon since the 2 sions are controlled by Political Parties and there is a parallel state run by the iranian backed hezbollah the Prime Minister has sandy who took office earlier this year is now offering a way out of the crisis conclusion as making ability when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have a early elections to elect a new policy. Missions and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome the stiff aperient we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. Over. Early elections have been one of the oppositions demands but there are concerns the sectarian based political system and electoral law wont give independent candidates a chance. To every election is good as a good step but im afraid that the Political Parties although they still have the power over the people and a soul about the system like im afraid that they will have just we will have the same people again i thought the 1st time central beirut turns into a battleground between the people and the establishment and the struggle for change is not new the anger has been building for years. Many feel those in power caved in by proposing early elections the governing alliance is not just facing pressure from the street the state is nearly bankrupt and the International Community wont help unless politicians fight state corruption for now many people here feel they won a round in what is likely to be a long battle. Beirut this impulse really is a political activist and filmmaker he says the explosion in beirut has added momentum to the protest movement. This amount of people in the streets were angry at the whole establishment is a very clear political message to all the people in power that something needs to be changed. There is a lot of anger of course this. That was trying to get into the Parliament Building and that was the main the focus of the protesters i was there busy on the front lines we saw what happened we saw how the how much violence. The protests in was were dented. We have like more than 170. 00 injured protesters. We have people who have been shot and that i had so many people know of the hospital so theres so much of your time if you. Compared to also what we have witnessed the salahis during this whole week we have witnessed so much to tell you see from this corruption explosion that happened the least i expect to go along because the anger is not finished here. The demands are not met the people are demanding for the resignation and Holding Accountable all the Political Class that what response was what happened and that is ignition 1st because to be able to hold them accountable by law they need to resign because its so complicated to be holding them accountable if they are still in office its almost impossible we have not seen a minister put to trial in the last 20 years. The main opposition candidate in president ial elections and bellows has gone into hiding in the past few hours after 2 of her top aides were detained by police svetlana to kind of sky is running against Alexander Lukashenko has been called europes last dictator is expected to declare victory after sundays election for the 6th time in 26 years steadfastly reports rulings. Election observation belorussian style. Thank you. Independent observers have not only been detained but also been barred from entering polling stations nonetheless they have found irregularities in the voting process that started on tuesday and will have its peak on sunday the 1st day of the elections. 39 people why are we even protocol. Nation so there where 89 so they added 50 people is the mood of the sunni president Alexander Lukashenko has been accused of stealing previous elections but this time hes facing an opposition on a scale has not witnessed before led by this woman 37 year olds but learn at the hand of sky she reluctantly decided to run for president after her husband a popular blogger was jailed suppose the elections were going to be free and fair how many percent of the vote would you get i suppose 65. 00 said. He would be a big winner then. I would be here who would. But the woman who attracted large crowds does not expect this to be the official election result she has promised that if she becomes president the 1st thing she will do is call for free elections even if this. Doesnt happen now. Because elections will be prosecuted anyway. I dont think that he will stay alone because. I dont know how can a person or old country where people. Softly speaking dont like him just. Most of them. And. But will he go quietly. The tough. Guy has accused the opposition of trying to cause a bloodbath and russia of provoking violence but analysts say these accusations are made to hide the countrys real problems. In the last 10 years they call me has gone down and society is not happy and basically society are united against looking despite their ideological position their values and their political priorities all of them think are the main obstacle for development. But as long as the president is still backed by the military and high ranking officials he believes will remain in power the moment of truth for a look at shanghai will not be on election day but on the days after that if as announced large crowds protest what they believe will be another fraudulent election here at this square the threat of violence can then become reality a scenario most valid russians want to avoid step. Menthe. U. S. President donald trump has bypassed congress signing for executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions of americans including extending Unemployment Benefits but a lower weekly amount as well as the big some protections and Student Loan Relief signed the orders after talks between Congressional Republicans and democrats broke down on friday that mcready congressman adam schiff said trumps executive orders will reduce aid to the poor and unemployed under the cares act i proudly signed expanded Unemployment Benefits into law Congressional Democrats have stonewalled our efforts to extend this relief they even opposed measures that would give bonuses to workers returning to the job. They were totally opposed for this reason im taking action to provide an additional or elektra 400. 00 per week at expanded benefits 400. 00. Canada has more from washington d. C. Of course even these executive orders were signed to many legal scholars who are questioning whether the president has the Constitutional Authority to bypass congress in this particular matter when negotiations in congress have been stalled for weeks in terms of getting a new relief bill the situation was is that the massive relief bill passed by in a bipartisan basis back in march expired at the end of last month so many of those provisions expired as well along with them for example the Unemployment Benefits the fiction from. Rental properties and the for going off Student Loans the repayment of Student Loans but certainly the whole issue of unemployment is going to be one of these very controversial factors states have been pleading for more money in the pandemic has literally bankrupt many of the country states now they are put in a position where they are going to have to pay part of the Unemployment Benefits that are normally paid by the federal government that is going to be a contentious point another exceedingly contentious point is the suspension of payroll taxes now these taxes are used to Fund Social Security and medicare very unclear exactly what is going to happen to these programs now that these payroll taxes have been suspended by executive order so theres a lot of controversy here and theres certainly going to be a lot of legal action in the days ahead. Still ahead on aljazeera. Protesters return to the streets of western resilin this pressure among some of israels Prime Minister to step down. An appeal for help bottles to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. Hello there is more heavy rain in the forecast across much of the Korean Peninsula you can see plenty of these jamie and again in the last year as and it shells right a back into all central areas of china this rain will likely bring more flooding on top of what has already happened so as you can see of course people here still really trying to deal with the mounds of mud and of course also the damage to the crops but a fortune is to say there is more very heavy rain in the for cause not just to south korea but to north korea as well and it trails back again into the central as a china and ahead of their across japan its a nazi about a tool mostly we have goals. But nothing like the really heavy rain that will continue to impact much the Korean Peninsula as we go through monday we could see another 400 millimeters of rain here elsewhere across into china we will see scattered showers and clouds so nicholson to beijing as well and then into its really been across the south and southwest weve seen the heaviest rain of the last few days so again were looking at scenes like this that weve seen in so many areas across the entire country people of course cutoff being rescued and there is more rain in the forecast in fact very heavy on sunday and through the west and gas right it down into canada it could just add to those a flooding problems and then elsewhere on monday the rain heavy again across the north areas in the pull east was right there way up into north of me amah. Colvin daintiness see the war of words escalate between the u. S. And china ill challenge u. S. General Robert Spaulding and british diplomat and also kerry brown on whether the west is entering into a new cold war with china in a special edition of head to head you want to travel ban on china so much the muslim to quote stop proposal we need a strict vetting process is to tide finally turning against beijing we have a china centric world and then a world which is not china centric head to head on out his iraq. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour protests over tuesdays explosion in beirut have descended into street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead and dozens of people have been injured Prime Minister says the only way out now is to hold early elections. On the eve of bellos election the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 over top aides were detained by police said loughner to kind of sky is running against alexander look the shank up has been in power for 26 years. U. S. President Donald Trumps bypassed congress signing for executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions they include extending Unemployment Benefits but at a lower weekly amount as well as eviction protections and Student Loan Relief. The number of people who died from covered 900 in brazil has now passed 100000 its the only the 2nd. Country to reach that tragic milestone after the United States activists have marked it with an event in rios a famous copacabana beach is set at 100. 00 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons thats one for every 100 people who died since may brazils reported an average of 1000 deaths a day from the pandemic but president jet both sinaloan has consistently downplayed the crisis despite getting covert 900 himself some market just same it 100000 deaths milestone represents what brazil is to the world while we in 2nd place kind of opposite can we give to this question here we have me have one percent of the number of deaths 100000 where will this take us. I want to have reports from weird. One time bus driver i was shown that crash on was one of brazils 12000000 unemployed that is until the soaring death toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic landed him a job as a grave digger at the socalled salvos cemetery on the outskirts of Rio De Janeiro. Thought we had to recruit 30 undertakers to cope with the growing amount of boroughs and build a separate area just for infected bodies. Eilish on the works in the cove in 1900 designed especially for the victims of the virus. The most painful part is witnessing the farewell which is different from many other people want to say goodbye to their loved ones but we cant allow them to get near. Brazils cova death toll keeps growing in part because the government is encouraging brazilians not to stay home while failing to take measures to stop the virus from reaching even remote parts of the amazon despite evidence to the contrary president. Continues questioning the seriousness of the pandemic and scorns w. H. O. Guidelines such as the need for widespread testing and using face masks. As a result many here are skeptical about the official number of deaths like leader dylon who does your morning exercises in front of the emblematic football stadium now converted into a Field Hospital you know he will be man to the side i never saw anyone coming in or out of this hospital so i dont know if the story was made up or if politicians have just been using the pandemic to steal money this is one of the 5 Field Hospitals of Rio De Janeiro that are being dismantled some of them were not even completed the state Health Secretary and his deputy are in jail for allegedly misusing the funds that were given to fight the covert 19 pandemic and the governor is about to be impeached on corruption charges. Back at the cemetery 53 year old moyes says amitie colonel is about to be buried. His family is obliged to stay far away all those to enable to see the casket being sealed off some of the few from sympathetic to signal unfortunately my brother in law has just become more and more statistic buried in a 5 minute ceremony. Gives the impression that nothing is going on but i think very in numbers of this are even higher than the official statistics and although the president and a 3rd of his cabinet have tested positive for corona virus critics say a deadly combination of corruption and a refusal to come from the pandemic head on will continue filling brazils graveyards monica aljazeera Rio De Janeiro. Across the u. S. Are traveling to south dakota for an annual motorcycle rally despite concerns it could spread corona virus infections organizers say the expect up 2250000 people during the 10 day event south dakotas new cases remain under 100 a day but the rising the states governor never imposed a lockdown and hes resisted making it compulsory to wear a mask. Dozens of western loosen them have staged another protest against israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded netanyahu should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges theyve also voiced frustration about the governments handling of the corona Virus Outbreak ari force that was at the protests and he says problems are stacking up for the embattled leader. Another very noisy very substantial protest here in west jerusalem just a few 100 meters from the Prime Ministers residence benjamin that residence just beyond this square behind me once again very much dominated it seems by the israeli political left we see the black flags of the prodemocracy and seen as you know movement and others who are long been protesting against his premiership saying that he should resign because of the fact that he is on trial in 3 separate Corruption Cases but as well as that he said very much been fueled these protests by those whove been angered and disappointed by the governments performance in dealing with the coronavirus and damage away from whats happening on the street though its worth noting there are other Major Political developments going on every week every sunday Israeli Government has my Cabinet Meeting it seems that this one could be canceled this sunday because of a disagreement between the 2 sides the likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu and the blue and white party of benny gantz his former rival and alternate Prime Minister they have been deep in argument over the passage of a budget that he wants a one year budget to allow. Brianne potentially in calling fresh elections and staying in office up until those elections dance wants to see the deal they signed off on it being a 2 year budget giving him more security in himself taking office on time in the event bin next year so this is only fueling which is already very rampant speculation that this coalition could break up and israel could be facing a forefront of election within months. According thailands capital has granted bail to 2 antigovernment protest leaders arrested on friday nights dozens of supporters have been gathering outside the court in bangkok demanding their release wayne hay is in bangkok and he says listen rallies have been the most significant since the military coup of 2014. But if the police thought the arrest of the 2 protest leaders was going to scare the rest of the protestors off the streets it clearly didnt have the desired effect this rally in the heart of bangkok shopping district just one of many that have taken place in recent weeks not only in the capital city but in other parts of thailand is as well the been fairly small protests led mainly by students but they have been significant in fact this is the most significant protest movement weve seen since the military coup in 2014 the protesters have a set of demands they want this government gone they want new elections called and they want the military drafted constitution to be re written they basically feel that little if anything has changed in thailand since the coup despite the fact that an election was held in march last year basically we still have the same people who led the coup running the government today. Afghanistans highest trouble for on the loya jirga has recommended that the government should release 400. 00 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to return to fighting the chairman of coniston high council of National ReconciliationAbdullah Abdullah says the majority have been in favor of the release emotionally theres you know we dont you know i saw that none of the committees were against the release but they were different views and opinions about it some of them were saying that the release should be a precondition some of them were saying that a ceasefire should be the priority some of them were asking for local and international guarantees there was some individuals who were saying that with the release of 5100 prisoners the level of violence is still high and they were against the release michael samples a professor at the institute for global Peace Security and justice at Queens University in belfast and he says the decision could be an important step in the peace process. Well i think the only real win for the Afghan Government and the Afghan People will be if we make concrete progress towards peace im sure that the president will be confident that this straight from his heart and as he tries to set the conditions for the negotiations woodruff ends and they start to each of coniston towards peace so yes it will strengthen the president s up there were some people of course who thought that they could get unconditional release of these prisoners and that there would be negotiations starting next week for anybody who thought up that this may be a disappointment but you have to have a a show all 3 of the Afghan People rule at least speaking at the in favor of negotiations at least processed and the afghan president empowered to try to take out for us maybe its maybe its inched us its just towards the taliban to be fairly here at least with what theyve achieved so far this year through negotiations promise of u. S. Withdrawal out of reduction of u. S. Air pressure on their forces fighting in afghanistan release of all these prisoners major boost to their armys morale under certain degree of legitimacy around they the country but the one thing they havent done is i just you know stop the war or actually make progress towards winning it theyre getting the sense that the population is really tired of this war and they dont quite understand why the taliban are still fighting once and floods are currently coming a 3rd of bangladesh millions have been forced from their homes local media say 161 people have died in the past month the Agriculture Ministry says these are the longest lasting funds in more than 20 years. A Venezuelan Court has sentenced 2 former u. S. Soldiers to 20 years in prison for what authorities called an attempt to overthrow president Nicolas Maduro looked down on an adam berry were fun guilty of conspiracy terrorism and illicit weapons trafficking the lawyers say they werent allowed into the courtroom during the proceedings a florida based Security Firm claimed responsibility for the failed raid in may which left 8 people dead and Dozens Injured militias has declared a state of environmental emergency after a japanese own ship began spilling tons of oil alan is appealing for help from france but a volunteer cleanup operation is already under way and soon reports aereo and Satellite Photos show the extent of the oil spill off the southeastern coast of. The japanese owned ball carrier was she oh ran aground late last month and began leaking its 4000 tons of fuel into the indian ocean all 20 crew were taken to sure but rough seas hampered attempts to stabilize the ship and pump the fuel off after declaring a state of environmental emergency Prime Minister pravin juggernaut appealed for help from france he says islanders dont have the expertise to clean up the spill president emanuel promised to send teams and equipment from the nearby French Island of. While the governments waiting for french help to arrive some volunteers have started their own cleanup effort building sea booms with straw to soak up the spill. Some some movies with we are here to see what we can save everyone here is trying to save what they can of our ocean which gives us so much and which supports us or that this is our heritage the. One unless you actually believe we can see the situation is getting worse this spill is affecting so many sectors tourism the economy ecology. But also some salons are offering free haircuts this weekend as hair can also be used to soak up oil. While 4000 tons of fuel may seem like a relatively small amount compared to major oil leaks its impact on the riches is huge and islands are surrounded by some of the worlds most valuable coral reefs and tourism is crucial to the economy the impact will not only be logical economical because many people who ride their livelihoods from the fish to fish in the area there are a lot of hotels also in the area who market which market place. In order to get clients and you have a lot of people only livelihoods also on the land leaders say as to 1st time the 1300000 islanders have been faced with an Environmental Crisis of this kind experts fear the ship could break up causing an even greater fuel leak and inflicting catastrophic damage to marine life at least 2 out to 0. Last intact ice shelf in canada has crashed into the arctic ocean this satellite photo shows the 4000 year old mill shelf collapsing to form a huge icebergs at last 40 percent of its area in just 2 days canada used to have a continuous ice shelf running across the northern coast of ellesmere island but its broken up of the last few decades because of Global Warming concerns that a huge chunk of glacial ice could collapse onto a town in the italian alps have eased slightly residents of call my only a mobile were evacuated from their homes on friday after experts warned of 500000 cubic metre block of ice could fall off the mayor of the village says the situation has improved but the area will remain closed Climate Change has been slowly melting in the classes in the region. This is al jazeera these are the top stories outrage over tuesdays explosion in lebanons capital spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious at the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured by mr haas and jab says the only way out of the crisis is to hold early elections. On the eve of president ial elections and bella loose the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police. To kind of sky is running against the man whos been called europes last dictator and xander look the shankill. U. S. President Donald Trumps bypassed congress signing 4 executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions of americans they include extending Unemployment Benefits but at a lower weekly amount as well as eviction protections and Student Loan Relief trump signed the orders after talks between Congressional Republicans and democrats broke down on friday democrats as saying executive orders will reduce much needed aid to the poor and the unemployment under the cares act i proudly signed expanded Unemployment Benefits into law Congressional Democrats have stonewalled our efforts to extend this relief they even opposed measures that would give bonuses to workers returning to the job they were totally opposed to for this reason im taking action to provide an additional or an extra 400. 00 per week at expanded benefits 400. 00. The number of people have died from covered 1000 in brazil has now passed 100000 activists of markets with an event on rios famous copacabana beach is set at 100 black crosses and least a 1000 red balloons one for every 100 people who die and. Thousands and people in west jerusalem have protested against israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded netanyahu should step down while he stands trial on corruption charges. And those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story by. Is the relationship between the u. S. And saudi arabia falling apart the state department shows support for a former Saudi Intelligence Agency says the crown prince wants him dead will President Donald Trump be forced to stop supporting the public in so much this is inside story. But i welcome to the program im adrian said again whats reported to be a forward mode applauses putting further strain on the relationship between saudi arabia and the United States a fall a saudi intelligence agent is suing the Saudi Crown Prince in the u. S. Saddle job